Submitted by Sharon (now in KY) (not verified) on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 5:55pm.
I grew up with the Sheridan WY rodeo parade an absolute must ... day off from the hayfield for everyone to go. Full day of parade, rodeo, "brush track" horse racing and carnival. Absolutely everyone in our little ranching community 60 miles north of Sheridan (in Montana) took off to go.
But for the ranch communities then ... in the 50s ... it was the one opportunity for ranchers' families to get together with friends and neighbors they did not often see ... a badly needed day off for socializing.
As an adult, married to a police officer and working as a dispatcher in Sheridan, I had a slightly different view of things ... remember well some of the altercations that took place on Main Street. One bar on one side was the "cowboy bar" ... the bar across the street was the "coal miners bar" and things could get pretty western at times. However, it was never dull.
I'd really like to see something happen in one of the books at one of the small town rodeos ... the ones where they still have the wild horse races, wild cow milkings and relay races with local "fast horses".
I'm not going to whine that you are not writing fast enough ... you aren't, but I also have to assume you would like to have some sort of life other than sitting behind a word processor ... but I am so looking forward to another visit with the people "back home" ...
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I grew up with the Sheridan WY rodeo parade an absolute must ... day off from the hayfield for everyone to go. Full day of parade, rodeo, "brush track" horse racing and carnival. Absolutely everyone in our little ranching community 60 miles north of Sheridan (in Montana) took off to go.
But for the ranch communities then ... in the 50s ... it was the one opportunity for ranchers' families to get together with friends and neighbors they did not often see ... a badly needed day off for socializing.
As an adult, married to a police officer and working as a dispatcher in Sheridan, I had a slightly different view of things ... remember well some of the altercations that took place on Main Street. One bar on one side was the "cowboy bar" ... the bar across the street was the "coal miners bar" and things could get pretty western at times. However, it was never dull.
I'd really like to see something happen in one of the books at one of the small town rodeos ... the ones where they still have the wild horse races, wild cow milkings and relay races with local "fast horses".
I'm not going to whine that you are not writing fast enough ... you aren't, but I also have to assume you would like to have some sort of life other than sitting behind a word processor ... but I am so looking forward to another visit with the people "back home" ...