ProRodeo Hall of Fame & Museum of the American Cowboy

ProRodeo Hall of Fame & Museum of the American Cowboy The ProRodeo Hall of Fame opened in August 1979 as an educational and entertaining museum designed to
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Our Mission: The ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy exists to educate the public about rodeo, its history, and its impact on Western American culture. The Hall of Fame will also provide recognition to rodeo notables of the past, present, and serve as an inspiration for the future.

Join the Pikes Peak Range Riders at the ProRodeo Hall of Fame for the annual Western Street Breakfast Token Presentation...
05/28/2026

Join the Pikes Peak Range Riders at the ProRodeo Hall of Fame for the annual Western Street Breakfast Token Presentation. Help kick off a summer of Western heritage and rodeo in Colorado Springs!

Get entered to win this Wright Western cap signed by Cody, Rusty, Stetson, Statler and Ryder Wright! Here’s what you nee...
05/27/2026

Get entered to win this Wright Western cap signed by Cody, Rusty, Stetson, Statler and Ryder Wright! Here’s what you need to do. 🐴
1. Visit the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. 2. Show us your ticket to drive up the Pikes Peak Highway or show us your Hall of Fame/Pikes Peak Highway combo ticket. 3. Show us your tickets to at least two of these PRCA rodeos: Estes Park Rooftop Rodeo, Gunnison Cattlemen’s Days Rodeo, Greeley Stampede, Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo, Cheyenne Frontier Days. 4. Have the most epic road trip of the summer! Oh, and get the official ProRodeo Roadtrip sticker.

Happy Memorial Day. The ProRodeo Hall of Fame honors all who have sacrificed for our great nation. Thank you to the Firs...
05/25/2026

Happy Memorial Day. The ProRodeo Hall of Fame honors all who have sacrificed for our great nation. Thank you to the First Colorado Top Hands, pictured, for flying the colors in tribute of our nation and our military.

This stunning photo is of the Cowtown Rodeo remuda. Cowtown Rodeo, inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2023, is t...
05/22/2026

This stunning photo is of the Cowtown Rodeo remuda. Cowtown Rodeo, inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2023, is the longest-running weekly rodeo in the United States.. Started in 1929 by Howard Harris Sr. and his son, Howard “Stoney” Harris Jr., the Cowtown Rodeo has been a staple of eastern rodeo.

The Harris family worked together to establish the oldest weekly professional rodeo in the United States. Held every Saturday from May through September, and opens May 23 this year.

Cowtown Rodeo is unique in the fact that they not only have produced rodeos all over the East Coast, from Rutland, Vermont, to Raleigh, North Carolina, but also raise most of their bucking stock. The bucking horses seen today are the grandsons and granddaughters of those seen in the early 1970’s. At the time of induction, they have produced over 1500 rodeos.

In honor of our services members past and present. Please enjoy a taken of appreciation from the ProRodeo Hall of Fame.
05/21/2026

In honor of our services members past and present. Please enjoy a taken of appreciation from the ProRodeo Hall of Fame.

We are closed Memorial Day in observance of the Holiday.
05/20/2026

We are closed Memorial Day in observance of the Holiday.

Happy May Birthday (Round Three) to our inductees!
05/19/2026

Happy May Birthday (Round Three) to our inductees!

This image captures ProRodeo Hall of Fame inducted Rowell Ranch Pro Rodeo in the 1930’s. (Inducted in 2014.)Harry Rowell...
05/15/2026

This image captures ProRodeo Hall of Fame inducted Rowell Ranch Pro Rodeo in the 1930’s. (Inducted in 2014.)
Harry Rowell, a rancher, businessman and philanthropist, brought the sport of rodeo to the athletic fields of the Burbank School in downtown Hayward, Calif., in 1921 and then moved it to his Dublin Canyon Ranch four years later, where it has been a fixture on the professional rodeo calendar ever since.

Crowned the “Rodeo King of the West” for his contributions to the sport, Rowell – part of the ProRodeo Hall of Fame’s inaugural class of 1979 – was a stock producer for 25 rodeos throughout the West, including the Grand National Rodeo in San Francisco. But it was his own home rodeo that held a special place in his heart.

Upon Rowell’s death in 1969, his wife, Maggie, kept the rodeo going with help from Art Palmer and Cecil Jones, and she had it written into her will that the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District could purchase the rodeo site as long as city officials promised that the grounds would be made available for free each year to continue the Rowell Ranch Rodeo and a junior rodeo.

In 1977, a local non-profit organization was formed in compliance with Maggie’s wishes to assure the continuation of the rodeo as a traditional historical community event, a fundraiser for local charities – and a lasting tribute to her British-born husband’s love of the West.

The rodeo begins each year with a lone rider galloping down “Harry’s Hill,” carrying the American flag into the arena.

Address

103 Pro Rodeo Drive
Colorado Springs, CO
80919

Opening Hours

Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+17195284764

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