Rodeo Glimpses

Wow! Did you get to the MLK rodeo this year at the National Western Stock Show?

If not click on these links highlighting the founder/promoter of the rodeo Lu Vason and Denver Black cowboy Maurice 'Mo Betta' Wade.

Come check out our exhibit of behind the scenes photographs from a previous years Bill Pickett Rodeo in Denver to catch a glimpse of these terrific cowboys!

Thanks to the photographers from the Institute of Art for providing over 40 photographs showing the many facets of this terrific Black rodeo!

Paul W. Stewart

The story begins with Paul W. Stewart's (founder of the Black American West Museum) extraordinary search and discovery of a past not recorded in conventional history books or portrayed in pop culture. His search for the "true colors" of the West has taken him to nearly every corner of the West, gathering personal artifacts, memorabilia, newspapers, legal documents, clothing, letters, photographs, and oral histories.