National Cowboy Western and Heritage Museum – Western Heritage Awards
Western Heritage Awards – Saturday April 18th
Video coverage from Wrangler Network Saturday April 18th. First presented in 1961, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Western Heritage Awards were established to honor and encourage the legacy of those whose works in literature, music, film, and television reflect the significant stories of the American West. The awards program also recognizes inductees into the prestigious Hall of Great Westerners and the Hall of Great Western Performers as well as the recipient of the Chester A. Reynolds Memorial Award, named in honor of the Museum’s founder. Each honoree receives a Wrangler, an impressive bronze sculpture of a cowboy on horseback.
Photo credit – Reno Gazette Journal
- The Bountiful Life of Cotton Rosser
By Kendra Santos
Cotton Rosser is a cowboy pioneer who has spent the last 87 years blazing the Western-world trail. He’s come a long way since he was a young buck growing up in Long Beach, California, where he delivered newspapers from the back of a donkey named Jack, cleaned stalls at local stables and worked cattle on Catalina Island during the week so he could rodeo on the weekends.
Rosser, who calls Marysville, California, home, has received countless cowboy accolades for his lifelong commitment to rodeo, ranching and agriculture, and his latest career achievement is as the first-ever National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Triple Crown winner. Read more