FIFTY FIVE YEARS A RODEO TRAMP - HACKBERRY JOHNSON

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Folks, you'll forgive me if I kinda went overboard on this story. You see, my great grand-father owned the Mule Barn at Florence, Texas. He probably shod most of these ole cowpokes horses and becha he could shore tell me some stories. It took me over six hours to do this index.

I hope you apprecite the effort

"55 YEARS A RODEO TRAMP"

As many of you know, I sit on old floors, in attics, in basements of old bookstores looking for rarely found and seldom read stories of the American West. Here is a story entitled "55 YEARS A RODEO TRAMP," BY Hackberry Johnson as told to William Cx Hancock, showing personal photos of old Rodeo Stars and their acts and names and tells tales and stories of those Rodeo Stars of 1917-1921. It is a rare piece with fabulous history, 15 photos and story after story, but space or time does not permit me to recite it all.

Following my retirement, I have dedicated my remaining hours to indexing the Genealogy of our western pioneers. During my research, I discovered that thousands of our kin-folks lay unfound and unrecognized on some book dealer's shelf. See index below.
I hope you appreciate the effort.
FIFTY FIVE YEARS A RODEO TRAMP
ANCESTORS INDEXED HEREIN, CIRCA 1890 - 1920's
ANCESTORS LOCATION: RODEOS IN U.S.

