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Prosperity Junction will be closed Thursday, November 12 and Friday, November 13.

The newly renovated National Rodeo Hall of Fame will be open to the public starting November 13.

"The Cowboy: An Immersive Journey"

Bareback Riding

Every great show needs a good start, and nothing kicks off a rodeo like bareback-bronc riding. Unlike saddle-bronc, bareback riding didn’t derive from the work of a cowboy, but was born purely for sport and spectacle as a rodeo exhibition in the 1910s.

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