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Welcome to the 26th AnnualLincoln County Cowboy Symposium

Symposium HoursDaily EntertainmentFriday/Saturday:9 a.m. - 6 p.m.Sunday:8 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Night Entertainment (Concerts/Dance)Th ursday, Friday & Saturday:7 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Admission RatesDaily AdmissionFriday OR Saturday:$25 per personChildren 12 & under FREESunday: FREE

Concerts:Th ursday OR Saturday Night: $65 per person

Dance:Friday Night: $40 per person

Th e performers, chuck wagon cooks and western craftsmen gathered here represent the fi nest in their fi elds. Th ey are as diverse in nature as they are in talent, but they all have a common love of the West and the life that it off ers.

Take some time to visit with these folks. Th eir stories are rich with history; their skills are seasoned with time. We hope you enjoy this year’s Cowboy Symposium and leave with a richer understanding of the “Cowboy Way of Life.”

Photos courtesy of LCCS, Eugene Heathman, Gay Harris and Ty Wyant

4 Live EntertainmentChuck Wagon Cook-Off Information

6-7 Music Schedule 8 Family Fun Schedule 9 All Day Fun for the Whole Family / Equestrian Demonstrations 12 Entertainer Bios 16-17 Map 18-19 Grandstand and Tent Vendor Maps and Listings 20 Entertainer Bios, cont. 28 2014 LCCS Sponsors

29 Chuck Wagon Information


Western ExpoOur vendors come from across the Southwest to offer top quality merchandise. Please shop, support and thank them for their participa-tion. Remember that on Sunday admission to the Symposium is free, which gives you another op-portunity to return and shop with our vendors one last time.

Family Fun EventsEnjoy the many, varied activities (performances, educational pres-entations and demonstrations) specifically provided for families and kids. These include the Kid’s Rodeo (Preregistration Saturday 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m., Section 3 Grandstand Winner’s Circle), Mountain Men Encampment, Mule Lady and more!

Horse Training & SkillsIf you’re interested in learning more about the art of horsemanship, then the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium is the place to be! Each day Craig Cameron, the “gen-tle horse trainer,” will offer semi-nars using his unique skills in han-dling horses at the Craig Cameron Arena. Also enjoy the skills of Rein-ing horses and their riders as they compete and are judged by you the audience, the Cowboy Mounted Shooters and Mackie Redd.

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

CHUCKWAGON

saturday lunchOct. 10 • 12 noon • $25 per person

sunday BrEaKFastOct. 11 • 8:30 a.m. • $15 per person

In 2012 the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium was named Venue of the Year by the Cowtown Society of Western Music. In addition True West Magazine named it the Best Chuck Wagon Contest for 2012 and 2013. One of the highlights of the Symposium is the World Champion-ship Chuck Wagon Competition (featured on the Food Network’s “All American Festivals and Cowboy Challenge”) with prizes totaling $13,000. Competitors are judged not only on their mouth-watering food, but also on the authenticity of their wagons and attire.

Thursday Night Concert • Oct. 87 p.m. Dave Alexander and his Big Texas Swing Band

8:30 p.m. crystal GaylE

Friday Night Super Swing Dance • Oct. 97:30 p.m. Jason Roberts Band

8:45 p.m. Billy Mata and the Texas Tradition10 p.m. Jody Nix and the Texas Cowboy

Saturday Night Concert & Dance • Oct. 107 p.m. The Quebe Sisters

8 p.m. Suzy Bogguss9 p.m. BIll andErsOn

10:45 p.m. Jody Nix and the Texas Cowboys

WOrld’srIchEstchucK WaGOncOOKOFF!!


yarbrough Band to perform at Billy’s sports Bar & Grill

The Yarbrough Band from Las Cruces, N.M. has been added to the list of performers at this year’s Cowboy Symposium. The group, making their sec-ond appearance this year at Billy’s Sports Bar and Grill, will perform starting at 1 p.m. Saturday. Billy’s Sports Bar and Grill will have food and drink specials throughout the Cowboy Symposium. Friday evening there will be karaoke with “DJ Pete” Davis and a $9.95 fried catfish and shrimp special. On Saturday evening, Billy’s Sports Bar and Grill offers a Ribeye or Prime Rib Dinner with baked potato and Texas Toast for $12.95. On Sunday, Billy’s Sports Bar and Grill features NFL Sunday Ticket, showing every game every Sunday. There is a $100 “pick’ em” contest on Sundays for patrons. See you this weekend at Billy’s Sports Bar and Grill,

located inside Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino.

The Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium has become an American treasure. I’m sure that 26 years ago, my friend Ray Reed had no idea of the impact this event would make on our Western Culture and its community.I’m honored to lend a helping hand and pleased to participate in our Western History, in both the past and it’s future. For years this event has presented the finest Western Entertainers the world has to offer. It is my desire to continue this legacy knowing that the next generation will enjoy all of it benefits. Not only is this Symposium a celebration of the Ameri-can Cowboy and his lifestyle but it is an important learning experience for our young people. Those who we know hold the future of this lifestyle in their hands.I’d like to thank Mr. and Mrs. R.D. and Joan Dale Hubbard for this extraordinary opportunity to help continue this particular part of our western heritage.

Dave AlexanderEntertainment Director

Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium


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THURSDAY NIGHT CONCERTray rEEd staGE(Tent - East End)

7-8p Dave Alexander and His Big Texas Swing Band with Floyd Domino

8:30-10p An evening with CRYSTAL GAYLE

FrIday, OctOBEr 9ray rEEd staGE(Tent - East End)

10-11a Dave Alexander and His Big Texas Swing Band with Floyd Domino

11:15a -12:30p The Quebe Sisters 12:30-1:30p The Flying J Wranglers 1:30-2:30p Coby Carter & 5 Miles West 2:30-3:30p Billy Mata and The Texas Tradition 3:30-5p TEXAS PLAYBOY TRIBUTE: Billy Mata and

The Texas Tradition; Coby Carter & 5 Mile West ; Dave Alexander and His Big Texas Swing Band; Floyd Domino; Jason Roberts Band; Jody Nix and The Texas Cowboys; The Quebe Sisters

FrIday, OctOBEr 9larry McWhOrtEr staGE(Grandstand West End)

9-10a Belinda Gail 10-11a Jason Roberts Band 11a-12p The Flying J Wranglers 12-1p Gleewood 1-2p Belinda Gail 2-3p Jason Roberts Band 3-4p Gleewood 4-5p Belinda Gail 5-5:45p Gleewood

tuFFy cOOPEr staGE(Hall of Fame Grandstand upstairs)

9-10a Chuck Cusimano 10-11:30a Cowboys Unplugged: Chuck Cusimano,

Doug Figgs, Pete Laumbach 11:30a-1p Belinda Gail 1-2:30p Cowboys Unplugged 2:45-3:45p Mikki Daniel 4-6 Cowboys Unplugged

