Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 6, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 3, 1966 Page: 6 of 10
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Winkler County News, Kermit, Texas
Sunday, July 3,1966
Trail Riders Herald Pecos Rodeo Events
Parade Starts
Rodeo Events
Kicking off the Pecos rodeo
events, a gigantic parade herald-
ed the event at 10 a.m. Friday.
Oldtimers gathered at the West
of the Pecos Museum for re-
unions and reminiscence of by-
gone days, enjoying the full view
of the long parade, with the
judges afforded ringside seats
as it passed in review.
In addition to the 28 colorful
floats, more than 150trail riders
participated in the parade. The
riders are guests of the Reeves
County Sheriff’s Posse and were
met at the river by a large
Pecos delegation as they came
to the end of the once dusty
trail.
Riders from Andrews and
Odessa areas were joined by
Kermit and Monahans riders for
the four-day trek, renewing the
pioneer spirit of their forefathers
who blazed many a trail in their
day for pure survival reasons.
Pioneer Day and many happy
reunions featured the spectacu-
lar events prior to the parade
Friday, and the day-long cele-
brants enjoyed the barbecue feed
in the Reeves County Posse barn.
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TRAIL RIDERS MAKE ROLL CALL — Ready for the big ride, the Trail Riders call the
roll. From left to right, part of the group includes Lonnie Shaw, E. W. Nunley, Steve Bristoe,
Debbie Fugate, Bruce Choate, Gary Fugate, Darwin Nunley, Linda Greenlee, Dale Fugate, Mark
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Choate, Lily Cottrell, Elby Choate, Frances Choate, Margaret Hodges, Cecil Cottrell, Buster
Hager and Ricky McNutt.
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Portrayal
Contestants in the 37th Annual
West of the Pecos Rodeo began
pouring in Wednesday to Rodeo
Headquarters in the Ramada
Inn. Colorful cowboy regalia was
seen up and down the streets,
as participants in the celebra-
tion dashed here and there in an
effort to obtain last-minute items
necessary to effective rodeoing.
Legends of the early days were
entertained in the hearts of pio-
neers as they viewed the spec-
tacular demonstration by the na-
tion’s top cowboys who come from
far and near to sign up in tea
rodeo events. *
Pecos’ 37th annual rodeo will
close with the July 4presentation
Monday night. Golden Girl of the
West, who will lead the parade
of rodeo stars in the arena, is
Miss Betsy Bickley, 16, of
Pecos. She and her court ap-
peared at the first rodeo per-
formance Friday night.
Each performance begins at 8
p.m, and rodeo officials have
only one request to make. That
is “Drive carefully and enjoy the
July 4 weekend entertainment!”
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stroking Tehorse’Jmane is a good prelude to starting off a day. Here George Hancock gives
that confident and understanding pat on the shoulder of:his mount, tending to pro uce goo
havior and obedient response to his urging no matter what type contest he enters.
ALL IN KNOWING HOW — D. K. Robinett tosses the
saddle on his mount preparatory to taking off for Pecos
to participate in the 37th annual West of the Pecos Rodeo.
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MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING is an art and here Frank
McCasland demonstrates the procedure as he is shown in the
above photo.
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near 100-mile trek across country to participate in the cele-
bration.
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Parsons, J. Arthur. Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 6, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 3, 1966, newspaper, July 3, 1966; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth910281/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.