Local History Photo Archive

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: Rodeo; No details or dates have been provided, although this appears to be a rodeo of some sort near the fairgrounds. Cars line the fenceline with people sitting on the front. An entrance/exit is visible on the left side of the photograph. A group of men on horses stand in the back of the circle.

: Rodeo 1924; "A 1924 Rodeo at McCoy. George Bird of Yampa is the rider. The other men on horses are Andrew Henry and Charley McCoy. At that time the entire area east of the hotel and where the school buildings now are was a vacant tract and well suited for rodeos, etc." -- McCoy Memoirs p.35 [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]