2 | 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium Welcome to the 26th Annual Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium 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.” Symposium Hours Daily Entertainment Friday/Saturday: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. 4 Live Entertainment Sunday: Chuck Wagon Cook-Off Information 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. 6-7 Music Schedule 8 Family Fun Schedule Night Entertainment 9 All Day Fun for the Whole Family / Equestrian (Concerts/Dance) Demonstrations Th ursday, Friday 12 Entertainer Bios & Saturday: 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. 16-17 Map 18-19 Grandstand and Tent Vendor Maps and Listings Admission Rates 20 Entertainer Bios, cont. Daily Admission 28 2014 LCCS Sponsors Friday OR Saturday: 29 Chuck Wagon Information $25 per person Children 12 & under FREE Sunday: FREE Concerts: Th ursday OR Saturday Night: $65 per person Dance: Friday Night: Photos courtesy of LCCS, Eugene Heathman, Gay Harris and Ty Wyant $40 per person 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium | 3 LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Western Thursday Night Concert • Oct. 8 7 p.m. Dave Alexander and his Big Texas Swing Band Expo 8:30 p.m. CRYSTAL GAYLE Our vendors come from across the Southwest to offer top quality Friday Night Super Swing Dance • Oct. 9 merchandise. Please shop, support 7:30 p.m. Jason Roberts Band and thank them for their participa- 8:45 p.m. Billy Mata and the Texas Tradition tion. Remember that on Sunday admission to the Symposium is Jody Nix and the Texas Cowboy 10 p.m. free, which gives you another op- Saturday Night Concert & Dance • Oct. 10 portunity to return and shop with our vendors one last time. 7 p.m. The Quebe Sisters 8 p.m. Suzy Bogguss 9 p.m. BILL ANDERSON Family Fun 10:45 p.m. Jody Nix and the Texas Cowboys Events Enjoy the many, varied activities (performances, educational pres- CHUCK entations and demonstrations) specifically provided for families WAGON and kids. These include the Kid’s In 2012 the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium was named Venue of the Year by the Cowtown Society of Western Music. In addition True Rodeo (Preregistration Saturday West Magazine named it the Best Chuck Wagon Contest for 2012 and 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m., Section 2013. One of the highlights of the Symposium is the World Champion- 3 Grandstand Winner’s Circle), ship Chuck Wagon Competition (featured on the Food Network’s “All Mountain Men Encampment, American Festivals and Cowboy Challenge”) with prizes totaling $13,000. Mule Lady and more! Competitors are judged not only on their mouth-watering food, but also on the authenticity of their wagons and attire. Horse saturday lunch Wo r rld’s Oct. 10 • 12 noon • $25 per person chuciche Training k st SUNDAY BREAKFAST cook wago Oct. 11 • 8:30 a.m. • $15 per person off n & Skills !! If 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. 4 | 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium 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 Alexander Entertainment Director Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium

Y arbrough 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.

2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium | 5 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 LARRY McWHORTER STAGE THURSDAY NIGHT CONCERT (Grandstand West End) RAY REED STAGE 9-10a Belinda Gail (Tent - East End) 10-11a Jason Roberts Band 7-8p Dave Alexander and His Big Texas Swing Band with Floyd Domino 11a-12p The Flying J Wranglers 8:30-10p An evening with CRYSTAL GAYLE 12-1p Gleewood 1-2p Belinda Gail 2-3p Jason Roberts Band FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 3-4p Gleewood RAY REED STAGE 4-5p Belinda Gail (Tent - East End) 5-5:45p Gleewood 10-11a Dave Alexander and His Big Texas Swing Band with Floyd Domino TUFFY COOPER STAGE 11:15a -12:30p The Quebe Sisters (Hall of Fame Grandstand upstairs) 12:30-1:30p The Flying J Wranglers 9-10a Chuck Cusimano

MUSIC SCHEDULE 1:30-2:30p Coby Carter & 5 Miles West 10-11:30a Cowboys Unplugged: Chuck Cusimano, 2:30-3:30p Billy Mata and The Texas Tradition Doug Figgs, Pete Laumbach 3:30-5p TEXAS PLAYBOY TRIBUTE: Billy Mata and 11:30a-1p Belinda Gail The Texas Tradition; Coby Carter & 5 Mile 1-2:30p Cowboys Unplugged West ; Dave Alexander and His Big Texas 2:45-3:45p Mikki Daniel Swing Band; Floyd Domino; Jason Roberts Band; Jody Nix and The Texas Cowboys; 4-6 Cowboys Unplugged The Quebe Sisters WENDELL SOLLIS STAGE (Grandstand Entrance) Ray Reed Stage performances 9:30a-12p Wendell Sollis and The Sidekicks broadcast LIVE during Cowboy 12-1:15p Mikki Daniel Symposium by MTD Radio 1:15-5:15p Wendell Sollis and The Sidekicks MTD Radio station’s KRUI (1490 AM) SYMPOSIUM and KWMW (105.1 FM/99.1 FM) will be broadcasting live from the Ray Reed stage during the 26th annual Lincoln County FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE Cowboy Symposium. MTD Radio can be RAY REED STAGE heard throughout southeast New Mexico. (Tent - East End) “This is an excellent opportunity for everyone 7-8:30p Jason Roberts Band to listen and hear the fantastic sounds of the 8:45-10p Billy Mata and The Texas Tradition Symposium” station manager Will Rooney 10-11:30p Jody Nix and the Texas Cowboys 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. 2015 COWBOY 2015 COWBOY 6 | 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium 2015 COWBOY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 RAY REED STAGE SATURDAY NIGHT CONCERT (Tent - East End) RAY REED STAGE (Tent - East End) 9-10a Belinda Gail 7-7:30p The Quebe Sisters 10-11a Dave Alexander and His Big Texas Swing Band with Floyd Domino 8-9p SUZY BOGGUSS 11:15a-12:30p The Quebe Sisters 9-10:30p THE BILL ANDERSON SHOW 12:30-1:30p The Flying J Wranglers 10:45-11:30p Jody Nix and The Texas Cowboys 1:30-2:30p Billy Mata and The Texas Tradition 2:30-3:30p Coby Carter & 5 Mile West SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 3:30-5p TEXAS PLAYBOY TRIBUTE: Billy Mata and RAY REED STAGE The Texas Tradition; Coby Carter & 5 Mile (Tent - East End)

