‘The Daddy of ’em All’
Shawn Downing from Silver Star, Mont. wrestles a steer during the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at Frontier Park. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Jack Osborn, left, 10, and Brayden Wiesen, 11, take a break towards the end of the day inside of a chute during the first go of slack tie-down roping on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, at Frontier Park. Several youngsters including the two funneled cattle into chute 9 from 8 a.m. to about noon for slack tie-down roping. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Ken Willis, of Cheyenne, listens to a conversation during a chuckwagon breakfast before the start of the Cheyenne Frontier Days cattle drive on Sunday, July 17, 2011, north of Cheyenne. Willis was serving coffee during the breakfast. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Sarah Kieckhefer from Prescott, Ariz. rounds the third barrel on her horse during the first go of barrel racing on Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at Frontier Park. Kieckhefer finished the run with a time of 18.71 seconds. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Caleb Her Many Horses dances in a Native American men’s fancy dance during Cheyenne Frontier Days on Saturday, July 23, 2011, in the Indian Village at Frontier Park. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Matt Kenney from Onawa, Iowa hops off his horse and chases down a calf after he roped it during the first go of slack tie-down roping on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, at Frontier Park. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Paul Tierney from Oral, S.D. practices his roping behind chute 9 during Cheyenne Frontier Days steer roping on Friday, July 22, 2011, at Frontier Park. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
A family watches as a covered wagon passes the intersection of Capitol Avenue and 21st Street during the Cheyenne Frontier Days parade on Saturday, July 23, 2011, in downtown Cheyenne. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Spud Jones from Tohatchi, N.M. takes a tumble after staying on a bull for 1.8 seconds during Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo action on Saturday, July 23, 2011, at Frontier Park. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
David Morgan from Arvada, Colo., fires an American-revolution era Brown Bess musket during a demonstration for visitors during the first day of Fort D.A. Russell Days on Friday, July 22, 2011, at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Tyler Scales from Severence, Colo. rides a horse named Phillip Scott bareback during the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at Frontier Park. Scales registered no time on the ride. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Cheyenne Gunslinger Dave Tea Burton, also known as “Crockett,” poses for a portrait on the Gunslinger’s stage on Wednesday, July 27, 2011, in downtown Cheyenne. “I’ve wore one since I was 14,” the native of South London, England said of his cowboy outfit. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Gabe Burrows from Hugoton, Kan. wrestles a steer during the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo on Thursday, July 28, 2011, at Frontier Park. He logged a time of 12.2 seconds. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Spectators watch as the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly over Laramie County Community College as they make their entrance for a performance on Wednesday, July 27, 2011. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Kelly Timberman from Mills, Wyo. tapes up his arm before a bareback ride during the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo on Friday, July 29, 2011, at Frontier Park. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Zac Brown reacts as he plays to the crowd with the Zac Brown Band during a Cheyenne Frontier Days performance on Friday, July 29, 2011, at Frontier Park. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Bareback rider Jeremy Mouton from Scott, La. prays in the cowboy ready area behind the main chutes during the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo on Sunday, July 31, 2011, at Frontier Park. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Brad Royle tries to get his horse under control before the start of the wild horse race during the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo on Thursday, July 28, 2011, at Frontier Park. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Members of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds soar over the Cheyenne skys above Laramie County Community College during a performance on Wednesday, July 27, 2011, on the city’s southeast side. A crowd of about 14,000 spectators came out to watch “America’s Ambassadors in Blue” perform backdropped against blue skies. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Trick rider Kellie Brown performs during the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo on Friday, July 29, 2011, at Frontier Park. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Bareback rider Tanner Aus from Granite Falls, Minn. wraps his arm in the cowboy ready area behind the main chutes during the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo on Sunday, July 31, 2011, at Frontier Park. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Allen Boore from Axtell, Utah lies on the ground after he and his horse, MIKE-O, fell to the ground during a go of rookie saddle bronc riding during the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at Frontier Park. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Andrew Killian, playing the villain Professor Taddeus Mack, works on his makeup backstage before the opening night of the 55th Old Fashioned Melodrama on Thursday, July 14, 2011, at the Atlas Theatre in Cheyenne. The melodrama continues through Aug. 7. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
A man who would only identify himself as Stovepipe leans against a gate as he watches as some 550 head of cattle are driven into stalls on Sunday, July 17, 2011, at Frontier Park in Cheyenne during the Cheyenne Frontier Days cattle drive. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
A man crosses the road with his youngster after a chuckwagon breakfast before the Cheyenne Frontier Days cattle drive on Sunday, July 17, 2011, in Cheyenne. (James Brosher/Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
