Ranchers The Scharbauers arrived in Texas in 1883 and began running sheep and cattle. In 1887, John and brother, Christian Scharbauer,...

Musician / Songwriter & Rodeo Cody Johnson is a songwriter, performer, and platinum-recording country artist. After leaving behind...

Businessman Wilson Franklin was born in San Angelo, Texas on July 29, 1952 to Joyce Leddy Franklin and Jim Franklin. Growing up in a...

Cowgirl Born in the suburbs of St. Louis, Patti Colbert’s connection to the western lifestyle came through watching Roy and Dale,...

Rodeo Announcer “Rodeo introduced me to so many cultures and foods and people, and it freed me from poverty and gave me ambition....

Horseman In the Quarter Horse racing world, Bobby Cox is a household name. The Fort Worth, Texas, resident has been running—and...

Businessman & Rodeo Competitor 1945 - 2019 The late Keith Maddox is welcomed into the esteemed Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame at the...

Horseman & Western Television Producer Taylor Sheridan has taken the Western Performance Horse industry by storm with his film making and...

Entertainer - Spirit of Texas Award 1905-1975 The New York Times obituary called him “a super-giant before there were super-giants.” Bob...

Entrepreneur & Horseman Without Bobby Kerr, the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame we know and love would never be what it is today. Fueled by his...

Calf Roping & Miss Rodeo America Stran and Jennifer Smith are a couple deeply intertwined in the western world. In a career spanning 15...

Kit and Charlie Moncrief are dedicated servants to the community of Fort Worth and their philanthropy to education, the arts and...

Lari Dee Guy is an eight-time Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) World Champion with more than $1.5 million in career...

What started out as a family business in a one room, dirt floor shop in the backyard has become one of the largest farm, ranch and rodeo...

To say that R.H. Steve Stevens, Jr., former Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Chairman of the Board and American Quarter Horse Association...

Aaron Watson has received many recognitions through the years, but his career is likely summed up best by Forbes who has called him “one...

"The road goes on forever ..." It's not always easy to sum up a career - let alone a life's ambition - so succinctly, but those five...

Richard King, along with his indispensable Kineños, tamed the land and revolutionized the ranching business. By the time of his death in...

The Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show, known commonly as the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, is the oldest continuously running...

Dr. Glenn Blodgett began working for the Burnett Ranches which includes the famed 6666 Ranch in Guthrie, Texas in 1982, and under his...