West ; Dave Alexander and His Big Texas 9-11a Tommy Allsup & Friends SYMPOSIUM Swing Band; Floyd Domino; Jason Roberts 11a-12:30p Jack & Deb Stone Band; Jody Nix and The Texas Cowboys; The Quebe Sisters 12:30-2p Will Banister Band

LARRY McWHORTER STAGE LARRY McWHORTER STAGE (Grandstand - West End) (Grandstand - West End) 9a-12p Frank Potter & Friends: Corinna Ripple, 9-10a Mikki Daniel DJ Pete, Randy Jones & Sons, Roy Black, 10-11a Jason Roberts Band Timothy McCasland 11-12p The Flying J Wranglers 12-2p Gleewood 12-1p Belinda Gail 1-2p Will Banister Band WENDELL SOLLIS STAGE 2-3p Jason Roberts Band (Grandstand Entrance)

3-5p Will Banister Band 9-10a Mackie Redd MUSIC SCHEDULE 10-11a Don Bullis, Western Movies in Fact, Fiction TUFFY COOPER STAGE and Trivia (Hall of Fame Grandstand upstairs) 11-12p Karen Casey Fitzjerrell, Why I Write the 9-10a Chuck Cusimano West 10-11:30a Cowboys Unplugged: Chuck Cusimano, 12-1p Lonnie Joe Howell, Harmonica Roadhouse Doug Figgs, Pete Laumbach 1-2p Melody Groves, Historical Fiction: A Story 11:30a-1p Tommy Allsup’s Tribute to Buddy Holly by Any Other Name 2p D 1-2:30p Cowboys Unplugged ennis Herrick, Restoring Pueblo Indians to the Western Landscape 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

2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium | 7 Friday, October 9 Time Cowboy USA Roundup Tent Wild West Mesa 10:00 AM Lonnie Joe Howell: "Harmonica Roadhouse" Mountain Men Demonstration 11:00 AM Kid's Poetry Contest Cee Dub Welch: Dutch Oven Cooking Demonstrations 12:00 PM Blacksmith Demonstration 1:00 PM Lonnie Joe Howell: "Harmonica Roadhouse" Cee Dub Welch: Dutch Oven Cooking Demonstrations 2:00 PM Betty Sims Solt: "Cowgirl Poetry" Mountain Men Demonstration 3:00 PM Lonnie Joe Howell: "Harmonica Roadhouse" Cee Dub Welch: Dutch Oven Cooking Demonstrations 4:00 PM Blacksmith Demonstration Saturday, October 10 Time Cowboy USA Roundup Tent Wild West Mesa 9:00 AM Lonnie Joe Howell: "Harmonica Roadhouse" Mountain Men Demonstration 10:00 AM Don Bullis "Western Movies in Fact, Fiction and Trivia" Cee Dub Welch: Dutch Oven Cooking Demonstrations 11:00 AM Karen Casey Fitzjerrell "Why I Write the West" Blacksmith Demonstration 12:00 PM Lonnie Joe Howell: "Harmonica Roadhouse" Mountain Men Demonstration 1:00 PM Melody Groves "Historical Fiction: A Story by Any Other Name" Cee Dub Welch: Dutch Oven Cooking Demonstrations 2:00 PM Dennis Herrick "Restoring Pueblo Indians to the Western Mountain Men Demonstration Landscape" 3:00 PM Lonnie Joe Howell: "Harmonica Roadhouse" Blacksmith Demonstration SCHEDULE Sunday, October 11 Time Cowboy USA Roundup Tent Wild West Mesa 9:00 AM Lonnie Joe Howell: "Harmonica Roadhouse" Mountain Men Demonstration 10:00 AM Blacksmith Demonstration 11:00 AM Cee Dub Welch: Dutch Oven Cooking Demonstrations 12:00 PM Blacksmith Demonstration 1:00 PM Mountain Men Demonstration

2015 FAMILY FUN 2015 FAMILY 2:00 PM Cee Dub Welch: Dutch Oven Cooking Demonstrations www.cowboysymposium.org

8 | 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium for the Whole Family ALL DAY EVENTS Friday, Saturday & Sunday Calling All Little Rootin’ Tootin’ Wild West Mesa Dutch Oven Cooking Cowboys & Cowgirls! Mountain Man Camp Lincoln County Sheriff’s Posse Blacksmithing Kids Rodeo Leather Crafting Saturday, October 10 • 12:30 p.m. Section 3 of the Grandstands - Winner Circle Registration: 10:30 a.m. -12 p.m. Family Fun Paddock Chuck Wagon Biscuits The Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium and the Lin- coln County Sheriff’s Posse feature one of the best kids’ Mule Demonstrations rodeos in the region. Held in the Sheriff’s Posse Arena, Milking Demonstrations just like the pros, the kids’ rodeo offers exciting events for Archery kids ages 3 to 10 years old. Rodeo events include barrel New Mexico Beef Council – All About Beef racing (stick horses), dummy roping, goat scramble and roping. Come cheer on the little cowboys and cowgirls! Little Bear Forest Reform Coalition – Fire Safety All participating cowboys and cowgirls must preregister.

EQUESTRIAN DEMONSTRATIONS

Charity Jacobs, the star of Trick Riding 101, a uncertified or live 4th generation rodeo performer and rancher on both ammo is allowed at sides of the family, never dreamed of doing anything any mounted shoot- else. Both Charity and her son perform as U Spur ing match. Mounted Rodeo Entertainment. She enjoys covering the history Shooting, a family of trick riding and rodeo itself, promoting new and sport, is a timed event upcoming entertainers, working on her own presenta- and the fastest run tion, and educating potential horse-buyers on the ins wins. Each contestant and outs of horse ownership. Charity can be found at starts out as a level one the Craig Cameron Arena. shooter and then may Friday, October 9 • 12 p.m. & 4 p.m. progress through 6 Saturday, October 10 • 12 p.m. & 4 p.m. different available skill Photo courtesy of Wikipedia levels depending on the Cowboy Mounted Shooting and the number of class wins he or she can achieve. For more Borderland Pistoleros information about Cowboy Mounted Shooting stop Cowboy Mounted Shooting is considered the fastest by www.CMSAevents.com or look for the local group, growing equine sport in the world today. Every con- Borderland Pistoleros, on Facebook. Their performance testant shoots single action pistols chambered in a .45 will be held on the track backstretch. (Break during Colt. In the interest of safety and fairness, no outside, Craig Cameron demonstrations). 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium | 9 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.