WEndEll sOllIs staGE(Grandstand Entrance)

9:30a-12p Wendell Sollis and The Sidekicks 12-1:15p Mikki Daniel 1:15-5:15p Wendell Sollis and The Sidekicks

FRIDAY NIGHT DANCEray rEEd staGE(Tent - East End)

7-8:30p Jason Roberts Band 8:45-10p Billy Mata and The Texas Tradition 10-11:30p Jody Nix and the Texas Cowboys

Ray Reed Stage performancesbroadcast LIVE during Cowboy

Symposium by MTD RadioMTD Radio station’s KRUI (1490 AM) and KWMW (105.1 FM/99.1 FM) will be broadcasting live from the Ray Reed stage during the 26th annual Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium. MTD Radio can be heard throughout southeast New Mexico.“This is an excellent opportunity for everyone to listen and hear the fantastic sounds of the Symposium” station manager Will Rooney said. “We have been thrilled to have been a part of the Symposium for many years, and we look forward to once again broadcast from the main stage.”The Symposium can also be heard on the internet at www.mtdradio.com.


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saturday, OctOBEr 10ray rEEd staGE(Tent - East End)

9-10a Belinda Gail 10-11a Dave Alexander and His Big Texas Swing

Band with Floyd Domino 11:15a-12:30p The Quebe Sisters 12:30-1:30p The Flying J Wranglers 1:30-2:30p Billy Mata and The Texas Tradition 2:30-3:30p Coby Carter & 5 Mile West 3:30-5p TEXAS PLAYBOY TRIBUTE: Billy Mata and

The Texas Tradition; Coby Carter & 5 Mile West ; Dave Alexander and His Big Texas Swing Band; Floyd Domino; Jason Roberts Band; Jody Nix and The Texas Cowboys; The Quebe Sisters

larry McWhOrtEr staGE(Grandstand - West End)

9-10a Mikki Daniel 10-11a Jason Roberts Band 11-12p The Flying J Wranglers 12-1p Belinda Gail 1-2p Will Banister Band 2-3p Jason Roberts Band 3-5p Will Banister Band

tuFFy cOOPEr staGE(Hall of Fame Grandstand upstairs)

9-10a Chuck Cusimano 10-11:30a Cowboys Unplugged: Chuck Cusimano,

Doug Figgs, Pete Laumbach 11:30a-1p Tommy Allsup’s Tribute to Buddy Holly 1-2:30p Cowboys Unplugged 2:45-3:45p Mikki Daniel 4-6p Cowboys Unplugged

WEndEll sOllIs staGE(Grandstand Entrance)

9:30-12p Wendell Sollis and The Sidekicks 12-1:15p Mikki Daniel 1:15-5:15p Wendell Sollis and The Sidekicks

SATURDAY NIGHT CONCERTray rEEd staGE(Tent - East End)

7-7:30p The Quebe Sisters 8-9p SUZY BOGGUSS 9-10:30p THE BILL ANDERSON SHOW 10:45-11:30p Jody Nix and The Texas Cowboys

sunday, OctOBEr 11ray rEEd staGE(Tent - East End) 9-11a Tommy Allsup & Friends 11a-12:30p Jack & Deb Stone 12:30-2p Will Banister Band

larry McWhOrtEr staGE(Grandstand - West End) 9a-12p Frank Potter & Friends: Corinna Ripple,

DJ Pete, Randy Jones & Sons, Roy Black, Timothy McCasland

12-2p Gleewood

WEndEll sOllIs staGE(Grandstand Entrance) 9-10a Mackie Redd 10-11a Don Bullis, Western Movies in Fact, Fiction

and Trivia 11-12p Karen Casey Fitzjerrell, Why I Write the

West 12-1p Lonnie Joe Howell, Harmonica Roadhouse 1-2p Melody Groves, Historical Fiction: A Story

by Any Other Name 2p Dennis Herrick, Restoring Pueblo Indians

to the Western Landscape


Time Cowboy USA Roundup Tent Wild West Mesa10:00 AM Lonnie Joe Howell: "Harmonica Roadhouse" Mountain Men Demonstration11:00 AM Kid's Poetry Contest Cee Dub Welch: Dutch Oven Cooking Demonstrations12:00 PM Blacksmith Demonstration1:00 PM Lonnie Joe Howell: "Harmonica Roadhouse" Cee Dub Welch: Dutch Oven Cooking Demonstrations2:00 PM Betty Sims Solt: "Cowgirl Poetry" Mountain Men Demonstration3:00 PM Lonnie Joe Howell: "Harmonica Roadhouse" Cee Dub Welch: Dutch Oven Cooking Demonstrations4:00 PM Blacksmith Demonstration

Time Cowboy USA Roundup Tent Wild West Mesa9:00 AM Lonnie Joe Howell: "Harmonica Roadhouse" Mountain Men Demonstration10:00 AM Don Bullis "Western Movies in Fact, Fiction and Trivia" Cee Dub Welch: Dutch Oven Cooking Demonstrations11:00 AM Karen Casey Fitzjerrell "Why I Write the West" Blacksmith Demonstration12:00 PM Lonnie Joe Howell: "Harmonica Roadhouse" Mountain Men Demonstration1:00 PM Melody Groves "Historical Fiction: A Story by Any Other Name" Cee Dub Welch: Dutch Oven Cooking Demonstrations2:00 PM Dennis Herrick "Restoring Pueblo Indians to the Western

Landscape"Mountain Men Demonstration

3:00 PM Lonnie Joe Howell: "Harmonica Roadhouse" Blacksmith Demonstration

Time Cowboy USA Roundup Tent Wild West Mesa9:00 AM Lonnie Joe Howell: "Harmonica Roadhouse" Mountain Men Demonstration10:00 AM Blacksmith Demonstration11:00 AM Cee Dub Welch: Dutch Oven Cooking Demonstrations12:00 PM Blacksmith Demonstration1:00 PM Mountain Men Demonstration2:00 PM Cee Dub Welch: Dutch Oven Cooking Demonstrations

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ALL DAY EVENTSFriday, saturday & sunday

Wild West MesaDutch Oven CookingMountain Man CampBlacksmithingLeather Crafting

Family Fun PaddockChuck Wagon BiscuitsMule DemonstrationsMilking DemonstrationsArcheryNew Mexico Beef Council – All About BeefLittle Bear Forest Reform Coalition – Fire

Safety

FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

Calling All Little Rootin’ Tootin’

Cowboys & Cowgirls!lincoln county sheriff’s Posse

KIds rOdEOSaturday, October 10 • 12:30 p.m.

Section 3 of the Grandstands - Winner CircleRegistration: 10:30 a.m. -12 p.m.

The Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium and the Lin-coln County Sheriff’s Posse feature one of the best kids’ rodeos in the region. Held in the Sheriff’s Posse Arena,

just like the pros, the kids’ rodeo offers exciting events for kids ages 3 to 10 years old. Rodeo events include barrel racing (stick horses), dummy roping, goat scramble and roping. Come cheer on the little cowboys and cowgirls!

