Closed, but at the student center bookstore I got a Lobos cap and t-shirt

I fizzled out on vacation posting. Monday over to Alpine, 25 milre away. I went book shopping and found a couple of useful history books. Then went to Sul Ross State campus. Located the offices of the Center for Big Bend Studies and became a member. The b gift shop at the Museum of the Big Bend was

The irony is that this generalization is not logical

And as my niece just pointed out, you don't compete in rodeo events unless you grew up on a ranch, and owning a ranch is very Anglo. And I will add very Anglo as a result of that history of forced dispossession

In this area, the event was very Anglo in composition and symbolism

So the bugle call connotes the cavalry and the wars with the Apaches in the region. Although the cavalry stationed here after the Civil War were the two regiments of Black troopers and as a result it is estimated that 25% ofbthe cowboys out here were Black, and despite the large Mexican population

"Worship" anywhere, for imstance at the arena of an intercollegiate rodeo.

Of course the rodeo opened undet the usual patriotic auspices. First, and not so usual, the bugle call for the colors (I forget the name of that one) and the anthem. But the a lengthy prayer in a Christian nationalist vein. Thanking g*d for livingbin the one country where itbis (again) legal to

And of course I got this t-shirt. As it says the very first inter-collegiate rodeo was held at Sul Ross State University decades ago

Bronco riding, both bareback and saddle, and bull-riding last a timed maximum of 8 seconds. For each rider. Calf and steer roping last 10-15 seconds for each roper or team. So my choice was make a video or actually watch. So you get them roping a bull after it had thrown the rider