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Ellensburg Rodeo began in 1923 as a local competition among ranch hands
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Ranchers, farmers, Indigenous participants and community-minded citizens founded Ellensburg Rodeo in 1923
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The Kittitas Band of the Yakama Nation supported Ellensburg Rodeo as a way to continue dancing and horse-racing traditions connected to the Kittitas Meeting Grounds
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More than 500 valley residents participated in the June 1923 work effort to build the Ellensburg Rodeo grounds
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Ellensburg Rodeo's founders intended to celebrate frontier life, promote the community and generate commerce
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Kittitas County budgeted $10,000 in April 1923 to buy 18 acres and begin building the Ellensburg Rodeo grounds
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Ellensburg held its first rodeo on September 13, 1923
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Ellensburg Rodeo is a professional rodeo with more than 600 contestants
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Ellensburg Rodeo hosts a stop on the PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour
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Ellensburg Rodeo presents bareback riding, tie-down roping, steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding, team roping, women's barrel racing and bull riding
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Ellensburg Rodeo is held over Labor Day weekend and culminates in a Monday championship finals performance
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Ellensburg Rodeo's Xtreme Bulls program consists entirely of bull riding
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The Ellensburg Rodeo weekend includes slack competition, regular performances, Xtreme Bulls and championship finals
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Ellensburg Rodeo begins with Yakama participants performing traditional dances before mounted horsemen ride down Craig's Hill and cross the arena
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Ellensburg Rodeo's Yakama participation includes an encampment open to visitors, the opening ceremony, traditional dancing, the parade, rodeo flat races and other competitive events
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Ellensburg Rodeo presents bareback riding, tie-down roping, steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding, team roping, women's barrel racing and bull riding [1] Ellensburg Rodeo is held over Labor Day weekend and culminates in a Monday championship finals performance [2] The Ellensburg Rodeo weekend includes slack competition, regular performances, Xtreme Bulls and championship finals [3] Ellensburg Rodeo begins with Yakama participants performing traditional dances before mounted horsemen ride down Craig's Hill and cross the arena [4]
Ellensburg Rodeo History
Ellensburg Rodeo's founders intended to celebrate frontier life, promote the community and generate commerce [5] The Kittitas Band of the Yakama Nation supported Ellensburg Rodeo as a way to continue dancing and horse-racing traditions connected to the Kittitas Meeting Grounds [5] Ellensburg held its first rodeo on September 13, 1923. [6]
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