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 uleM 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. A competitor performing the sliding stop, one of the Saturday, October 10 • 10 a.m. & 12 p.m. signature moves of a reining horse. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Mackie Redd’s demonstration is de- signed to help you make the most of the time you do have no matter how limited KEDU to host fundraiser at that time might be. He can help you and Hubbard Museum your horse to understand one another and get the most out of the time you have KEDU-FM (102.3) will be hosting a fundraising event Satur- together. Mackie is all about keeping you day evening, Oct. 9 at the Hubbard Museum of the American and your horse safe. Let him show you West, Highway 70 Ruidoso Downs. The event will salute “The how at the Craig Cameron Arena. Great American Cowboy” Sunday, October 11 • 11 a.m. during the Symposium, and will be held from 5 to Reiner Rendezvous, an NRHA 7 p.m. approved event, again brings together The featured guest is Bob Reining horses from all over the southwest Hite, Jr., son of the leg- region offering specialized competitions endary voice of the Lone for the American Paint Horse, Arabian Ranger Radio Show. Bob Horse and the American Quarter horse. will be on hand celebrating old west radio with live perfor- To rein a horse is not only to guide him, mances of the show. Tickets are $25 per person. but also to control his every movement (NRHA website). This year, the competi- For more information, telephone 575-378-4142. tion will feature “Vintage Freestyle,” where

10 | 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium | 11 concert Cowboy Symposium HEADLINERS in 2008. BILL ANDERSON is one of the most successful coun- Their fid- try music songwriters dling skills as well as a popular and 3-part singer. His soft vocal harmony style and occasional have won spoken narrations them the Friday, 11:15 a.m. have earned him the Crescendo Award from the Western & 3:30 p.m. nickname, “Whis- Music Association and they are also Saturday, 3:30 & perin’ Bill.” Anderson winners of the Western Swing Album 7 p.m. has been voted and/ of the Year from the Academy of Ray Reed Stage or nominated Song- Saturday Western Artists. The band members include Grace, writer of the Year six times. In 2001 9 p.m. fiddle and vocal; Sophia, fiddle and vocal; Hulda, fiddle he earned membership in Nashville’s Ray Reed Stage and vocal; Simon Shipp, guitar; Daniel Parr, bass. Country Music Hall of Fame, the ultimate honor. SUZY BOGGUSS began her career in the 1980s as a CRYSTAL GAYLE is an award-winning country solo country mu- music singer best known sic singer. Before for her 1975 country- taking a break to pop crossover hit, Don’t start a family in the it Make My Brown Eyes 1990’s she won the Blue. In the 70s and 80s Academy of Coun- she had 20 number one try Music’s Top hits. Her album, We Must New Female Vocal- Believe in Magic, earned ist Award and the her the honor of becom- Country Music Association’s Hori- Saturday 8 p.m. ing the first female artist zon Award. She continues to record Ray Reed Stage in country music history and tour extensively. to reach Platinum sales. Thursday Continuing to perform, tour, and 8:30 p.m. DAVE ALEXANDER AND HIS BIG TEXAS SWING write, Crystal Gayle was awarded Ray Reed Stage BAND. A former member of TheTexas Playboys, Best Female Entertainer in 2007 by the Second Annual Dave Alexander has been American Entertainment Magazine Reader’s Choice named Academy of West- Awards. In 2008 she was inducted into the Kentucky ern Artists Entertainer Music Hall of Fame. of the Year and has been inducted into the Texas THE QUEBE SISTERS , a western swing fiddle group Thursday, 7 p.m. Western from Dallas, Texas, formed in 2002, performing vin- Friday & Saturday, Swing tage country, western swing and traditional Texas-style 10 a.m. & 3:30 p.m. Hall of fiddle tunes. They first appeared at the Lincoln County Ray Reed Stage Fame. In 12 | 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium 2013 he received the Academy of Western Artists’ great talist of the Year in 2014. The Texas Tradition Band western music of the past with his own compositions Members: Billy Mata, vocal; Dave Alexander, trumpet; and enthusiastic musicians. Those successful, enthusi- Roger Edington, steel guitar; Richard Helsley, fiddle; astic group of musicians, His Big Texas Swing Band, David Waters, guitar, Terry Hale, upright bass, Rocco include: Tommy Nash, guitar; Randy “Snuffy” Elmore, Forttunato, drums. fiddle; Cindy Cashdollar, steel guitar; Brass JASON ROBERTS BAND. Jason Roberts is a top western swing fiddler and former member of the Gram- DANCE HEADLINERS my winning band, Asleep at the Wheel. He portrayed JODY NIX AND THE TEXAS COWBOYS. Jody pioneering fiddler Bob Wills in the stage play, Ride inherited his father’s with Bob. He love of music and his was mentored talent. He began his early on by professional career Texas Play- playing with his fa- boy’s fiddler, ther’s band, Hoyle Nix Jimmy Gim- and the West Texas ble. “Roberts Cowboys. As a front doesn’t just stage performer in play western his own right, he has Friday & Saturday Friday, 3:30 & 10 p.m. swing, he channels Bob Wills, the created a mix of pure, traditional 3:30 p.m. Saturday, 3:30 & 10:45 King of Western Swing” (James Friday, 7 p.m. western music which blends to p.m. Reed, February, 2008). Jason left Ray Reed Stage produce his unique sound of Ray Reed Stage Asleep at the Wheel after two 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. today. Jody was inducted into the Western Swing Hall decades to pursue a solo career. Larry McWhorter Stage of Fame in Sacramento, California, in 1996. Jody was Jason Roberts Band Members: Jason Roberts, fiddle, awarded the 2011 AWA award for Instrumentalist. The mandolin, vocal; Rick McRae, guitar; Ricky Bowen, Texas Cowboys Band Members: Jody Nix, vocal, fiddle; fiddle; Johnny Cox, steel; Al Quaid, upright bass; Mi- Junior Knight, steel guitar; Robert Weeks, fiddle; Dixie chael Morns, drums; Dan Walton, piano. Hankins, drums, harmony vocals; Brady Weeks, bass.