All participating cowboys and cowgirls must preregister.

EQUESTRIAN DEMONSTRATIONScharIty JacOBs, the star of Trick Riding 101, a 4th generation rodeo performer and rancher on both sides of the family, never dreamed of doing anything else. Both Charity and her son perform as U Spur Rodeo Entertainment. She enjoys covering the history of trick riding and rodeo itself, promoting new and upcoming entertainers, working on her own presenta-tion, and educating potential horse-buyers on the ins and outs of horse ownership. Charity can be found at the Craig Cameron Arena.

Friday, October 9 • 12 p.m. & 4 p.m.Saturday, October 10 • 12 p.m. & 4 p.m.

cOWBOy MOuntEd shOOtInG and thE BOrdErland PIstOlErOsCowboy Mounted Shooting is considered the fastest growing equine sport in the world today. Every con-testant shoots single action pistols chambered in a .45 Colt. In the interest of safety and fairness, no outside,

uncertified or live ammo is allowed at any mounted shoot-ing match. Mounted Shooting, a family sport, is a timed event and the fastest run wins. Each contestant starts out as a level one shooter and then may progress through 6 different available skill levels depending on the number of class wins he or she can achieve. For more information about Cowboy Mounted Shooting stop by www.CMSAevents.com or look for the local group, Borderland Pistoleros, on Facebook. Their performance will be held on the track backstretch. (Break during Craig Cameron demonstrations).

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craIG caMErOn, known as “The Gentle Horse Trainer,” imparts his unique horsemanship skills and philosophy of training through short demonstrations. Craig’s demonstrations take place at the Craig Cam-eron Arena.

Friday, October 9 • 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.Saturday, October 10 • 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.

dIanE WIllOuGhBy, a.k.a. The Mule Lady, will teach you all about the history and use of the spectacu-lar mule at the Family Fun Paddock.

Friday, October 9 • 10 a.m. & 12 p.m.Saturday, October 10 • 10 a.m. & 12 p.m.

MacKIE rEdd’s demonstration is de-signed to help you make the most of the time you do have no matter how limited that time might be. He can help you and your horse to understand one another and get the most out of the time you have together. Mackie is all about keeping you and your horse safe. Let him show you how at the Craig Cameron Arena.

Sunday, October 11 • 11 a.m.

rEInEr rEndEzvOus, an NRHA approved event, again brings together Reining horses from all over the southwest region offering specialized competitions for the American Paint Horse, Arabian Horse and the American Quarter horse. To rein a horse is not only to guide him, but also to control his every movement (NRHA website). This year, the competi-tion will feature “Vintage Freestyle,” where

exhibitors ride in costume to music, performing the specialized maneuvers required of a Reining horse. This class is an NRHA judged class, but a “People’s Choice Award” will also be voted on by you the audience. Come watch these exhibitors perform and vote for your favorite combination of music, costume and ride. (Mid grandstand, on the track).

Friday, October 9 • 1 p.m.Saturday, October 10 • 9 a.m.

KEdu to host fundraiser at hubbard Museum

KEDU-FM (102.3) will be hosting a fundraising event Satur-day evening, Oct. 9 at the Hubbard Museum of the American West, Highway 70 Ruidoso Downs. The event will salute “The Great American Cowboy” during the Symposium, and will be held from 5 to 7 p.m.The featured guest is Bob Hite, Jr., son of the leg-endary voice of the Lone Ranger Radio Show. Bob will be on hand celebrating old west radio with live perfor-mances of the show. Tickets are $25 per person. For more information, telephone 575-378-4142.

A competitor performing the sliding stop, one of the signature moves of a reining horse.



CONCERT HEADLINERSBIll andErsOn is one of the most successful coun-try music songwriters as well as a popular singer. His soft vocal style and occasional spoken narrations have earned him the nickname, “Whis-perin’ Bill.” Anderson has been voted and/or nominated Song-writer of the Year six times. In 2001 he earned membership in Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame, the ultimate honor.

crystal GaylE is an award-winning country music singer best known for her 1975 country-pop crossover hit, Don’t it Make My Brown Eyes Blue. In the 70s and 80s she had 20 number one hits. Her album, We Must Believe in Magic, earned her the honor of becom-ing the first female artist in country music history to reach Platinum sales. Continuing to perform, tour, and write, Crystal Gayle was awarded Best Female Entertainer in 2007 by the Second Annual American Entertainment Magazine Reader’s Choice Awards. In 2008 she was inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame.

thE QuEBE sIstErs, a western swing fiddle group from Dallas, Texas, formed in 2002, performing vin-tage country, western swing and traditional Texas-style fiddle tunes. They first appeared at the Lincoln County

Cowboy Symposium in 2008. Their fid-dling skills and 3-part harmony have won them the Crescendo Award from the Western Music Association and they are also winners of the Western Swing Album of the Year from the Academy of Western Artists. The band members include Grace, fiddle and vocal; Sophia, fiddle and vocal; Hulda, fiddle and vocal; Simon Shipp, guitar; Daniel Parr, bass.

suzy BOGGuss began her career in the 1980s as a solo country mu-sic singer. Before taking a break to start a family in the 1990’s she won the Academy of Coun-try Music’s Top New Female Vocal-ist Award and the Country Music Association’s Hori-zon Award. She continues to record and tour extensively.

davE alEXandEr and hIs BIG tEXas sWInG Band. A former member of The Texas Playboys,

Dave Alexander has been named Academy of West-ern Artists Entertainer of the Year and has been inducted into the Texas

Western Swing Hall of Fame. In

Friday, 11:15 a.m.& 3:30 p.m.Saturday, 3:30 & 7 p.m.Ray Reed Stage

Saturday8 p.m.Ray Reed Stage

Thursday, 7 p.m.Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.Ray Reed Stage

Thursday8:30 p.m.Ray Reed Stage

Saturday9 p.m.Ray Reed Stage


2013 he received the Academy of Western Artists’ great western music of the past with his own compositions and enthusiastic musicians. Those successful, enthusi-astic group of musicians, His Big Texas Swing Band, include: Tommy Nash, guitar; Randy “Snuffy” Elmore, fiddle; Cindy Cashdollar, steel guitar; Brass

DANCE HEADLINERSJOdy nIX and thE tEXas cOWBOys. Jody inherited his father’s love of music and his talent. He began his professional career playing with his fa-ther’s band, Hoyle Nix and the West Texas Cowboys. As a front stage performer in his own right, he has created a mix of pure, traditional western music which blends to produce his unique sound of today. Jody was inducted into the Western Swing Hall of Fame in Sacramento, California, in 1996. Jody was awarded the 2011 AWA award for Instrumentalist. The Texas Cowboys Band Members: Jody Nix, vocal, fiddle; Junior Knight, steel guitar; Robert Weeks, fiddle; Dixie Hankins, drums, harmony vocals; Brady Weeks, bass.