GENEALOGY NAMES INEXED

RODEO STARS OF THE 1920-1930 ERA

GENEALOGY NAMES INDEXED

GENEALOGY NAMES INDEXED
ALLRED, James – Governor of Texas
ALVORD *, Fred – Riding bareback at Baird, TX 1920
BALLARD, Tom, rancher of Haskell, TX
BALLEW, Bud, Deputy U. S. Marshal
BEDFORD, Bit, Chief of Police
BENNETT, Billy
BISHOP, Booger
BITFORD, “Bit” – Chief of Police, Cisco, TX – killed in shootout
BOND, Ward- famous movie star in later years
BUCHANNAN, Coke – Marshal
BURNETT, Billy – one of wagon bosses of Bosquias Cattle Company
BURNETT, Tom – rancher from Iowa Park, TX
BURRELL, Smiley – fancy Dan trick roper from Kansas
BYERS *, Chester, riding Stray Leaf at Pendleton *
CARMICHAEL, George – Deputy Chief of Police, Cisco, TX – killed in shootout
COBB *, Marvin, Leuders, TX
CONRAD, Lewis
COOK, Jim
COULTER, Fred T.
DALTON GANG
DOUGLAS, Mildred
DOUGLAS, Tom
DUKE OF GRAFTON
DUNCAN, George
ECHOLS, Ed – one of wagon bosses of Bosquias Cattle Company - later Sheriff at Tucson and eventually becomes Champion Rodeo Steer Roper
FEARLESS, Faye, cowgirl
FOX, "Red" – Wagon Boss
FURNETT, Clabe
GEORGE, A. H. – President of the Mississippi-Alabama Fair
GIBSON, Helen
GIBSON, Hoot
GIBSON *, Oscar, Old Glory, TX
GILES, Black Jack – one of wagon bosses of Bosquias Cattle Company
GLEEN, Babe
GLEEN, Dick
GLEEN, Will
GREEN, Colonel – owner of the OR (OR’o) Ranch
HANCOCK, William C., co-author
HART, Neal
HAWK, George, Uncle of Hackberry Johnson
HENDERSON, Maud Tarr
HENDERSON, Tom and roping wife and partner Maud Tarr
HINTON BROTHERS
HOOD, Sam – owned drug store in Breckenridge, TX
JACOB, Slalts- famous and celebrated all –round cowboy from North Dakota
JOHNSON, Ben
JOHNSON, Charlie, son of Hackberry Johnson
JOHNSON, H. L.
JOHNSON *, Hackberry "Hackberry Slim", co-author
JOHNSON, Reva , Mrs. (McKinney) Hackberry
JONES – Jailer of Eastland Jail – shot and killed
KENNEY, Jim – rodeo bronco bucking rider
KEYES, Sam
LEFORS, Emmett – arranged Chicago banking
LEWIS, Jack, - great bronco-buster from Kermit, TX
LUCAS *, Tad Barnes, World Champion Rider, on Jaurez *
LUTTRELL, Popcorn - humorist
MATTHEWS, Reva, Miss
McCARROL *, Bonnie (taken a spill at Wichita Falls, TX)
McCLAIN, J. H., Sun City, KS
McCORMICK, J. W., Chief of Police, Wichita Co., TX
McCOLLUM,, Bryan – Cattle Inspector
McEWING, Amos
McGLAUGHLIN, Johnny – Sulphur Springs Valley rancher who staged rodeo at Bisbee
McGONIGAL *, Ernest
McGONIGAL, Clay, World Champion Roper
McGUFFY, Mumbles
McINTYRE, Robert
McKINNEY, Collin
McLAIN, J. H. – Showman from Sun City, Kansas
MEE, George
MILLS, Johnny - Boss manager of the Carlitas Cattle Company
MILLS, “Ole Man”
MOODY, Dan – Governor of Texas
MOORE, John, Champion Steer Roper
MOORE, John “Uncle” - owned the Triangle L Ranch, MX
MORRIS, Jim, fiddler and uncle of author
MURCHINSON, “The Kid”
NEAL, Tom
ODOM, Garland G. owner of the OD Ranch
ODOM, J. M. nephew of Garland G. Odom
ODOM, W. E. nephew of Garland G. Odom
PAGE, Boozer
PANKY, Lt. Governor of the State of Texas
PARKER, Quannah – legendary Indian Chief
POLKJOY – burned
POTTER, Rufe - rodeo bronco bucking rider
PRICE, Homer, Rodeo Hand and Sheriff, Callahan Co.
PRIDE, Ed "Old Frosty", Hatch, NM
RATCLIFF, Marshall – owned outlaw horse named Sheddemall
REYNOLDS, DeWitt
ROBERTSON, Grover
ROGERS, Rogers – son of Texas Supervisor of Cattle Inspectors
RODGERS, T. J. – Texas Supervisor of Cattle Inspectors
RUSH, Frank “Uncle” – owned Indian Reservation Trading Post
RUTHERFORD, “Bellcord” – great story about he got his name
SAMPLES, Jess – Sheriff of Shelby County, TX
SCHATTUCK, Ned, Sheriff
SEALS *, Billy, Miss – appearing at the Brownwood, TX rodeo
SELMON, John, "Scandalous", Stamford, TX
SHOAT – Deputy Sheriff of Shelby County, TX
SHUMAKE, George – famous rodeo animal manager
SLOCUM, “One Eye” Rodeo Hand from, Muleshoe, TX
SMITH, Lou – Comptroller of the State of Texas
SPADE-BEARD – put up stake to ride
SPEARS, Mr. – Cashier of Cisco Bank, TX
SPRADLING, Roy
STINNETT – ambushed Parks
STREET, Henry
STUBBLEFIELD, Jake – foreman of the OD Ranch
TARR, Maud – roping wife and partner of Tom Henderson
TERRAZA, Luis owner of vast Ranch – said to own more cattle than any other man in the world
THOMPSON, Old Bat
TOWNSEND – ex – Texas Ranger
WARD, Faye
WARDEN, Bill
WEBB, H. P.
WEBB, Matthew, Wichita Falls, TX
WENTWORTH, - family in Oklahoma
WILLINGHAM, Cape – Ranch manager of the Carlitas Cattle Company
WORSHAM, Doc – owned the Old Stage Bar, Wichita Falls, TX
YOUNG, John – famous rodeo hand of the Buffalo Bill Show

HORSES and RODEO ANIMALS APPEARING IN RODEO AND ROUND-UP SHOWS PROMINENTLY MENTIONED w * INDICATING PICTURES:
Accident (horse)
Bluejay (famous bucking horse)
Bone Buster (rodeo mule)
Chihuahua (Buffalo bull)
Double Trouble ( horse)
Hell Fire (Brahma Bull) *
Juarez * (horse);
Lighting (horse)
Loco (evil buckskin horse)
No Name (bucking horse bucked for 12 year before ridden
Old Steamboat (great bucking horse)
Rainmaker (horse)
Six-Shooter Full (horse)
Sheddemall (outlaw horse)
Stray Leaf * (horse)
Talcum Powder (outlaw roan horse)
Tango (fast horse)
Tooter The Terrible (famous Alabama bucking horse)
U Snake (horse)