BILLY MATA and THE TEXAS TRADITION. Billy ENTERTAINERS Mata, The Ambassador of Western Swing, has been Belinda Gail, originally from Carson Valley, Ne- performing southwestern swing music for over 30 years vada and Sierra Nevada foothills of California, has com- and his career continues to thrive, even reaching new mitted her full-time effort to Western music for nearly heights. It would be difficult to match Billy’s schedule two decades. She began her career in 1996 touring with of performances all over Texas and the rest of the world. the Sons of Joaquin. In 2012 His band, The Texas Tradition, tours nationally as well she was named WMA Female as internationally. Billy is past recipient of the Western Performer of the Year for the Music Association’s Male Vocalist of the Year and the seventh time. American Cow- prestigious Will Rogers Award boy magazine named her one for high achievement in the Friday, 9 a.m., 1 & 4 of the top western swing music industry. p.m. 50 coun- In 2010 he was inducted into Larry McWhorter Stage try and the Texas Saturday, 9 a.m. western Friday, 2:30 & 8:45 p.m. Ray Reed Stage Western Swing Hall Saturday, 1:30 & 10:45 of Fame. entertain- Band member Rocco Fortunato Friday, 11:30 a.m. p.m. Saturday, 12 p.m. ers of all was named AWA In- Ray Reed Stage strumen- Tuffy Cooper Stage time. 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium | 13 Betty Sims Solt learned the basic skills of good published and illustrated horsemanship while growing up on her family’s ranch. ground-breaking books on the She began her rodeo career in 1950 at a high school west. In addition to his efforts rodeo, going on to win nu- for True West, Boze’s work has merous awards, including two appeared in Arizona High- NIRA Barrel Racing Champi- ways, Playboy and National onships. Betty started teach- Lampoon. ing in 1964, became a 4-H Club leader and was a charter Bob “Hopper” Shannon has been blacksmithing member of the Berrendo more than 15 years since he Cowbelles. She also writes first opened Diamondback cowboy poetry and organized Forge for business. He is a the first New Mexico Cowboy self-taught smithy and his Poetry Roundup. Betty will be Saturday, 2 p.m. interests lean toward 17th performing her cowboy poetry Cowboy USA Roundup Tent and 18th century Spanish Friday, 12 & 4 p.m. and participating in cowboy storytelling. Join her in Colonial. Come meet Hopper Saturday, 11 a.m. & 3 p.m. the Cowboy USA Roundup Tent. and his wife, Kay, at the Fam- Sunday, 10 a.m. & 12 p.m. ily Fun Paddock. Wild West Mesa Billy Mata and The Texas Tradition. (See Dance Headliners above for bio detail.) Cee Dub Welch gained his reputation as a Dutch oven cook while patrolling Idaho’s back country as a Bob Boze Bell bought True West magazine in conservation officer for the Idaho Department of Fish 1999 and moved editorial offices to Arizona. He has Continued on pg. 20

