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06/23/2026

🎆 An Unforgettable Independence Day: Salina's Red, White, & Blue Lineup

Salina is pulling out all the stops for a spectacular two-day blowout celebrating America’s freedom and the historic countdown to the Semi-Quincentennial. The official event poster lays out a jam-packed schedule of small-town, big-energy traditions. Here is the breakdown of the action:

The Main Event Anchors: The legendary Salina Riding Club Rodeo takes center stage at the Outdoor Arena at 7:45 PM on both July 3rd and July 4th, delivering heart-pounding cowboy action and patriotic family fun.

The Music & Dancing: Friday night kicks off the party with a massive Street Dance on Main Street right after the rodeo, featuring a live band and high-energy music proudly sponsored by The Elle at Creek & Main.

The Ultimate 4th of July Traditional Lineup: Thursday morning roars to life with a 6:00 AM Dynamite Blast, followed by a hearty community Pancake Breakfast at the North Sevier Middle School Pavilion ($10 adults, $5 kids).

Family Games & Competitions: Thursday morning is loaded with kids' races, the Fire Department’s famous Greased Pole, and the high-stakes NS Crimson Co****le Tournament kicking off at 9:00 AM.

The Grand Finale: Cool off with a free Money Dive Swim at the city pool. The massive Main Street Parade at 5:00 PM. Wrap up your holiday back at the arena for night two of the rodeo, culminating in a brilliant, sky-shaking Fireworks Display launched by the Salina Fire Department!

🇺🇸 You’re Invited: Celebrate Freedom in Salina!

Get ready to experience the absolute best of small-town American pride! If you are looking for the ultimate way to celebrate this Independence Day, pack up the family and head down to Salina, Utah, for a weekend of pure celebration.

From the thundering hooves at the Salina Outdoor Arena to the music echoing down Main Street, this is where country meets community. Come hungry for the morning pancakes, bring your lawn chairs for the afternoon parade, and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with friends and neighbors under a sky lit up by fireworks.

Dust off your boots, wave the flag proudly, and come celebrate freedom with us in the heart of the Sevier Valley. We can’t wait to celebrate with you!

Don't forget to continue the celebration on Sunday, July 5th, America's 250th, with a potluck dinner with family and friends.

06/22/2026

06/19/2026

His father forbade him from riding bulls. He became one of the top five bull riders of all time anyway.
Born in 1965 in Henryetta, Oklahoma, Terry Don West grew up with rodeo in his blood whether his dad liked it or not. His father Don West was an IPRA Champion Calf Roper — but when it came to bull riding he drew a hard line. Terry Don snuck his first ride on a dairy calf at age four. By seven he was entering rodeos. By the time he was a teenager there was no stopping what was coming.
He turned professional in 1984 and faced an uphill battle immediately. He was treated as an outsider in the PRCA, riding the same bulls as everyone else and not getting marked fairly for his efforts. So he went back to the IPRA, dominated there, won two World Championships in 1985 and 1991 — and when he returned to the PRCA he came back with a vengeance.
Two PRCA World Championships in 1996 and 2003. A Bull Riders Only World Championship. Four major world titles total across his career. In 2003 he set a new record for bull riding earnings in a single season surpassing $211,000. He competed in Brazil and Australia representing Team America. He shared the PBR record for most consecutive rides alongside a two time PBR World Champion.
But what truly set Terry Don West apart was Bodacious — the most feared bull in the history of the sport. The bull that shattered Tuff Hedeman's face. The bull that most cowboys refused to draw. Terry Don West covered Bodacious not once but twice — one of only a handful of riders in history to ever do it.
Don Gay said it simply — "Terry Don has to be one of the top five bull riders of all time."
Two concussions, broken bones, a slipped disc, a surgically repaired knee — he rode through all of it and kept winning. When he finally retired he opened a bull riding school in Henryetta, Oklahoma and started pouring everything he learned across 25 years directly into the next generation of champions.
From a boy whose father said no — to a four time World Champion and living legend.
That is Terry Don West. 🤠🐂

06/18/2026

His name meant "pretty good" in Spanish. He turned out to be one of the greatest Quarter Horses who ever lived.
Foaled April 10, 1944 near Rocksprings, Texas, Poco Bueno was a plain brown c**t out of a mare named Miss Taylor — a mare who wasn't much to look at herself but always threw good babies. His sire King had been purchased for just $800. Nobody expected the c**t that came from this pairing to change Quarter Horse history forever.
He was a late bloomer with thick muscling that made him look slow and clumsy rather than athletic. When E. Paul Waggoner first saw him as a yearling at a Texas show in 1945 he saw something nobody else did — and bought him on the spot for $5,700. Waggoner shipped the brown c**t to his ranch in Arlington, Texas and put him in the hands of legendary trainer Pine Johnson.
Johnson admitted later he doubted the horse the moment he saw him — too heavy muscled, didn't look like an athlete. Then he climbed on. Poco Bueno cut his first cow so cleanly and so fast that he flipped Johnson clean off his back. The roping plans got shelved immediately. A cutting horse legend was born on the spot.
He won Grand Champion Stallion titles at Denver's National Western Stock Show, the Fort Worth Stock Show, the State Fair of Texas and the American Royal in Kansas City. He earned his AQHA Championship. But it was what he passed down through breeding that truly built his legacy — generations of Poco-bred horses known for toughness, natural cow sense, and a fighting heart that refuses to quit.
His own trainer said it best — that out of every horse he had ever worked with, Poco Bueno was the greatest. Gentle. Smart. Easy to handle. And nearly every one of his c**ts carried that same temperament forward.
He died in 1969 and was buried standing up across from the ranch entrance — a four-ton granite marker still standing watch over the spot today. In 1990 he was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame.
A brown c**t nobody expected much from became one of the true foundation legends of the

06/17/2026

A little priceless history in the rodeo world

At 46 years old he did what 220 cowboys before him could not. He rode the unrideable.
Born January 18, 1921 in Wheatland, Wyoming, Warren Granger Brown grew up on a potato farm before his family moved to Arizona where the sun left so many freckles on his face that the nickname wrote itself. At just 16 years old he entered his first rodeo. He would not stop competing for the next 37 years.
His career was interrupted by World War II — serving first in the Army and later recruited by the CIA. He came home and got right back on bulls like he had never left. He competed in bull riding, saddle bronc, ba****ck, team roping and steer wrestling — a true all around cowboy who could do everything.
In 1962 at age 41 he became the oldest cowboy in history to win a riding event World Championship — the Bull Riding World Title. Then just months later a bull shattered him badly enough to leave him briefly paralyzed, requiring emergency surgery and 34 days in traction. Most men would have walked away permanently. Freckles went back to the arena.
Then came December 1967 at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City. A massive 1,800 pound Hereford-Brahma bull named Tornado stood in the chute. Owned by Jim Shoulders. Unridden in over 220 professional attempts across six years. Four times voted the Meanest Bull Alive at the NFR. Cowboys had nightmares about drawing his name.
Freckles Brown was 46 years old. He nodded his head anyway.
The chute opened. Tornado did everything he knew how to do. Freckles stayed. Eight seconds later the whistle blew and the arena erupted. Jim Shoulders himself said afterward — "If anyone ever rode this bull I'd rather it was Freckles."
Freckles never heard the whistle. He was so locked in he didn't even know it was over until the crowd told him.
He rode an estimated 5,000 bulls across his career. He competed until age 53. He spent his retirement helping young cowboys behind the chutes at Cheyenne and promoting rodeos across the country because he loved the sport more than he loved any spotlight.

06/11/2026

Beehive roundup heck of a job !