BIlly Mata and thE tEXas tradItIOn. Billy Mata, The Ambassador of Western Swing, has been performing southwestern swing music for over 30 years and his career continues to thrive, even reaching new heights. It would be difficult to match Billy’s schedule of performances all over Texas and the rest of the world. His band, The Texas Tradition, tours nationally as well as internationally. Billy is past recipient of the Western Music Association’s Male Vocalist of the Year and the

prestigious Will Rogers Award for high achievement in the western swing music industry. In 2010 he was inducted into

the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame. Band member Rocco Fortunato was named AWA In- strumen-

talist of the Year in 2014. The Texas Tradition Band Members: Billy Mata, vocal; Dave Alexander, trumpet; Roger Edington, steel guitar; Richard Helsley, fiddle; David Waters, guitar, Terry Hale, upright bass, Rocco Forttunato, drums.

JasOn rOBErts Band. Jason Roberts is a top western swing fiddler and former member of the Gram-my winning band, Asleep at the Wheel. He portrayed pioneering fiddler Bob Wills in the stage play, Ride with Bob. He was mentored early on by Texas Play-boy’s fiddler, Jimmy Gim-ble. “Roberts doesn’t just play western swing, he channels Bob Wills, the King of Western Swing” (James Reed, February, 2008). Jason left Asleep at the Wheel after two decades to pursue a solo career. Jason Roberts Band Members: Jason Roberts, fiddle, mandolin, vocal; Rick McRae, guitar; Ricky Bowen, fiddle; Johnny Cox, steel; Al Quaid, upright bass; Mi-chael Morns, drums; Dan Walton, piano.

ENTERTAINERSBElInda GaIl, originally from Carson Valley, Ne-vada and Sierra Nevada foothills of California, has com-mitted her full-time effort to Western music for nearly two decades. She began her career in 1996 touring with

the Sons of Joaquin. In 2012 she was named WMA Female Performer of the Year for the seventh time. American Cow-boy magazine named her one

of the top 50 coun-try and western entertain-ers of all time.

Friday, 3:30 & 10 p.m.Saturday, 3:30 & 10:45 p.m.Ray Reed Stage

Friday & Saturday3:30 p.m.Friday, 7 p.m.Ray Reed Stage10 a.m. & 2 p.m.Larry McWhorter Stage

Friday, 9 a.m., 1 & 4 p.m.Larry McWhorter StageSaturday, 9 a.m.Ray Reed StageFriday, 11:30 a.m.Saturday, 12 p.m.Tuffy Cooper Stage

Friday, 2:30 & 8:45 p.m.Saturday, 1:30 & 10:45 p.m.Ray Reed Stage


BEtty sIMs sOlt learned the basic skills of good horsemanship while growing up on her family’s ranch. She began her rodeo career in 1950 at a high school rodeo, going on to win nu-merous awards, including two NIRA Barrel Racing Champi-onships. Betty started teach-ing in 1964, became a 4-H Club leader and was a charter member of the Berrendo Cowbelles. She also writes cowboy poetry and organized the first New Mexico Cowboy Poetry Roundup. Betty will be performing her cowboy poetry and participating in cowboy storytelling. Join her in the Cowboy USA Roundup Tent.

BIlly Mata and thE tEXas tradItIOn. (See Dance Headliners above for bio detail.)

BOB BOzE BEll bought True West magazine in 1999 and moved editorial offices to Arizona. He has

published and illustrated ground-breaking books on the west. In addition to his efforts for True West, Boze’s work has appeared in Arizona High-ways, Playboy and National Lampoon.

BOB “hOPPEr” shannOn has been blacksmithing more than 15 years since he first opened Diamondback Forge for business. He is a self-taught smithy and his interests lean toward 17th and 18th century Spanish Colonial. Come meet Hopper and his wife, Kay, at the Fam-ily Fun Paddock.

cEE duB WElch gained his reputation as a Dutch oven cook while patrolling Idaho’s back country as a conservation officer for the Idaho Department of Fish

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Friday, 12 & 4 p.m.Saturday, 11 a.m. & 3 p.m.Sunday, 10 a.m. & 12 p.m.Wild West Mesa

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& Game. In 1999, Cee Dub traded in his gun belt for an apron and began “patrolling” the airwaves on PBS with his 39-part series: Dutch Oven & Camp Cooking. Cee Dub’s demonstrations will be held on the Wild West Mesa.

charIty JacOBs, the star of Trick Riding 101, a 4th generation rodeo performer and rancher on both sides of the family, never dreamed of do-ing anything else. Both Char-ity and her son perform as U Spur Rodeo Entertainment, She enjoys covering the history of trick riding and rodeo itself, promoting new and upcoming entertainers, working on her own presentation, and educating poten-tial horse-buyers on the ins and outs of horse ownership. Charity can be found at the Craig Cameron Arena.

chucK cusIManO makes his 24th appearance at the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium. Born and raised in Southern Colorado and growing up on a large

cattle ranch, Chuck has an ex-tensive background in ranch-ing. Since his father played in a western swing band in the 50s and 60s, Chuck had a solid foundation of great mu-sic. After serving in Vietnam, Chuck began his own career in the country music field. He

has played lead guitar in his own band as well as in many other

bands. He is one of two male vocalists ever to win the Ray Reed ”Whang” Award given at the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium a few years ago. His album won Pure Country Album award from the Academy of Western Artists in 2013.

chucK WaGOn dEMOnstratIOns by the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Museum will teach you how to cook on an authentic chuck wagon and make “bag biscuits” at the Family Fun Paddock.

cOBy cartEr & 5 MIlEs WEst. Coby Carter has been playing the fiddle for about 11 years and enjoys playing Western Swing, 40’s Big Band Swing and Texas country music. For the past eight years he has had an opportunity to perform with multiply talented musicians. Last year Coby was given his own show at LCCS. He has won several first place awards includ-ing Reserve Grand Cham-pion for 2011 and in 2012 at Bob Wills Day fiddle contest in Dalhart, Texas. In 2014 he won the AWA Western Swing Male Vocalist of the year. 5 Mile West Band Members: Coby Carter, fiddle, vocal; Matthew Wolfe, guitar; Mateo Ancira, drums; Lee Elk, guitar; Randy Dunson, guitar.

cOWBOy MOuntEd shOOtInG and thE BOrdErland PIstOlErOs. Cowboy Mounted Shooting is one of the fastest growing equine sports in the world today. Every contestant shoots single action pistols chambered in a .45 Colt. In the inter-est of safety and fairness, no outside, uncertified or live ammo is allowed at any mounted shoot-ing match. Mounted shooting is a timed event with 60 seconds the longest run allowed. Mounted shooting is a family sport with classes for both genders from ages 12 and under to ages 50 and up. These demonstrations can be

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Friday, 1:30 & 3:30 p.m.Saturday, 2:30 & 3:30 p.m.Ray Reed Stage

