The Canadian Cowboys Association
This decade saw the founding of the Canadian Cowboys Association.
What is the 1960s?
The word “rodeo” comes from a Spanish term meaning “round-up.”
What is rodear?
The rope a calf roper holds in their mouth is known as this.
What is a piggin' string?
The CCA now sanctions over this many rodeos each year.
What is over 60?
This cowboy is known as the 7-time All-Around World Champion.
Who is Ty Murray?
This province is home to the CCA’s headquarters.
What is Saskatchewan? (regina)
The first recorded rodeo took place in this U.S. state in 1864.
What is Arizona?
This rodeo event was introduced by Bill Pickett and is now known as steer wrestling.
What is bulldogging?
These three provinces host modern CCA rodeos.
What are Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba?
This singer became so popular in 1940 that producers used musicians to draw crowds to rodeos.
Who is Gene Autry?
In its first season, the CCA had 60 members and sanctioned this many rodeos.
What is 15?
This Wild West legend created the first major U.S. rodeo and Wild West Show in 1882.
Who is Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody)?
The hardest-bucking bull in rodeo history, inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1999.
Who is Bodacious?
CCA-sanctioned rodeos attract about this many attendees each season—including Finals.
What is around 250,000?
This famous horse lived to be 62 years old—the oldest recorded horse in history.
Who is Old Billy?
The CCA’s very first rodeo approval went to this Saskatchewan roping club.
What is the Sandhill Roping Club in Lancer?
Women joined the rodeo circuit during this decade.
What are the 1890s?
Modern bucking broncs are not wild—they are bred for rodeo, often costing between this price range.
What is $8,000 to $10,000?
This province has introduced legislation to make rodeo its official provincial sport—like Wyoming and Texas.
What is Alberta?
Rodeo is the official state sport of both Texas and this other U.S. state.
What is Wyoming?
This year the CCA expanded into Ontario, making it the largest geographical rodeo association in Canada.
What is 2005?
Cowboy competitions weren't exclusively called “rodeos” until this decade.
What are the 1920s?
In 1991, Wade Leslie earned the only perfect 100-point bull ride on this lightning-fast spinning bull.
What is Wolfman Skoal?
The CCA originally expanded beyond Western Canada into this province in 2005.
What is Ontario?
To avoid fans during a 1956 show in Houston, this cowboy legend disguised himself as a fireman—with glasses and a fake mustache.
Who is Roy Rogers?