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The silhouette of the horse and rider is still in use today on uniforms of the Wyoming National Guard soldiers. Clayton Danks, a Nebraska native who died in 1970 in Thermopolis, Wyoming, [4] is believed to be the cowboy on an earlier version of the Bucking Horse and Rider symbol. He rode Steamboat in the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo in 1909. [5]
According to the Wyoming Secretary of State Office, the "Bucking Horse and Rider" trademark was first copyrighted in 1936. The copyright was originally in the name of Wyoming Secretary of State Lester C. Hunt and transferred to the state of Wyoming in 1942 .
The inspiration for the Wyoming Bucking Horse and Rider based on his 1909 riding of the horse Steamboat at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo Clarence Clayton Danks (July 21, 1879 – June 23, 1970) was a three-time winner of Cheyenne Frontier Days , an outdoor rodeo and western celebration held each July in the Wyoming capital city of Cheyenne .
The Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum is home to the "World’s Largest Outdoor Rodeo and Western Celebration" with its permanent exhibit on the history of Cheyenne Frontier Days. [1] Clayton Danks, the winner of three CFD competitions prior to 1910, is the model cowboy on the horse Steamboat on the Wyoming trademark, the Bucking Horse and ...
Clayton Danks, the winner of three Cheyenne Frontier Days competitions prior to 1910, is the model cowboy on the horse Steamboat on the Wyoming trademark, the Bucking Horse and Rider. [ 48 ] From 1908 to 1970, an almost-annual train (skipped 1924, 1942–45) carried travelers between Denver Union Station in Denver , Colorado and the Cheyenne ...
Embossed brown serial and Bucking Horse and Rider on golden yellow plate with border line; "1948 WYOMING" at top 1-12345 10-1234 Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) 1949 Embossed red serial and Bucking Horse and Rider on white plate with border line; "1949 WYOMING" at bottom 1-12345 10-1234 Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) 1950
The Wyoming license plate logo, showing Steamboat being ridden by Danks, is the longest-running license plate motif in the world. [11] The famous horse died in 1914, and is buried in Frontier Park in Cheyenne near bucking chute number 9, the only horse to be so honored with interment on park grounds.
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