Friday, 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m.Saturday, 10 a.m., 1 p.m.Sunday, 11 a.m., 2 p.m.Wild West Mesa

Friday & Saturday9 & 10 a.m., 1 & 4 p.m.Tuffy Cooper Stage

Friday & Saturday12 & 4 p.m.Craig Cameron Arena



seen at the Craig Cameron Arena, near the crossover.

craIG caMErOn, known as The Gentle Horse Trainer, im-parts his unique horsemanship skills and philosophy of training

through short demonstrations. Craig’s demon-strations take

place On the Track, at the Craig Cameron Arena, near the crossover.

davE alEXandEr and hIs BIG tEXas sWInG Band. (See Concert Headliners above for bio detail.)

dEnnIs hErrIcK, Restoring Pueblo Indians to the Western Landscape. Herrick’s historical novel, Winter of the Metal People is about the 1540-42 Coronado expedition and America’s first Indian war which was against Pueblo tribes in New Mexico. He also wrote a mystery based in Albuquerque titled, A Brother’s Cold Case, which has strong Pueblo elements. His writings about the Pueblo people won the 2004 Tony Hillerman Mystery Short Story Contest and the 2010 Society of Southwestern Writers contest. He’s a former newspaper reporter and a professor emeritus of the University of New Mexico journalism depart-ment and lives in New Mexico.

dIanE WIllOuGhBy, a.k.a. The Mule Lady, will teach you all about the history and use of the spectacular mule at the Family Fun Paddock.

dOn BullIs. Western Movies in Fact, Fiction and Trivia. Bullis, a jour-nalism and law enforce-ment veteran in New Mexico is the author of 10 books of New Mexico history and two novels. Included in his titles are New Mexico Historical Encyclo-pedia, Wild Tales from the Land of Enchantment, Bloodville, and Unsolved: New Mexico’s American Valley Ranch Mur-ders & Other Mysteries. In 2011 he was named New Mexico’s Centennial author by the New Mexico State Library. He and his wife, Gloria, live in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

dOuG FIGGs, a western singer/songwriter from Lemitar, New Mexico, is also a “certified Journey-man Farrier.” He sings with a group called, The Cowboy Way. Doug won the Academy of Western Artists Will Rogers Award Best Western Song in 2014 for his song Socios. Char-lie and Evangeline, co-written with Todd Carter, won the Western Writers of America 2015 Spur Award as Best Western Song.

FlyInG J WranGlErs. If there’s a hometown advantage for anyone at the Symposium, it goes to the Flying J Wran-glers, who have just completed another season at their won-

derful Bonita City location just north of Ruidoso. Flying J Wrangler Band Members: James Hobbs, vocal, guitar; Cindy

Saturday, 2 p.m. Cowboy USA Roundup TentSunday, 2 p.m.Wendell Solis Stage

Friday& Saturday10 a.m.Tuffy Cooper Stage

Friday & Saturday12:30 p.m.Ray Reed Stage11 a.m.Larry McWhorter Stage

Friday & Saturday10 a.m. & 2 p.m.Family Fun Paddock

Saturday, 10:00 a.m.Cowboy USA Roundup TentSunday, 10 a.m.Wendell Sollis Stage

Friday & Saturday10 a.m. & 2 p.m.Craig Cameron Arena


Hobbs, vocal, guitar, yodeling; Corina Ripple, fiddle, vocal; Randy Jones, banjo, mandolin, guitar, vocal; Roy Black, guitar, vocal.

FranK POttEr & FrIEnds. Enjoy a variety of music - gospel, swing, pickin’ and more - from a group of Ruidoso’s best, and most enjoyable musicians. Be ready for several guest appearances. Frank Potter & Friends Band Members: Frank Potter, guitar, vocal; Corina Ripple, fiddle; Randy Jones & Sons, banjo, gui-tar, mandolin; Roy Black, guitar vocal, bass; DJ Pete, guitar, keyboard, bass, drums; Timothy McCasland, dobro, steel guitar, banjo.

GIrl scOuts archEry. Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest provide International Style Archery pro-grams to local youth through the National Archery in the Schools Program. Certified Girl Scout archery in-structors go into the schools and teach students the fun and safe sport of target archery. Their focus includes the history of archery, math skills and the science of the shoot, incorporating archery into the regular school curriculum. Currently International Style Target Ar-chery is taught to 4th grade students and up in Rui-doso, Roswell, Dexter, Hagerman and Lovington, New Mexico. Seen at the Family Fun Paddock.

GlEEWOOd. The acoustic rock songwriting style of Jhett Schiavone meets the western/folk tradition of New Mexican cowgirl, Callie Sioux to bring an un-likely, unique and at-once recognizable sound to the folk/rock scene. Gleewood blends cowboy and hippie

to create a laid-back stage pres-ence sure to be re-

membered. Gleewood Band Members: Jhett Schiavone, guitar, vocals; Callie Sioux, bass, vocals

JacK and dEB stOnE’s mission is to proclaim the gospel in word and

Friday, 12, 3 & 5 p.m.Sunday, 12 p.m.Larry McWhorter Stage

Sunday9 a.m. - 12 p.m.Larry McWhorter Stage

Sunday, 11 a.m.Ray Reed Stage


song to bring people to a closer re-lationship to Jesus Christ. The Top Shelf Band Members: Jack Stone, vocal; Andy Perez, drums; Bruce Hartline, bass guitar; Jerry Dubose, lead guitar; Deb Stone, keyboard

JasOn rOBErts Band. (See Dance Headliners above for bio detail.)

JOdy nIX and thE tEXas cOWBOys. {See Dance Headliners above for bio detail.)

KarEn casEy FItzJErrEll, Why I Write the West. Fitzjerrell is a former journal-ist who traveled the Texas back roads for eight years in search of history mysteries and unique-to-Texas characters to include in her newspaper and magazine articles. Around 2005 her focus shifted to writing novels. Forgiving Effie Beck, a Depression-era Texas story won the Electronic Pub-lishing Industry Coalition Award as well as the Will Rog-ers Gold Medallion Award for best historical fiction. Fitzjerrell lives in San Antonio, Texas.

KId’s POEtry cOntEst is a competition for aspir-ing cowboy poets and is open to local school groups. Contestants read their original poetry about Tumble-weeds and Wagon Wheels as part of the competition at the Symposium. The entries will be judged by the local PTK chapter from ENMU-Ruidoso. Listen to their poems at the Cowboy USA Roundup Tent and again on Sunday at the Wendell Sollis Stage.

