The Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum is located in

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, United States. The museum was founded in 1978. It is a 501(c)(3)

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, dedicated to interpreting, conserving and exhibiting the history and material culture of Cheyenne, Cheyenne Frontier Days, the State of Wyoming and the American West. The

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features the Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame. Permanent exhibits include Western horse-drawn carriages and wagons, the history and memorabilia of Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo celebration, local history of Cheyenne, pioneer artifacts and clothing, and Western and

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. The ''Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum'' is home to the "World’s Largest Outdoor Rodeo and Western Celebration" with its permanent exhibit on the history of Cheyenne Frontier Days. Clayton Danks, the winner of three CFD competitions prior to 1910, is the model cowboy on the horse Steamboat on the Wyoming

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. The saddle which Danks won in CFD competition in 1907 was donated by his surviving family members to the museum in September 2013.

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, director of the museum from 1987 to 1991, penned the history of the Frontier Days celebration in her 1996 book ''Let's Go! Let's Show! Let's Rodeo! The History of Cheyenne Frontier Days''.

Hall of Fame

The Hall of Fame inducts individuals, livestock, and organizations who helped and continue to maintain the rodeo widely known as "The Daddy of 'em All." Everyone voted into the hall of fame "represents the competitive and cooperative spirit that has remained the hallmark of Cheyenne Frontier Days since 1897."

Hall of Fame Inductees

Class of 2020 * Scott Binning * Monte Blue * Del Peterson *

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* The Schrader Family * Tom Watson * French Flash “Bozo” Hawk Class of 2019 * Terry “Buffie” Bottorff * Valerie Cegelski-McLeod * Billy Etbauer * Painted Valley * Bud Racicky * Bob Weaver * WHEELS Class of 2018 * Trevor Brazile * David Johansen * Jim Lynch * David “Sammy” McInerney * O.D. “Jack” Mueller * J.D. Yates Class of 2017 * Darrell Barron * Ote Berry * Helen Bowen * Jerry Carter * Rod Hottle * James “Jim” Johnson Class of 2016 * Teresa Jordan * Ann King * Jim Mueller * Duane “Bubba” Roedocker * Billy Ward * Cynthia Lummis Class of 2015 * Spiro “Sam” Contos * W.E. Dinneen Family * Reva Gray * Kay Jessen * Ty Murray * Bob Romer * Dr. Norman Swanson Class of 2014 * Dr. Frank Barrett * CFD Western Art Show Committee 1981-2013 * Elizabeth “Liz” Escobedo * Harrison Halligan * Ken McCann * Hank Thompson Class of 2013 * Albert “Whitey” Christensen * Tucker Fagan * Vianna Gurney * Dick Sherman * Jeremy Sparks * Earl Vandehei Family * The HEELS of Cheyenne Frontier Days Class of 2012 * Kiwanis Club of Cheyenne * Marvin Leff * Romeo Entertainment Group * James A. Storey Jr. * Randy Wagner * William McKinley Wilkinson * D.R. Whitaker Ranch Families Class of 2011 * Chuck Baley * Ray Boeshart * Ralph Buell * Carol Farthing * Margaret Irwin * Dr. Donald Kougl * Enid Lummis & Family * Montie Montana * William “Obie” Obermeier * Dick Pickett * Don Stanfield Class of 2010 * Tom Bauman *

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* Floyd Carroll * Brad Churchill * Louise Cole * April & T.V. Jones * Ronda Mahan * John Morris * Kent Rutledge Class of 2009 * Hadley Barrett * Buddy Bensmiller * Shirley Churchill * Floyd & Diane Humphrey * Charles “Sharkey” Irwin * Dean Oliver * Ned Murray * Phil Van Horn Class of 2008 * Guy Allen * Lynn Beutler * Crooked Nose * Clayton Danks * Irwin Family * Jack Miller * W.J. “Jack” Ryan, DDS * Ace Tyrrell * Corky Warren * Senior Steer Ropers Association Class of 2007 * Willits A. Brewster *

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* Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce * Buddy Lytle * John “Jack” Mabee * Ikua Purdy * Orville Strandquist * Tillard Family Class of 2006 * Bertha Kaepernick Blanchett * Freckles Brown * Gene Bryan * Lou Domenico * Red Fenwick * Jim Hearne * Monty "Hawkeye" Henson * Linderman Family *

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* Dr. J.S. Palen * Tom Powers *

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* Sonny Worrell Class of 2005 * Walter J. “Buzz” Bradley * Charles D. Carey, Jr. *

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* Jerry Jessen * Ben Johnson, Sr. * Harry Knight * Don McLaughlin * Ruby Mercer * Jim Powers * Powers Family * Sally Rand * Warren Richardson * Jim Tescher * Lois Wade * Mary Weppner * Fred Whitfield Class of 2004 * Joe Alexander * Mary Elizabeth Carpender *

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* Bill Dubois *

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* Shirley Flynn * Rudy Hofmann * Calvin Jumping Bull * Dr. Jack Ketcham * Fred Lowry * Leonard Mayer * Merritt Family * Mr. T * Wick Peth * Dan Rees * Ike Rude * Joseph Stimson *

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* Earl Thode * Lorena Trickey Class of 2003 * John Bell * George Bruegman * Paul Bruegman * Ora N. “Dutch” Buckles *

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* John Cole * E.O. Davis *

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* Turk Greenough * Robert “Bob” Hanesworth * Tuff Hedeman * C.W. “Charlie” Hirsig * Hirsig Family * Chris LeDoux * Clark McEntire *

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* Norma Bell Morris * Mel Potter * Everett Shaw * USAF Thunderbirds * James “J.D” Vandewark * Harry Vold * Duane Von Krosigk * Shoat Webster Class of 2002 * Princess Blue Water * Margaret Boice * Dazee Bristol * T. Joe Cahill *

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* Shawn Davis * Marietta Dinneen * Verne Elliott * Gus Fleischli * C.B. Irwin * Arlene Kensinger * Don Kensinger *

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* Larry Mahan * Ed McCarty *

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* Chuck Parkison * Wilbur Plaugher * Jim Shoulders * Colonel E.A. Slack * Steamboat * Edward T. Storey * Mabel Strickland * Casey Tibbs *

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