Colorado Springs, Colorado
Culture, General, History, Specialized
The colorful history and equally colorful legends of professional rodeo live on at the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Each year more than 35,000 visitors tour the Hall, which offers exhibits that detail the changes in saddles, chaps, hats and other rodeo equipment over the decades. Hall of Fame guests start their tour in the Hall of Champions..., which features exhibits on each event's cowboys, current champions, famous stock contractors, clowns and other rodeo personnel.