Cowboy Park
Subtitle: steer-roping contests on the border
By: John O. Baxter.
Series: Grover E. Murray studies in the American Southwest
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lubbock, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780896726420
Subjects: Rodeos -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez -- History; Bronco riding -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez -- History; Steer roping -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez -- History
Description: "From 1907 to 1912 Cowboy Park in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, kept steer roping alive after border states outlawed such contests. Though political turmoil caused the park's closure, its alumni dominated the sport until about 1920. Rodeo history seldom mentioned Cowboy Park. Here are its champions' stories, including photographs, many previously unpublished"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The first cowboy contests in El Paso; title: Cowmen protest and the Texas legislature takes action; title: The first two years at Cowboy Park; title: The competition gets tougher as the Park goes corporate; title: Turmoil in Mexico and soldiers in the Park; title: After roaming far and wide, the cowboys return to El Paso; title: Time claims the old champions, but steer roping makes a comeback.