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2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium | 15 16 | 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium | 17 18 | 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium | 19 Continued from pg. 14 Chuck Wagon Demonstrations by the New & Game. In 1999, Cee Mexico Farm and Dub traded in his gun belt Ranch Museum will for an apron and began teach you how to cook “patrolling” the airwaves on an authentic chuck on PBS with his 39-part wagon and make “bag series: Dutch Oven & biscuits” at the Family Friday, 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. Camp Cooking. Cee Fun Paddock. Saturday, 10 a.m., 1 p.m. Dub’s demonstrations will Sunday, 11 a.m., 2 p.m. be held on the Wild West Coby Carter & 5 Miles West. Coby Carter has Wild West Mesa Mesa. been playing the fiddle for about 11 years and enjoys playing Western Swing, 40’s Big Band Swing and Charity Jacobs, the star of Trick Riding 101, a Texas country music. For the past eight years he has 4th generation rodeo performer had an opportunity to perform with multiply talented and rancher on both sides of the musicians. Last year Coby family, never dreamed of do- was given his own show at ing anything else. Both Char- LCCS. He has won several ity and her son perform as U first place awards includ- Spur Rodeo Entertainment, ing Reserve Grand Cham- She enjoys covering the history pion for 2011 and in 2012 of trick riding and rodeo itself, at Bob Wills Day fiddle promoting new and upcoming contest in Dalhart, Texas. entertainers, working on her own Friday & Saturday In 2014 he won the AWA Friday, 1:30 & 3:30 p.m. presentation, and educating poten- 12 & 4 p.m. Western Swing Male Vocalist Saturday, 2:30 & 3:30 p.m. Craig Cameron Arena tial horse-buyers on the ins and outs of the year. 5 Mile West Band Ray Reed Stage of horse ownership. Charity can be found at the Craig Members: Coby Carter, fiddle, Cameron Arena. vocal; Matthew Wolfe, guitar; Mateo Ancira, drums; Lee Elk, guitar; Randy Dunson, guitar. Chuck Cusimano makes his 24th appearance at the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium. Born and Cowbo y Mounted Shooting and the raised in Southern Colorado and growing up on a large Borderland Pistoleros. Cowboy Mounted cattle ranch, Chuck has an ex- Shooting is one of the fastest growing equine sports tensive background in ranch- in the world today. Every contestant shoots single ing. Since his father played action pistols chambered in a .45 Colt. In the inter- in a western swing band in est of safety and fairness, no outside, uncertified or the 50s and 60s, Chuck had a live ammo is allowed solid foundation of great mu- at any mounted shoot- sic. After serving in Vietnam, ing match. Mounted Chuck began his own career shooting is a timed Friday & Saturday in the country music field. He event with 60 seconds 9 & 10 a.m., 1 & 4 p.m. has played lead guitar in his own the longest run allowed. Tuffy Cooper Stage band as well as in many other Mounted shooting is a bands. He is one of two male vocalists ever to win the family sport with classes Ray Reed ”Whang” Award given at the Lincoln County for both genders from Cowboy Symposium a few years ago. His album won ages 12 and under to Pure Country Album award from the Academy of ages 50 and up. These Western Artists in 2013. demonstrations can be Photo courtesy of Wikipedia 20 | 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium | 21 seen at the Craig Cameron Arena, near the crossover. Don Bullis. Western Movies in Fact, Fiction Craig Cameron, known as and Trivia. Bullis, a jour- The Gentle Horse Trainer, im- nalism and law enforce- parts his unique horsemanship ment veteran in New skills and philosophy of training Mexico is the author of through short 10 books of New Mexico Friday & Saturday demonstrations. history and two novels. 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Craig’s demon- Included in his titles are Saturday, 10:00 a.m. Craig Cameron Arena strations take New Mexico Historical Encyclo- Cowboy USA Roundup Tent place On the Track, at the Craig Cameron Arena, near pedia, Wild Tales from the Land Sunday, 10 a.m. Wendell Sollis Stage the crossover. of Enchantment, Bloodville, and Unsolved: New Mexico’s American Valley Ranch Mur- Dva e Alexander and His Big Texas Swing ders & Other Mysteries. In 2011 he was named New Band. (See Concert Headliners above for bio detail.) Mexico’s Centennial author by the New Mexico State Library. He and his wife, Gloria, live in Rio Rancho, Dennis Herrick, Restoring Pueblo Indians to the New Mexico. Western Landscape. Herrick’s historical novel, Winter of the Doug Figgs, a western Metal People is about the 1540- singer/songwriter from 42 Coronado expedition and Lemitar, New Mexico, is America’s first Indian war which also a “certified Journey- was against Pueblo tribes in New man Farrier.” He sings Mexico. He also wrote a mystery with a group called, The based in Albuquerque titled, A Cowboy Way. Doug won Brother’s Cold Case, which has Saturday, 2 p.m. the Academy of Western strong Pueblo elements. His Cowboy USA Roundup Artists Will Rogers Award writings about the Pueblo people Tent Best Western Song in Friday& Saturday won the 2004 Tony Hillerman Sunday, 2 p.m. 2014 for his song Socios. Char- 10 a.m. Tuffy Cooper Stage Mystery Short Story Contest and Wendell Solis Stage lie and Evangeline, co-written the 2010 Society of Southwestern Writers contest. He’s with Todd Carter, won the Western Writers of America a former newspaper reporter and a professor emeritus 2015 Spur Award as Best Western Song. of the University of New Mexico journalism depart- ment and lives in New Mexico. Flying J Wranglers. If there’s a hometown advantage for Diane Willoughby, a.k.a. The uleM Lady, will anyone at the teach you all Symposium, about the history it goes to the and use of the Flying J Wran- spectacular mule glers, who have at the Family Fun just completed Paddock. another season Friday & Saturday Friday & Saturday at their won- 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. 12:30 p.m. derful Bonita City location Family Fun Paddock Ray Reed Stage just north of Ruidoso. Flying J 11 a.m. Wrangler Band Members: James Larry McWhorter Stage Hobbs, vocal, guitar; Cindy 22 | 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium Hobbs, vocal, guitar, yodeling; Corina Ripple, fiddle, vocal; Randy Jones, banjo, mandolin, guitar, vocal; Roy Black, guitar, vocal.

Frank Potter & Friends. Sunday Enjoy a variety of music - gospel, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. swing, pickin’ and more - from a Larry McWhorter Stage 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 Friday, 12, 3 & 5 to create a p.m. laid-back Sunday, 12 p.m. stage pres- Larry McWhorter ence sure Stage to be re- membered. Gleewood Band Members: Jhett Schiavone, guitar, vocals; Callie Sioux, bass, vocals

Jack and Deb Stone’s mission Sunday, 11 a.m. is to proclaim the gospel in word and Ray Reed Stage 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium | 23 song to bring people to a closer re- 10 years. All participating cowboys and cowgirls must lationship to Jesus Christ. The Top preregister, 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Saturday. Shelf Band Members: Jack Stone, vocal; Andy Perez, drums; Bruce Lonnie Joe Howell’s Hartline, bass guitar; Jerry Dubose, signature Harmonica Sound lead guitar; Deb Stone, keyboard brings a new dimension to Cowboy Music and Texas Jason Roberts Band. Songs. His guitar-vocal per- (See Dance Headliners above for bio detail.) formances of Cowboy and Country songs are enhanced Jody Nix and The Texas Cowboys. by his harmonica solos, {See Dance Headliners above for bio detail.) instrumentals and fills. Whether his performance Friday, 10 a.m., 1 & 3 p.m. Karen Casey Fitzjerrell Saturday, 9 a.m. & 12 & 3 p.m. , Why I Write the West. onstage is playing, sing- Sunday, 9 a.m. Fitzjerrell is a former journal- ing or teaching harmonica, Cowboy USA Roundup Tent ist who traveled the Texas the viewer, listener and/or Sunday, 12 p.m. back roads for eight years in learner is witness to a first- Wendell Sollis Stage search of history mysteries and class presentation of showmanship, talent and music. unique-to-Texas characters to include in her newspaper Mackie Redd, horseman and singer/songwriter, has and magazine articles. Around been a performing professional since the age of four- 2005 her focus shifted to teen. He has shared the stage with the Nitty Gritty Dirt writing novels. Forgiving Effie Band and many Beck, a Depression-era Texas Saturday, 11 a.m. others. In 1994 he Cowboy USA Roundup Tent story won the Electronic Pub- Sunday, 11 a.m. produced his first lishing Industry Coalition Wendell Sollis Stage solo project, an al- Award as well as the Will Rog- bum entitled When ers Gold Medallion Award for best historical fiction. the Last Leaves Fall. Fitzjerrell lives in San Antonio, Texas. His third album, Dreaming Out Kid’s Poetry Contest Saturday, 11 a.m. Loud, was released is a competition for aspir- Cowboy USA Roundup Tent Friday & Saturday in 2009. Mackie has ing cowboy poets and is open to local school groups. 11:15 a.m., Ray Reed Stage also been around horses Contestants read their original poetry about Tumble- 3:30 p.m., Larry McWorter Stage most of his life. He can weeds and Wagon Wheels as part of the competition at Sunday, 9 a.m., Wendell Sollis Stage help you and your horse the Symposium. The entries will be judged by the local 11 a.m., Craig Cameron Arena understand each other PTK chapter from ENMU-Ruidoso. Listen to their and get the most out of the time you have together poems at the Cowboy USA Roundup Tent and again Mackie is all about keeping you and your horse safe. on Sunday at the Wendell Sollis Stage. Join him at the Craig Cameron Arena on Sunday.

