2 minScharbauer Cattle Company - 2022Ranchers The Scharbauers arrived in Texas in 1883 and began running sheep and cattle. In 1887, John and brother, Christian Scharbauer,...
8 minCody Johnson - 2022Musician / Songwriter & Rodeo Cody Johnson is a songwriter, performer, and platinum-recording country artist. After leaving behind...
2 minWilson Franklin - 2022Businessman Wilson Franklin was born in San Angelo, Texas on July 29, 1952 to Joyce Leddy Franklin and Jim Franklin. Growing up in a...
2 minPatti Colbert - 2022Cowgirl Born in the suburbs of St. Louis, Patti Colbert’s connection to the western lifestyle came through watching Roy and Dale,...
3 minDr. Charles "Bud" Townsend - 2022Rodeo Announcer “Rodeo introduced me to so many cultures and foods and people, and it freed me from poverty and gave me ambition....
5 minBobby Cox - 2021Horseman In the Quarter Horse racing world, Bobby Cox is a household name. The Fort Worth, Texas, resident has been running—and...
1 minKeith Maddox - 2021Businessman & Rodeo Competitor 1945 - 2019 The late Keith Maddox is welcomed into the esteemed Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame at the...
1 minTaylor Sheridan - 2021Horseman & Western Television Producer Taylor Sheridan has taken the Western Performance Horse industry by storm with his film making and...
1 minBob Wills - 2021Entertainer - Spirit of Texas Award 1905-1975 The New York Times obituary called him “a super-giant before there were super-giants.” Bob...
1 minBobby Kerr - 2021Entrepreneur & Horseman Without Bobby Kerr, the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame we know and love would never be what it is today. Fueled by his...
1 minStran and Jennifer Smith - 2021Calf Roping & Miss Rodeo America Stran and Jennifer Smith are a couple deeply intertwined in the western world. In a career spanning 15...
2 minCharles & Kit Moncrief - 2020Kit and Charlie Moncrief are dedicated servants to the community of Fort Worth and their philanthropy to education, the arts and...
1 minLari Dee Guy - 2020Lari Dee Guy is an eight-time Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) World Champion with more than $1.5 million in career...
1 minThe Priefert Family - 2020What 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...
1 minR.H. Steve Stevens, Jr. - 2020To say that R.H. Steve Stevens, Jr., former Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Chairman of the Board and American Quarter Horse Association...
1 minAaron Watson - 2020Aaron Watson has received many recognitions through the years, but his career is likely summed up best by Forbes who has called him “one...
1 minRobert Earl Keen - 2019"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...
2 minKing Ranch - 2019Richard King, along with his indispensable Kineños, tamed the land and revolutionized the ranching business. By the time of his death in...
1 minFort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo - 2019The Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show, known commonly as the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, is the oldest continuously running...
1 minDr. Glenn Blodgett - 2019Dr. Glenn Blodgett began working for the Burnett Ranches which includes the famed 6666 Ranch in Guthrie, Texas in 1982, and under his...