KId’s rOdEO, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Posse Kid’s Rodeo - Saturday, Oct. 10, 12:30 p.m., Section 3 of the Grandstands - Winner’s Circle. The Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Posse feature one of the best kid’ rodeos in the region. Held in the Sheriff’s Posse Arena, just like the pros, the Kid’s Rodeo offers exciting events for kids ages 3 to

10 years. All participating cowboys and cowgirls must preregister, 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Saturday.

lOnnIE JOE hOWEll’s signature Harmonica Sound brings a new dimension to Cowboy Music and Texas Songs. His guitar-vocal per-formances of Cowboy and Country songs are enhanced by his harmonica solos, instrumentals and fills. Whether his performance onstage is playing, sing-ing or teaching harmonica, the viewer, listener and/or learner is witness to a first-class presentation of showmanship, talent and music.

MacKIE rEdd, horseman and singer/songwriter, has been a performing professional since the age of four-teen. He has shared the stage with the Nitty Gritty Dirt

Band and many others. In 1994 he produced his first solo project, an al-bum entitled When the Last Leaves Fall. His third album, Dreaming Out Loud, was released in 2009. Mackie has

also been around horses most of his life. He can help you and your horse understand each other

and get the most out of the time you have together Mackie is all about keeping you and your horse safe. Join him at the Craig Cameron Arena on Sunday.

MElOdy GrOvEs. His-torical Fiction: A Story by Any Other Name. Groves grew up

in Las Cruces, N.M., loving

Saturday, 11 a.m.Cowboy USA Roundup TentSunday, 11 a.m.Wendell Sollis Stage

Saturday, 11 a.m.Cowboy USA Roundup Tent Friday & Saturday

11:15 a.m., Ray Reed Stage3:30 p.m., Larry McWorter StageSunday, 9 a.m., Wendell Sollis Stage11 a.m., Craig Cameron Arena

Saturday, 1 p.m.Cowboy USA Roundup TentSunday, 1 p.m.Wendell Sollis Stage

Friday, 10 a.m., 1 & 3 p.m.Saturday, 9 a.m. & 12 & 3 p.m.Sunday, 9 a.m.Cowboy USA Roundup TentSunday, 12 p.m.Wendell Sollis Stage


everything about the Old West. She has ridden buck-ing bulls and for many years performed with the New Mexico Gunfighters in Albuquerque’s Old Town. Her nonfiction titles include Ropes, Reins and Rawhide: All About Rodeo, Hoist a Cold One: A Look at Historic Bars of the Southwest, Butterfield Byway: America’s First Overland Mail Route Across the West. Her Western novels include Border Ambush, Arizona War and more. Groves and her husband live in Albuquerque, N.M.

MIKKI danIEl began her musical career when she started piano les-sons at the age of five. As time passed she discovered her true calling: playing guitar, yodeling and singing western music. Mikki is the recipient of the Academy of Western Artists 2013 Yodeling Award.

The MOBIlE daIry classrOOM is a traveling

milking parlor, featuring a live cow and an oral pres-entation. The trained instructors will demonstrate how to milk a cow, describe how milk goes from the farm to the consumer, and then answer questions from the audience. This is an innovative program that brings the dairy experience directly to the children. At schools, students and teachers share an experience that includes math, science, health (nutrition) and agriculture, all presented in an outdoor classroom format.

The MOuntaIn Man EncaMPMEnt will bring living history to the Cowboy Symposium as re-enactors and demonstrators reflect Old West and Native American Culture. The Mountain Man Encampment is complete with tepee and equipped with historical items. Visit with Leroy Anderson, Wild Bill Housler, Rattler, B. Paul Wenzel, and others at this display at Wild West Mesa.

The nEW MEXIcO BEEF cOuncIl is a consumer-focused, producer-directed organization representing

Friday & Saturday2:45 p.m., Tuffy Cooper Stage12 p.m., Wendell Sollis StageSaturday, 9 a.m.Larry McWhorter Stage

Friday, 10 a.m., 2 p.m.Saturday, 9 a.m., 12 & 2 p.m.Sunday, 9 a.m., 1 p.m.Wild West Mesa


the largest segment of our nation’s food industry. As family farmers and ranchers New Mexico’s cattlemen have a vested interest in the wise stewardship of our natural resources and the implementation of good care-taking practices. As responsive producers, they share an interest in meeting the needs of consumers by providing high-quality, nutritious beef, while setting higher quality and safety standards than those required by the government. Visit their exhibit at the Family Fun Paddock.

This year’s nEW MEXIcO QuartEr hOrsE yOuth JudGInG tEaM includes Kristie Gallacher, Carrizozo; Bryanna Parker, Capitan; Kylie Butterfield, Fort Sumner and Chesney Carter, Portales. All of whom are also active FFA members and have placed in the top 5 at the state level. At LCCS this year the team will be raffling off an autographed fiddle signed

by some of the legends in western swing music, such as Jody Nix and Leon Rausch. In addition they will also be raffling a Dino Cornay print donated by Dino Cornay himself. The money raised from these raffles will help the team

with travel expenses, lodg-ing and registration as they

compete at both the All American Congress (Columbus, Ohio) this fall and the Quarter Horse Youth World Show next summer (Okla-homa City). These contests repre-sent the highest level of competi-tion. Your support is appreciated and the drawing will be held right

before the final show Saturday night at LCCS, You need not be present to win.

PEtE lauMBach is a native New Mexican who con-tinues to sing and write about his home state, including songs about Ruidoso, Artesia, Santa Rosa and other villages. He operates a livestock company in Hope, New Mexico, and regularly performs throughout the area.

thE QuEBE sIstErs. (See Concert Headliners above for bio detail.)

rEInEr rEndEzvOus is brought to LCCS by McJenterprizes. This NRHA approved event brings together Reining horses from all over the southwest region offering specialized competitions for the American Paint horse, Arabian horse and the American Quarter horse. “To rein a horse is not only to guide him, but also to control his every movement” (NRHA website). Again this year the competition will feature “Vintage Freestyle,” where exhibitors ride in costume to music, performing the specialized maneuvers required of a Reining horse. This class is an NRHA judged class, but a “People’s Choice Award” will also be voted on by you the audience. Come watch these exhibitors perform and vote for your favorite combination of music, costume and ride. Find this event on the track, mid-grandstand.

rOadrunnEr lEathEr GuIld preserves leather craft as an ancient art which to some extent still uses the basic tools of centuries ago. In fact, it is one of the oldest crafts known to mankind. Come watch and participate in hands-on demonstrations at the Wild West Mesa.

tOMMy allsuP has been an ongoing fixture at eve-ry Cowboy Symposium since its beginning in 1989. His contri-bution to the music industry is legendary, having played in more than 9,000 Nashville recording sessions for artists of every genre. Born in Owasso, Oklahoma, his career began nearly 60 years ago as a guitarist with the Oklahoma Swingbillies. In 1958 he met Buddy Holly during a recording session at Norman Petty’s Clovis, New Mexico, studio. Tommy

will always be known for losing a coin flip with Richie Valens that “day the music died” in 1959.

