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Interior of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is located in Fort Worth, Texas, US. Established in 1975, it is dedicated to honoring women of the American West who have displayed extraordinary courage and pioneering fortitude. The museum is an educational resource with exhibits, a research ...
The Hall of Fame was established in 1997 and its original purpose was to recognize excellent horsemen and women. In 2001, the hall moved to the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District. Today the hall recognizes individuals from all facets of rodeo and western lifestyle. The building housing it is one of the horse and mule barns in the ...
Harrell Edmonds "Eddie" Chiles (May 11, 1910 – August 22, 1993) was the founder of the Western Company of North America and an owner of the Texas Rangers. He was also the paternal uncle of actress Lois Chiles. Eddie Chiles was born in Itasca, Texas to Harsh Edmonds Chiles and Jewell (née Files). After graduating from Wentworth Military ...
The 2024 edition of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo takes center stage Jan. 13 with the All-Western Parade — kicking off three weeks of events paying tribute to the cowboy way of life ...
Matt Leclercq. January 10, 2023 at 12:53 PM. The Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo ’s kickoff parade is Saturday, Jan. 14, continuing a tradition that dates back to 1896. This will be the first All ...
Leander H. McNelly was born March 12, 1844, in Follansbee, Virginia (today West Virginia), to P.J. McNelly and his wife Mary Downey. McNelly suffered from consumption as a child, and in 1860 his family moved to Texas in the hope that the climate would improve his health. In Texas, McNelly helped his family raise sheep and regained his health.
After the Mexican–American War. In January 1849, U.S. Army General William Jenkins Worth, a veteran of the Mexican–American War, proposed building ten forts to mark and protect the west Texas frontier, situated from Eagle Pass to the confluence of the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River. Worth died on 7 May 1849 from cholera. [4]
In 1964 the Texas Department of Public Safety chartered the City of Waco, Texas, to construct and operate the official museum of the Texas Rangers. The City of Waco agreed to commit 32 acres (130,000 m 2) for a building site, provide an ongoing annual operating subsidy, and build and sustain a headquarters for Texas Rangers Company "F".