Kid’s Rodeo, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Posse Kid’s Melody Groves. His- Rodeo - Saturday, Oct. 10, 12:30 p.m., Section 3 of the torical Fiction: A Story by Any Grandstands - Winner’s Circle. The Lincoln County Other Name. Groves grew up in Las Cowboy Symposium and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Saturday, 1 p.m. Posse feature one of the best kid’ rodeos in the region. Cowboy USA Roundup Tent Cruces, Held in the Sheriff’s Posse Arena, just like the pros, the Sunday, 1 p.m. N.M., Kid’s Rodeo offers exciting events for kids ages 3 to Wendell Sollis Stage loving 24 | 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium everything about the Old West. She has ridden buck- milking parlor, featuring a live cow and an oral pres- ing bulls and for many years performed with the New entation. The trained instructors will demonstrate how Mexico Gunfighters in Albuquerque’s Old Town. Her to milk a cow, describe how milk goes from the farm nonfiction titles include Ropes, Reins and Rawhide: All to the consumer, and then answer questions from the About Rodeo, Hoist a Cold One: A Look at Historic audience. This is an innovative program that brings the Bars of the Southwest, Butterfield Byway: America’s First dairy experience directly to the children. At schools, Overland Mail Route Across the West. Her Western students and teachers share an experience that includes novels include Border Ambush, Arizona War and more. math, science, health (nutrition) and agriculture, all Groves and her husband live in Albuquerque, N.M. presented in an outdoor classroom format.

Mikki Daniel began her The Mountain Man Encampment will bring musical career when she started living history to the Cowboy Symposium as re-enactors piano les- Friday & Saturday and demonstrators reflect Old Friday, 10 a.m., 2 p.m. sons at the 2:45 p.m., Tuffy Cooper Stage West and Native American Saturday, 9 a.m., 12 & 2 p.m. age of five. 12 p.m., Wendell Sollis Stage Culture. The Mountain Man Sunday, 9 a.m., 1 p.m. As time Saturday, 9 a.m. Encampment is complete Wild West Mesa passed she Larry McWhorter Stage with tepee and equipped with historical items. Visit discovered her true calling: playing guitar, yodeling and with Leroy Anderson, Wild Bill Housler, Rattler, B. Paul singing western music. Mikki is the recipient of the Wenzel, and others at this display at Wild West Mesa. Academy of Western Artists 2013 Yodeling Award. Thew Ne Mexico Beef Council is a consumer- The Mobile Dairy Classroom is a traveling focused, producer-directed organization representing