WEndEll sOllIs and thE sIdEKIcKs. An ac-complished 5-string and tenor banjo player, Wendell’s shows have taken him to Quartz Mountain Resort, Oklahoma, Six Flags over Texas, Ruidoso Downs,

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Friday, 3:30 p.m.Saturday, 3:30 p.m.Sunday, 9 a.m.Ray Reed StageSaturday, 11:30 a.m.Tuffy Cooper Stage

Friday, 1 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m.(on the track)


N.M., and many concerts and dances in between. He has per-formed with several well-known swing bands, some of which in-clude the legendary performers from Bob Wills Texas Playboys. Sidekicks Band Members: Wen-dell Sollis, banjo, 5-string, tenor;

Bob Baker, steel guitar; Ronny Dale

Shultz, lead guitar; Greg Gibbs, fiddle; Mark Lowe, bass, Terry Thompson, drums; Ginny Mac, accordion.

WEstErn WrItErs OF aMErIca is a national organization of more than 600 men and women who write fiction, nonfiction, songs, poetry as well as movie and TV scripts about the American west. The organi-zation was founded in 1953 to promote the literature of the American west and to present Spur Awards for distinguished writing about the west. Today, the WWA awards Spurs in 17 categories. Check the individual bi-

ographies of the four WWA representatives, Don Bul-lis, Karen Casey Fitzjerrell, Melody Groves and Dennis Herrick. The Western Writers of American can be seen at the Cowboy USA RoundUp Tent.

WIll BanIstEr Band. Will Bannister, a musician and songwriter, is a native of Portales, New Mexico. He and his band brought the crowd to its feet at the Inter-national Festival of Music in London. The Daily Tele-graphs’ Douglas McPherson wrote that his most memorable moment of the festival “found 23-year-old Will Banister wowing the crowd with a sublimely straight forward Lovesick Blues. Sixty-three years after Hank Williams sang the same song, it was proof that country, like rock’n’ roll, will never die.” Will Banister Band Members: Will Banister, guitar, vocal; Duane Castleberry, lead, harmony vocals; Johnny Mulhair, gui-tar; Jill Mulhair; vocals, bass; Paul Goad, keyboard.

Saturday, 1 & 3 p.m.Larry McWorter StageSunday, 12:30 p.m.Ray Reed Stage

Friday & Saturday9:30 a.m. & 1:15 p.m.Wendell Sollis Stage


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The Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium is proudly sponsored by the following:

A+ Realty Services – Bill Hirschfeld Admiral Beverage Inc.

Beehive Electric LLCBerkshire Hathaway Home Services – Lynch Realty

Bonfire Hill RanchCan’t Stop Smoking

City of Ruidoso Downs Condotel

County of Lincoln, New MexicoCowboy Roundup USA

Dennis & Nancy Lukehart Doubletree Glass & Windows

ENMU-RuidosoFMH Kubota – Las Cruces

Hawk’s Nest Cattle Company – Rick VerdeInnsbrook Village Country Club & Resort

JL Cattle Co.Lawrence Brothers IGA

Lincoln County Sheriff’s PosseMel’s Motors - Ruidoso

MTD RadioNavasota Club of Navasota TX

Pat & Kathie Guthrie P N M

R.D. & Joan Dale Hubbard FoundationRide TV

Rocky Mountain Supply – Alamogordo Ruidoso Downs Racetrack & Billy the Kid Casino

Ruidoso Valley Chamber of CommerceSid & Cheryl GoodloeSierra Blanca Motors

State of New Mexico Tourism DepartmentThe Cork & Kettle Fine Wine, Cigars & Specialty Foods

The Links at Sierra BlancaUpper Canyon Social Club

Village of RuidosoWalter & Margie TippinWendell & Dustee Sollis

Zia Natural Gas Company

~ AND ~A Big Thanks to our loyal volunteers.

This event would not be possible without them!

26thAnnual Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium


BlacK IrOn WaGOn (#14) – Walter Lowe & Bob Wooley, Roswell, New Mexico – Ranch. Th is chuck wagon was made by John Deere Company some time around 1904 in Mo-line, Illinois. We like to think it made its way to New Mexi-co to fi nd work on cattle drives. When that work played out, the wagon remained in northern New Mexico and perhaps provided transportation and chuck wagon meals on some large ranch. Oh, if it could only talk, the tales it would tell. We purchased it in January 2014 and started to work on it to make it as original as possible. It is a work in progress.

Bar d WaGOn (#7) – Bob Davis, Odessa, Texas – Ranch. Th is -D wagon is a late 1800’s International Harvester Leavey Duty Wagon. Th is wagon has been in the same fam-ily for over 110 years and has fed over fi ve generations of cowboys. Chances are good that if you’re from Texas your kin has had a meal with us somewhere down the line.

CAMP COOKIE CATTLE CO. (#20) – Steve Gibson “Bell Ranch,” Germantown, Tennessee – Ranch. Th is 48” Peter Schuttler Wagon was manufactured in Chicago, Illinois, and sold to a dealer in Hutchinson, Kansas, in 1916. Th e Schrock family of Yoder, Kansas, purchased it for use in their harness, farming and ranching businesses. It is a very unique, heavy, duty ranch wagon with factory bolster springs.

c Bar c ranch (#8) – Ken & Sue Cunningham, Hartley, Texas – Ranch. Th e C Bar C Ranch is located in the north-west corner of the Texas Panhandle near the town of Hartley, Texas. Th e C Bar C Chuck Wagon is a Peter Schuttler wagon from the early 1900s. Th is wagon is used on the C Bar C Ranch for spring/fall roundups and brandings.

c 4 B WaGOn (#2) – Randy & Susan Whipple, Amarillo, Texas – Ranch. Gordon Whipple purchased this early 1920s Weber wagon in the early 1980s. It had been used on his ranch for cattle drives, brandings, caterings and just about anything. After his passing, Randy and Susan rebuilt the wagon and chuck boxes. Th e wagon reveals the original paint details found on the Weber Southern States Wide Track Wagon as well as the custom chuck boxes designed by Charles Goodnight. Th e C4B has competed in chuck wagon cook-off s as well as barbeque cook-off s and cooks extensively for Budweiser of Amarillo. In fact this is where the C4B name originated – “Cooks for Budweiser.”

cIrclE F chucK WaGOn (#17) – Bryan & Trina Full-ingim, Petersburg, Texas – Trail. Th e Circle F Chuck Wagon

is an original 3-1/2 ton Mitchell sold by H.P. Waite Co. of McCook, Nebraska. Nothing has been replaced except the brake pads which are the soles off a pair of boots. It has all its original paint down to the pinstripes on the wheel spokes.

cOcKlEBur caMP WaGOn (#3) – Sam Howell II, Odessa, Texas – Ranch. Th e Cocklebur Camp Wagon is a “STANDARD” with F.W.W. Flint Michigan on the hubs. Th e Flint Wagons Works in Flint, Michigan, started in 1882. It was purchased by Mr. Charles Crapser and was Flint’s fi rst incorporated company in 1884. Here they built wagons for all purposes such as travel, hauling and for fam-ily use. Th is wagon started its life as a farm and grain wagon before it was converted to a chuck wagon. Th e Cocklebur Camp is headquartered in Skeen, Texas, once a community on the now abandoned Santa Fe Railroad running from Slaton, Texas, to Lamesa, Texas.

