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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]
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. He is believed to be the cowboy of the widely-recognized Wyoming state trademark, the Bucking Horse and Rider. [1]
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 .
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Wyoming enacted the "Code of the West" as the State Code of Wyoming on March 3, 2010. [1] The code includes the following: Live each day with courage; Take pride in your work; Always finish what you start; Do what has to be done; Be tough, but fair; When you make a promise, keep it; Ride for the brand; Talk less, say more;
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The silhouette of a cowboy on a bucking bronco is the official symbol for the State of Wyoming. [13] In 2016, the Bucking Horse Breeders Association (BHBA) was founded to serve as a bucking horse DNA registry for the purpose of documenting and preserving the names and lineages of bucking horses. [14]
The discovery of 28 horse skeletons comes with an odd, formulaic arrangement in France. Experts believe the horses were either killed in war or sacrificed in some sort of ritualistic proceeding.