2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium | 25 the largest segment of our The Quebe Sisters. nation’s food industry. As (See Concert Headliners above for bio detail.) family farmers and ranchers New Mexico’s cattlemen have Reiner Rendezvous is brought to LCCS by a vested interest in the wise stewardship of our natural McJenterprizes. This NRHA approved Friday, 1 p.m. resources and the implementation of good care-taking event brings together Reining horses Saturday, 9 a.m. practices. As responsive producers, they share an interest from all over the southwest region (on the track) in meeting the needs of consumers by providing high- offering specialized competitions for the American quality, nutritious beef, while setting higher quality and Paint horse, Arabian horse and the American Quarter safety standards than those required by the government. horse. “To rein a horse is not only to guide him, but Visit their exhibit at the Family Fun Paddock. also to control his every movement” (NRHA website). Again this year the competition will feature “Vintage This year’s New Mexico Quarter Horse Freestyle,” where exhibitors ride in costume to music, Youth Judging Team includes Kristie Gallacher, performing the specialized maneuvers required of a Carrizozo; Bryanna Parker, Capitan; Kylie Butterfield, Reining horse. This class is an NRHA judged class, but Fort Sumner and Chesney Carter, Portales. All of a “People’s Choice Award” will also be voted on by you whom are also active FFA members and have placed the audience. Come watch these exhibitors perform and in the top 5 at the state level. At LCCS this year the vote for your favorite combination of music, costume team will be raffling off an autographed fiddle signed and ride. Find this event on the track, mid-grandstand. by some of the legends in western swing music, Ro adrunNer Leather Guild preserves leather such as Jody Nix and Leon craft as an ancient art which to some extent still uses the Rausch. In addition they basic tools of centuries ago. In fact, it is one of the oldest will also be raffling a Dino crafts known to mankind. Come watch and participate Cornay print donated by in hands-on demonstrations at the Wild West Mesa. Dino Cornay himself. The et e money raised from these Tommy Allsup has been an ongoing fixture at eve- G ffl raffles will help the team ry Cowboy Symposium since its our ra t!! y ticke with travel expenses, lodg- beginning in 1989. His contri- ing and registration as they bution to the music industry is compete at both the All American legendary, having played in more Congress (Columbus, Ohio) this than 9,000 Nashville recording fall and the Quarter Horse Youth sessions for artists of every genre. World Show next summer (Okla- Born in Owasso, Oklahoma, his homa City). These contests repre- Friday, 3:30 p.m. career began nearly 60 years ago sent the highest level of competi- Saturday, 3:30 p.m. as a guitarist with the Oklahoma tion. Your support is appreciated Sunday, 9 a.m. Swingbillies. In 1958 he met and the drawing will be held right Ray Reed Stage Buddy Holly during a recording before the final show Saturday night at LCCS, You Saturday, 11:30 a.m. session at Norman Petty’s Clovis, need not be present to win. Tuffy Cooper Stage New Mexico, studio. Tommy will always be known for losing a coin flip with Richie Puete La mbach is a native New Mexican who con- Valens that “day the music died” in 1959. tinues to sing and write about his home state, including songs about Ruidoso, Artesia, Santa Friday & Saturday Wendell Sollis and the Sidekicks. An ac- Rosa and other villages. He operates 10 a.m, 1 & 4 p.m. complished 5-string and tenor banjo player, Wendell’s a livestock company in Hope, New Tuffy Cooper Stage shows have taken him to Quartz Mountain Resort, Mexico, and regularly performs throughout the area. Oklahoma, Six Flags over Texas, Ruidoso Downs, 26 | 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium N.M., and many concerts and ographies of the four WWA representatives, Don Bul- dances in between. He has per- lis, Karen Casey Fitzjerrell, Melody Groves and Dennis formed with several well-known Herrick. The Western Writers of American can be seen swing bands, some of which in- at the Cowboy USA RoundUp Tent. clude the legendary performers from Bob Wills Texas Playboys. Will Banister Band. Will Bannister, a musician Sidekicks Band Members: Wen- and songwriter, is a native of Portales, New Mexico. He dell Sollis, banjo, 5-string, tenor; and his band brought the crowd to its feet at the Inter- Friday & Saturday Bob Baker, national Festival of Music in London. The Daily Tele- 9:30 a.m. & 1:15 p.m. steel guitar; graphs’ Douglas McPherson wrote Wendell Sollis Stage Ronny Dale that his most memorable moment Shultz, lead guitar; Greg Gibbs, fiddle; Mark Lowe, of the festival “found 23-year-old bass, Terry Thompson, drums; Ginny Mac, accordion. Will Banister wowing the crowd with a sublimely straight forward Western Writers of America is a national Lovesick Blues. Sixty-three years organization of more than 600 men and women who after Hank Williams sang the same write fiction, nonfiction, songs, poetry as well as movie song, it was proof that country, Saturday, 1 & 3 p.m. and TV scripts about the American west. The organi- like rock’n’ roll, will never die.” Larry McWorter Stage zation was founded in 1953 to promote the literature Will Banister Band Members: Sunday, 12:30 p.m. of the American west and to present Spur Awards for Will Banister, guitar, vocal; Duane Ray Reed Stage distinguished writing about the west. Today, the WWA Castleberry, lead, harmony vocals; Johnny Mulhair, gui- awards Spurs in 17 categories. Check the individual bi- tar; Jill Mulhair; vocals, bass; Paul Goad, keyboard.

2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium | 27 26th Annual Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium The Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium is proudly sponsored by the following: A+ Realty Services – Bill Hirschfeld Admiral Beverage Inc. Beehive Electric LLC Berkshire Hathaway Home Services – Lynch Realty 2000 Sudderth Dr, Ruidoso, NM 88345 (575) 257-3000 Bonfire Hill Ranch Rhonda Burns, Qualifying Broker Can’t Stop Smoking

 Gated Luxury City of Ruidoso Downs Condotel  Exquisite Finishes County of Lincoln, New Mexico

 Gourmet Cowboy Roundup USA Kitchen Dennis & Nancy Lukehart

 #116561 Doubletree Glass & Windows $995,000 ENMU-Ruidoso FMH Kubota – Las Cruces Hawk’s Nest Cattle Company – Rick Verde  Private Innsbrook Village Country Club & Resort Retreat JL Cattle Co.  Guest Lawrence Brothers IGA Casita Lincoln County Sheriff’s Posse  Elevator Mel’s Motors - Ruidoso  #116401 MTD Radio $849.000 Navasota Club of Navasota TX Pat & Kathie Guthrie P N M  Single Level R.D. & Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation  Custom Ride TV Quality Rocky Mountain Supply – Alamogordo  Furnished Ruidoso Downs Racetrack & Billy the Kid Casino

 #112014 Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce $1,595,000 Sid & Cheryl Goodloe Sierra Blanca Motors State of New Mexico Tourism Department  Mid-Town The Cork & Kettle Fine Wine, Cigars & Specialty Foods Finest The Links at Sierra Blanca  Retail Upper Canyon Social Club Business Village of Ruidoso  Multiple Walter & Margie Tippin Options Wendell & Dustee Sollis  #115762 Zia Natural Gas Company Call For Pricing ~ AND ~ Options A Big Thanks to our loyal volunteers. This event would not be possible without them! 28 | 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium The number by each wagon indicates the location of that wagon in the in eld. See map located in the centerfold of this program.