GruBElnIK ranch (#15) – Dale Grubelnik, Lubbock, Texas – Ranch. Grubelnik Ranch is located in Raton, New Mexico, on Berla Mesa. Th e wagon is a 1905 Weber with original paint.

hOnEy-dO-sPOIlEr (#12) – Keven Romines, Pampa, Texas – Ranch. Th is wagon is an early 1900s Rock Island.

Th e stenciling of who sold and warranted the wagon is still readable on the sideboards. Th e crew has cooked for cow-boys at roundups, receptions, weddings and cook-off s.

JacKsOn ranch WaGOn (#1) – Th omas A. Jackson, Jr., Grants, New Mexico – Ranch. Th e Jackson Ranch, located on Highway 605 N near San Mateo, New Mexico, is a work-ing cattle and horse ranch run by Tom Jackson Sr. and Tom Jackson, Jr. Th e Jacksons raise registered Longhorn cattle

The number by each wagon indicates the location of that wagon in the in� eld. See map located in the centerfold of this program.


and registered Appaloosas horses. Th e Jackson Ranch Wagon is a working chuck wagon in use on the ranch regularly during branding season and for annual 4th of July cookouts held every year for family and friends at the ranch. Th e Jack-sons have attended the Lincoln County Cowboy Sympo-sium and chuck wagon cook-off as spectators several times and are very excited about competing this year. Th ey look forward to the learning experience and a lot of work but also to a lot of fun and that is why they are participating – “We want to have a good time and want to teach others about our way of life and learn from the other competitors.”

laJunta (#6) – Wayne & Mickey Slinkard, Roswell, New Mexico – Trail. Th is wagon is an original Newton Calmar grain wagon from Wyoming. It was sold and warranted by Nick Redler of Albion, Nebraska, around the 1890s. Th e grain box and running gear are original. It has the original Buttermilk paint of green and yellow. Th e running gear is original Newton #122. Th is is painted blue and orange. Th e tongue and brake system are original.

lOnEly GOat ranch WaGOn (#5) – John & Sharon

Crusedum, Roswell, New Mexico – Trail. Th e Lonely Goat Ranch Wagon was purchased from David Harkness by John and Sharon Drusedum in June 2014. It has been in use on the Lonely Goat Ranch and for local events since then. Th is “Indiana” wagon was manufactured in LaFayette, Indiana, in the late 1800s. It came with a chuck box of questionable condition which was replicated to its original design, materi-al and dimensions. A recent restoration involved a thorough cleaning, replacement of unsound wooden components and repainting. During the restoration many original markings and paint details were discovered and incorporated into the fi nal product. Th is wagon was used in interpretative pro-grams at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces and then later at Fort Selden State Monument in Radium Springs. It has traveled throughout the state entertaining and educating people across New Mexico.

MOrEland WaGOn shOP (#4) – Glenn Moreland, Ft. Davis, Texas – Trail. Th is Moreland Wagon is owned and operated by award-winning cook, Glenn Moreland of Fort Davis, Texas. It is an Owensboro wagon originally used as a cotton wagon by German farmers in the coastal farmlands of Texas. Glenn purchased the wagon in 1970 and later restored and converted it to a chuck wagon. Th e past 40 years it has been used on roundups in West Texas, competed in chuck wagon cook-off s, catered to events from weddings to county fairs to cooking demonstrations, from Los Angeles to Dayton, Ohio, and many places in between. Th is is my personal wagon but one of the fi rst I restored or built from my Moreland Wagon Shop in Fort Davis. Since 1996 my small shop has produced dozens of wagons and buggies and even an oxcart and half a stagecoach for museum exhibits. My work can be found on display at the Fort Davis Na-tional Historic Site, the Museum of Big Bend, as well as the Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum.

MOuntaIn traIls chucK WaGOn (#19) – Dave Wade, Rye, Colorado – Trail. Th is wagon is a John Deere Triumph. It is all original and was painted a grey blue

color, when it was used in a movie production. We added the chuck box, water barrel, seat, boot and wagon bows. We have had this wagon for a year and have used it in competitions.

MussElshEll WaGOn (#18) – Dan McCaff ree, Round-up, Montana – Trail. Th is wagon is a 1895 Moline. It was manufactured by Moline Wagon Company from Moline, Illinois. Moline Wagon Company was the largest and best wagon manufacturer in its day. Our wagon is almost 100 percent original. Th e only restoration done has been new fellys in all four wheels. Th e wagon seat has also been re-wooded. Th e rest of the wagon is all original. Of course the boxes on it I built (tool box and chuck box). Th e wagon is called a Rocky Mountain Special. It has 3-inch wide wheels and is extra heavy. We have owned the wagon for about 10


years and have been competing for about 6 years. Looking forward to meeting you.

rOBErtsOn WaGOn (#13) – Homer Robertson, Gran-bury, Texas. Th e Robertson Wagon Slash/R is a Newton wagon produced around 1900. It was fi rst sold from a hard-ware and farm implement store in Iowa. Homer purchased the wagon from Jerry Miller of Decatur, Texas in 1998. Th e chuck box and boot were then built. Th e wagon features original paint and lettering on its box as well as original se-rial numbers from Newton on the running gear.

rOcKInG rr chucK WaGOn (#16) – Russ and Susan Richins, Phoenix, Arizona – Trail. Th e Rocking RR Chuck

Wagon was originally a farm and grain wagon built around 1900. A plate on the running gear identifi es it as being built by Pekin Wagon works, Pekin, Illinois. It was restored and converted to a chuck wagon by Glen Moreland of More-land Wagon Works, Ft. Davis, Texas. Th e wagon has been used for cook-off s in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. It is also used for demonstrations at various Old West Days and Outdoor Expos to promote the heritage of chuck wagon cooking. It is occasionally used for catering as well.

rOcKInG t chucK WaGOn (#11) – Lonnie Tegeler,

Chappell Hill, Texas – Ranch. Th e Rocking T Chuck wagon has been in the Tegeler family for almost 100 years and is now enjoyed by the fi fth generation of the family. Origi-nally purchased by Herman Tegeler in the early 1900s, the wagon remained in continuous use on the family farm and ranch near the small community of Sempronus in Austin County, Texas, until the retirement of Herman Tegeler in the late 1950’s. Raymond Tegeler inherited the wagon from his father. Th e wagon has been offi cially registered by the American Chuck Wagon Association as a historical wagon and was presented the number plaque (#23) that is proudly displayed on the wagon. runnInG d WaGOn (#9) – Donnie Daniels, Harrison, Arkansas – Trail.

tWO FOrKs chucK WaGOn (#10) – Ron & Melinda Springer, San Angelo, Texas – Trail.

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