Their show toured the world from 1908 until the Great Depression in 1929. Rodeos were born on the range. These were contests where cowboys pitted their herding and riding skills against each other. Rodeo contests were included in the Wild West Shows. Later, when the Wild West Shows became less popular, the rodeo still lived on.
Rodeo is the only sport which began entirely in the United States.
Bill Pickett, a black cowboy from Oklahoma, was credited with inventing the bulldogging event.