BlacK IrOn WaGOn (#14) – Walter Lowe & Bob Wooley, is an original 3-1/2 ton Mitchell sold by H.P. Waite Co. of Roswell, New Mexico – Ranch. Th is chuck wagon was made McCook, Nebraska. Nothing has been replaced except the by John Deere Company some time around 1904 in Mo- brake pads which are the soles off a pair of boots. It has all line, Illinois. We like to think it made its way to New Mexi- its original paint down to the pinstripes on the wheel spokes. co to fi nd work on cattle drives. When that work played out, the wagon remained in northern New Mexico and perhaps cOcKlEBur caMP WaGOn (#3) – Sam Howell II, provided transportation and chuck wagon meals on some Odessa, Texas – Ranch. Th e Cocklebur Camp Wagon is a large ranch. Oh, if it could only talk, the tales it would tell. “STANDARD” with F.W.W. Flint Michigan on the hubs. We purchased it in January 2014 and started to work on it Th e Flint Wagons Works in Flint, Michigan, started in to make it as original as possible. It is a work in progress. 1882. It was purchased by Mr. Charles Crapser and was Flint’s fi rst incorporated company in 1884. Here they built Bar d WaGOn (#7) – Bob Davis, Odessa, Texas – Ranch. wagons for all purposes such as travel, hauling and for fam- Th is -D wagon is a late 1800’s International Harvester ily use. Th is wagon started its life as a farm and grain wagon Leavey Duty Wagon. Th is wagon has been in the same fam- before it was converted to a chuck wagon. Th e Cocklebur ily for over 110 years and has fed over fi ve generations of Camp is headquartered in Skeen, Texas, once a community cowboys. Chances are good that if you’re from Texas your on the now abandoned Santa Fe Railroad running from kin has had a meal with us somewhere down the line. Slaton, Texas, to Lamesa, Texas. CAMP COOKIE CATTLE CO. (#20) – Steve Gibson “Bell GruBElnIK ranch (#15) – Dale Grubelnik, Lubbock, Ranch,” Germantown, Tennessee – Ranch. Th is 48” Peter Texas – Ranch. Grubelnik Ranch is located in Raton, New Schuttler Wagon was manufactured in Chicago, Illinois, Mexico, on Berla Mesa. Th e wagon is a 1905 Weber with and sold to a dealer in Hutchinson, Kansas, in 1916. Th e original paint. Schrock family of Yoder, Kansas, purchased it for use in their harness, farming and ranching businesses. It is a very hOnEy-dO-sPOIlEr (#12) – Keven Romines, Pampa, unique, heavy, duty ranch wagon with factory bolster Texas – Ranch. Th is wagon is an early 1900s Rock Island. 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 Th e stenciling of who sold and warranted the wagon is still Track Wagon as well as the custom chuck boxes designed by readable on the sideboards. Th e crew has cooked for cow- Charles Goodnight. Th e C4B has competed in chuck wagon boys at roundups, receptions, weddings and cook-off s. cook-off s as well as barbeque cook-off s and cooks extensively for Budweiser of Amarillo. In fact this is where the C4B JacKsOn ranch WaGOn (#1) – Th omas A. Jackson, Jr., name originated – “Cooks for Budweiser.” Grants, New Mexico – Ranch. Th e Jackson Ranch, located on Highway 605 N near San Mateo, New Mexico, is a work- cIrclE F chucK WaGOn (#17) – Bryan & Trina Full- ing cattle and horse ranch run by Tom Jackson Sr. and Tom ingim, Petersburg, Texas – Trail. Th e Circle F Chuck Wagon Jackson, Jr. Th e Jacksons raise registered Longhorn cattle 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium | 29 and registered Appaloosas horses. Th e Jackson Ranch Wagon MOrEland WaGOn shOP (#4) – Glenn Moreland, Ft. is a working chuck wagon in use on the ranch regularly Davis, Texas – Trail. Th is Moreland Wagon is owned and during branding season and for annual 4th of July cookouts operated by award-winning cook, Glenn Moreland of Fort held every year for family and friends at the ranch. Th e Jack- Davis, Texas. It is an Owensboro wagon originally used as a sons have attended the Lincoln County Cowboy Sympo- cotton wagon by German farmers in the coastal farmlands sium and chuck wagon cook-off as spectators several times of Texas. Glenn purchased the wagon in 1970 and later and are very excited about competing this year. Th ey look restored and converted it to a chuck wagon. Th e past 40 forward to the learning experience and a lot of work but also years it has been used on roundups in West Texas, competed to a lot of fun and that is why they are participating – “We in chuck wagon cook-off s, catered to events from weddings want to have a good time and want to teach others about to county fairs to cooking demonstrations, from Los Angeles our way of life and learn from the other competitors.” 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 laJunta (#6) – Wayne & Mickey Slinkard, Roswell, New my Moreland Wagon Shop in Fort Davis. Since 1996 my Mexico – Trail. Th is wagon is an original Newton Calmar small shop has produced dozens of wagons and buggies and grain wagon from Wyoming. It was sold and warranted by even an oxcart and half a stagecoach for museum exhibits. Nick Redler of Albion, Nebraska, around the 1890s. Th e My work can be found on display at the Fort Davis Na- grain box and running gear are original. It has the original tional Historic Site, the Museum of Big Bend, as well as the Buttermilk paint of green and yellow. Th e running gear is Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum. original Newton #122. Th is is painted blue and orange. Th e tongue and brake system are original. MOuntaIn traIls chucK WaGOn (#19) – Dave Wade, Rye, Colorado – Trail. Th is wagon is a John Deere lOnEly GOat ranch WaGOn (#5) – John & Sharon Triumph. It is all original and was painted a grey blue

Crusedum, Roswell, New Mexico – Trail. Th e Lonely Goat color, when it was used in a movie production. We added Ranch Wagon was purchased from David Harkness by John the chuck box, water barrel, seat, boot and wagon bows. and Sharon Drusedum in June 2014. It has been in use on We have had this wagon for a year and have used it in the Lonely Goat Ranch and for local events since then. Th is competitions. “Indiana” wagon was manufactured in LaFayette, Indiana, in the late 1800s. It came with a chuck box of questionable MussElshEll WaGOn (#18) – Dan McCaff ree, Round- condition which was replicated to its original design, materi- up, Montana – Trail. Th is wagon is a 1895 Moline. It was al and dimensions. A recent restoration involved a thorough manufactured by Moline Wagon Company from Moline, cleaning, replacement of unsound wooden components and Illinois. Moline Wagon Company was the largest and best repainting. During the restoration many original markings wagon manufacturer in its day. Our wagon is almost 100 and paint details were discovered and incorporated into the percent original. Th e only restoration done has been new fi nal product. Th is wagon was used in interpretative pro- fellys in all four wheels. Th e wagon seat has also been re- grams at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum wooded. Th e rest of the wagon is all original. Of course the in Las Cruces and then later at Fort Selden State Monument boxes on it I built (tool box and chuck box). Th e wagon is in Radium Springs. It has traveled throughout the state called a Rocky Mountain Special. It has 3-inch wide wheels entertaining and educating people across New Mexico. and is extra heavy. We have owned the wagon for about 10

30 | 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium 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, years and have been competing for about 6 years. Looking Arkansas – Trail. forward to meeting you. tWO FOrKs chucK WaGOn (#10) – Ron & Melinda rOBErtsOn WaGOn (#13) – Homer Robertson, Gran- Springer, San Angelo, Texas – Trail. 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, 2015 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium | 31