RODEO AND ROUND-UP SHOWS PROMINENTLY MENTIONED w * INDICATING PICTURES:
Alpine, TX
American Legion, Borger, TX
Beeville
Borger Herald
Breckenridge Elks Loge Rodeo
Briggs Brother Annual Rodeo
Brownwood Rodeo, Brownwood, TX
Buffalo Bill Show
Carlsbad, New Mexico Wild Steer Roping (1923) *
Crater Park Rodeo, Oklahoma *
Crossbar Hotel
Dakota Max Wild West Show
Dalhart, Texas Rodeo
Des Moines, OK. County Fair
Harlingen Fair, TX
Indian Ceremonial and Rodeo, Gallup, New Mexico
Labor Day Rodeo, Bisbee, AZ
Madison Square Garden Corporation
Mississippi-Alabama Fair
O’Donnell, TX
Pendleton Round-Up
Ringling Rodeo, Ringling, OK
Santa Fe Trail Association
Texas Cowboy Reunion & Rodeo, Stamford, TX
Thomas Littlejohn Carnival, AL
The Douglas Stampede
VA Hospital Rodeo, Temple, TX;

PLACES AND THINGS PROMINENTLY MENTIONED w * INDICATING PICTURES:
Agua Prieta, MX
Algeria de Vida (Joy of Life) Saloon,
Alpine, TX
Arlington, TX
Austin, TX
Baird, TX
Bell Co., TX
Bergstrom Air Force Base, Austin, TX
Boston
Bisbee, AZ;
Boqueas Cattle Co.
Borger, TX
Breckenridge Elks Lodge; Brownwood *, TX
Bureau of Animal Husbandry, TX
Camp Harry J. Jones
Canadian River
Cananea, Sonora, MX
Carlsbad, NM
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cisco, TX
Coke Co., TX (Sheriff caught holding up Overland stage
Comanche, OK
Cowgirl Trick Riders *
Douglas, AZ;
Espuela Ranch
Flat Top Ranch
Ft. Worth, TX
Gallup, New Mexicodellar27
Globe Chamber of Commerce, Globe, AZ;
Graham Cochise Cattle Raisers Association
Guymon, OK
Haskell, TX
Huntsville, TX
Korean War
Lubock, TX
Lamesa, TX
Marfa, TX;
Meridian, MS
New York
OD Ranch
OR (OR’O) Ranch
Old Stage Bar, Wichita Falls, TX
Pendleton, OR
Phelps-Dodge Ranch
Phillips Camp
Phillips Petroleum
Piney Woods, East TX
Plainview, TX
Protection, KS
Pueblo State Fair Rodeo
Raton, New Mexico
Ringling, OK;
Rio Grande Valley
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe Railroad
Shackleford Co., TX
Shelby County, TX
Slaughter Ranch, Post, TX
Stillwater, OK;
Stonewall County, TX
Temple, Texas
Triangle L Ranch, Mexico
Texas Cowboy Reunion & Rodeo, Stamford, TX
Tom Green Co., TX
Texas Cowboy Reunion & Rodeo, Stamford, TX
The Douglas Stampede
The Pink Rat, Borger, TX
VA Hospital Temple, TX
Valera. TX
Whittenburg, TX
Wichita Falls *, TX
Yates Hotel, Sweetwater, TX
My wife kids me that after I find a piece I like, buy it, read it, research it, take a picture, scan it, write the blurb, pay the Ebay entry fee and commission, that I end up making about 50 cents an hour, but OH HOW I LOVE THIS OLD AMERICAN RODEO HISTORY. What a rare story!! Great Pictures. You'll love it as it was published in this old western magazine of many years ago. The issue is in excellent condition, the cover is pristine and in vibrant color. First Class Postage in U. S., $3.50. Priority Mail $4.75. International mail at cost OF $11.00. Texans must pay 8.25 % sales tax. Thanks, Tom

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