Cowboy contest brings cash prizes to Pecos City
July 4 1883 Pecos City Texas hosts a planned cowboy contest with a free barbecue and cash prizes. Morgan Livingston of the NA ranch topped the steer roping, Tray Windham of Lazy Y took second. prizes were $25 and $15. Four ranch outfits gathered as crowds swelled around Red Newell's saloon.
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Pecos City
Tex
Morgan Livingston
NA Ranch
Tray Windham
Lazy Y’s
Jim Mannin
Fate Beard
George Brookshire
Jim Slack
Henry Slack
Howard Cellier
Hashknife Ranch
Jeff Chism
Henry Miller
W Ranch
Trav Windham
Morgan
Jim Livingston
Thers
Brawley Oates
Ira Havins
John Chalk
Cooksey
Clayton Ranch
E. P. Stuckler
Stockton
John Coalson
101
Nick Newell
Tom Babb
Nick
Red Newell
Honor Roll of Legion Men Back Pecos Rodeo Effort
Members of Richard Brisco Post No. 91 American Legion contributed to the Pecos Rodeo since 1930. The 1939 show is promoted as the greatest yet with Tuffy Alley as rodeo manager and Holsey Glover and George Maley on the committee.
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Richard Brisco Post No. 91
American Legion
Pecos
Tuffy Alley
Richard Brisco Post
Holsey Glover
George Maley
Legion Post
Glover and Maley
Barney Hubbs
Chamber of Commerce
Buck Jackson
Lions Club
Rusty Bell
Rotary Club
Billy Prewit
George Daniel
Pecos Valley Livestock Protective Association
John Wadley
Dewey Richburg
Jas. L. Kincannon
Elmer Harrington
West Texas Rodeo Queens and Area Fishing At Red Bluff
The piece notes Pecos Rodeo queen history from 1932 to 1937 with names such as Annievelyn Roberson and Evelyn Rose Cooksey among past royal figures. It also highlights West Texas fishing near Isaack Walton's area, Red Bluff Lake, and Lake Balmorhea with strong opening day catches and limits.
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Norman Eisenwine
Annievelyn Roberson
Eisenwine
Robert D. Penn
Margaret Duncan
Fort Davis
Jiggs Dinwiddie
Pecos
Evelyn Rose Cooksey
Miss Duncan
Dinwiddie
Mrs. Beauchamp Injured in Wreck Near Black River Village
Mrs. H Beauchamp suffered a dislocated arm and severe bruises when the car she rode in overturned into an irrigation ditch en route to a district picnic for Southern Union Utilities Company at Black River Village. Mr and Mrs Larry Ladd, also traveling, escaped serious injury though their car was badly damaged.
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Harvey Beauchamp
Larry Ladd
Black River Village
Southern Union Utilities Company
Pecos Warns of Major Holiday Tourism In Southwest
Vacation spots are in reach as Pecos prepares for thousands of visitors for a four day Fourth of July weekend. See West Texas First promotes diverse amusements from Red Bluff Lake bass fishing to the Carlsbad Caverns. the area touts mountain climbing relic hunting and boating opportunities within driving distance.
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Southwest
Pecos
West Texas
Texas
Chisos Mountain
Big Bend
Carlsbad Caverns
Davis Mountains
Red Bluff Lake
Grandstand upgrades boost rodeo grounds investment
The grandstand at the rodeo grounds now totals 2500 dollars after improvements this year including a full cover. Hollis Smith and two other legion post members oversee the committee. Earlier investments reached 1150 dollars. now 1200 more has added box seats and shade with views of the Davis Mountains and Mount Locke observatory nearby Fort Davis and San Solomon Springs offering outdoor pool boating and fishing.
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I. R. Titus
Dewey Richburg
Hollis Smith
Legion
Earl Bell
Charlie Hines
Carl Eddins
Dan Mount
Capt
W. W. Dean
Lawson Goodrich
Dan Constas
W. R. Cook
Tom McClure
Swede Strong
John Wallace
John Correll
Roy Biggs
J. C. Buchannan
Ken Regan
Jack Gray
Harry Clinton
Choc Jones
Rodeo Grounds
Legion Post
Davis Mountains
Mount Locke
McDonald Observatory
Fort Davis
San Solomon Springs
CCC
Postmasters Col lie Return From Texas Convention
Postmaster and Mrs. M W Collie returned home this week from Big Spring where they attended a Texas post masters convention. They visited their son Morris Collie in Kaufman. Mr and Mrs Add Owen and daughters Martha Jane Mary and Dorris of Kingman Arizona visited Mary Owens and relatives and planned to visit Carlsbad before returning to Arizona.
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M. W. Collie
Big Spring
Texas
Morris Collie
Kaufman
Add Owen
Martha
Jane
Mary
Dorris
Kingman
Arizona
Mary Owens
Carlsbad
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Thomas Jefferson
Midland
Culberson
van Horn
Red Bluff
Pells
Reeves
Winkler
Mentone
Balmornea Ake Nea
Barstow
Odessa
Glas
Eeee
Nsora DeRacy
Mrs. Eisenwine
Jimmie Duncan
Isaack Walton
Paradise
Earth
West
Balmorhea
Mrs. Ladd
Mr. Ladd
Pecos, Texas
Confab
The
Silver Dollar Club
Hollywood Club
Mittie Moorhead
Poineers
Community Public Service Company
Aitizen and A
Amun
Public Service
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