Ep. 117 - Rebranding the American Cow Boy

When it comes to the history of the American Cowboy, modern media has painted the picture to look one way when the reality shows that enslaved African Americans known as "Cow Boys" were truly the icons that changed the west, creating a unique equalizer post Emancipation Proclamation. Katie Surritt & Katie Schrock take a deep dive into the history of African American cow boys and the impacts they have had on the west, cattle drives, and rodeo as we know it.

Advocacy, Rodeo, Western Lifestyle, Western History, RanchingKatie SchrockFebruary 15, 2023Cowboy, cow boy, Katie Surritt, Katie Schrock, Fred Whitfield, history, slavery, African American, Yellowstone, Gunsmoke, Beth Dutton, Dutton, Gambia River alley, Africa, cow hunters, cowpunchers, cattlemen, drovers, ranchers, plantations, civil war, Yellowstone 1883, Johanna July, Army, emancipation proclamation, emancipation, Abraham Lincoln, Disney, Pendleton, Washington, Oregon, KKK, segregation, cowpunchers association, punchy, world war II, Matthew Bones Hook, black cowboys in the american west, the black west, Guts: legendary black rodeo cowboy bill pickett, Black women of the west, black frontier: a history of african american heroes in the old west, Lesser known history of African American cowboys, Spanish Louisiana land policy, Library of congress colectionComment

Ep. 97 - Round 4 National Finals Rodeo Recap 2021

Rounds 1 through 4 didn’t disappoint for the National Finals Rodeo and we not only crowned a new Miss Rodeo America after an unprecedented two-year reign of the state titleholders, but the bareback, steer wrestling, and bull riding races are REALLY heating up.

National Finals Rodeo, PBRKatie SchrockDecember 5, 2021Thomas & Macknational finals rodeo, NFR, Thomas & Mack, Las Vegas, Miss Rodeo America, Miss Rodeo Colorado, Hayley Fredricksen, Jordan Tierney, Miss Rodeo Oregon, Miss Rodeo Tennessee, Bareback, Jess Pope, Top Gun, RC Landingham, Tim O'Connell, Kaycee Feilds, Bobby Mote, Steer Wrestling, Dakota Eldridge, Jacob Talley, Dirk Tavenner, Will Lummus, Riley Duvall, Janie Johnson, Tristan Martin, Team ROping, Tyler Wade, Trey Yates, Brady Minor, Derek Begay, Riley Minor, Washington, Ellensburg, Reno Rodeo, Kaleb Driggers, Junior Nogueira, Coy Rahlman, Illinois, Saddle Bronc, Tegan Smith, Hot Toddy, Cody DeMoss, Wade Sundell, Tie Down ROping, Stetson Wright, Tuf Cooper, Caleb Smidt, Shad Mayfield, Westyn Hughes, Hunter Herrin, Haven Meged, Barrel Racing, Emily Miller, Emily Miller-Biesel, Chongo, Wenda Johnson, Hailey Kinsel, Dona Kay Rule, Bull Riding, JB Mauney, PBR, Creek Young, Sage Kimzey, Parker Breding, Montana, Dustin Boquet, Ground Money, Breakaway RopingComment

Ep. 38 - February 2020 Rodeo Updates

Let’s get political!

I mean why not? Super Bowl LIV just happened and the world seems to have lost their mind over the halftime show featuring international Latina pop stars Shakira and JLo! We thought we’d give them a shoutout considering one of our favorite barrel racing horses has the same name (Ivy Conrado-Saebens).

From legislation to the new rodeo formats that are being introduced, hosts Katy, Rachel and Katie, chat about what this means for rodeo, why these formats may be adopted and, as always, our rule adaptations that we think should be included!

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Ep. 25 - Rascal Rodeo's Ann-Erica Whitemarsh

Rascal Rodeo, a 501(c)-3 non-profit out of Washington State, has been making national news for their efforts to make rodeo an opportunity available to any person, any age, no matter their abilities. You can join them Sunday, December 8th, in Las Vegas for two special Rascal Rodeo’s as a part of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo!

If you told Ann-Erica Whitemarsh that her senior project in high school would become her full time job nearly a decade and a half later, she probably would have said you were joking. What started as Whitemarsh’s senior project for four participants and 20 volunteers in her home town became an overnight sensation and it only took 15 years.

Rodeo, Youth DevelopmentKatie SchrockDecember 7, 2019Ann-Erica Whitemarsh, Washington, Las Vegas, Nevada, Rascal Rodeo, Special Needs Rodeo Comments

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