Photo gallery: Rodeo history
A look at the history of the Tucson rodeo.
Tucson rodeo history
Tucson rodeo history
Raisin' some dust
Raisin' some dust
Raisin' some dust
Raisin' some dust
Raisin' some dust
Tucson rodeo history
Tucson rodeo history
Tucson rodeo history
Tucson rodeo history
Tucson rodeo history
Tucson rodeo history
Tucson rodeo history
Tucson rodeo history
Tucson rodeo history
Tucson rodeo history
Tucson rodeo history
Tucson rodeo history
Tucson rodeo history
Tucson rodeo history
Tucson rodeo history
Tucson rodeo history
Tucson rodeo history
Tucson rodeo history
Baseball teams and golf tournaments may come and go, but the rodeo and its attendant hoopla still ride tall in the saddle here in Tucson.
In a rodeo that has 689 contestants, 19 of them named Cody and others named Whip, Straws and Stormy, it's easy to overlook a guy on a horse we…
Herb Wagner, spokesman for the 85th annual La Fiesta de los Vaqueros parade, said the parade accompanying the Sri Lanka festival Esala Perahera - held annually in July or August - is the world's largest and longest-running non-mechanized procession. Thus, Tucson's rodeo parade, which for years billed itself as the world's largest, non-motorized procession may be just the largest in the United States.
The biggest star in La Fiesta de los Vaqueros is a stunning blonde - with four hooves, horns and a snot problem. Little Lightning has drawn 26 riders since 2008. Twenty-six times, the bull has bucked them off.
Ardie Maier entered Sunday's La Fiesta de los Vaqueros final as the nation's hottest bull rider. In 5.8 brutal and muddy seconds he was rendered a statistic.
The world's longest non-motorized parade, part of La Fiesta de los Vaqueros, marched past thousands of spectators on Park Avenue and Irvington Road.
Jesse Bail couldn't think of a good way to describe himself at the 87th Annual Fiesta de los Vaqueros. But judging from his 80-point performance in the saddle bronc riding competition Friday that put him in a tie for fourth overall, he's a pretty good cowboy.
Thousands lined the streets near the Tucson Rodeo Grounds to watch the 118 entries and dozens of horses in the 2013 Tucson Rodeo Parade.
Thousands lined the streets near the Tucson Rodeo Grounds to watch the 118 entries and dozens of horses in the 2013 Tucson Rodeo Parade.
By Kenny Smith and the Westerners (Pete Peterson)