The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame is a western, historical museum in Fort Worth, Texas, United States that "honors those men and women who have shown excellence in the business and support of rodeo and the western lifestyle in Texas."
The Hall of Fame includes over 125 cowboys and cowgirls, each of whom has a booth to display personal memorabilia. The museum, located in Historic Barn A, is also home to The Sterquell Wagon Collection, John Justin Trail of Fame, Chisholm Trail Exhibit, The Applewhite-Clark Exhibit, Adventures of the Cowboy Trail, Zigrang Horse Bit Collection, Amon G. Carter's 1933 Cadillac and The Jersey Lilly Old-Tyme Photo Parlour.
History The Hall of Fame was established in 1997 and its original purpose was to recognize excellent horsemen and women. In 2001, the hall moved to the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District. Today the hall recognizes individuals from all facets of rodeo and western lifestyle. The building housing it is one of the horse and mule barns in the Fort Worth Stockyards. Originally built in 1888, they housed over 3,000 horses and mules.
The original wooden ones that stood in this location were lost March 14, 1911, when a spark from a passing train ignited a fire. They were rebuilt and completed in March 1912 and considered the first "fireproof" ones. The bricks, columns, metal doors, catwalks, and cinder blocks are all original architecture. The Hall of Fame is located in the heart of the historic Fort Worth Stockyards.
Inductees Inductee Year inducted Guy Allen 2001-2008 Joe Beaver Lindy Burch Wanda BushCraig Cameron Gilbert Carrillo Roy Cooper Quail Dobbs Dr. J. Pat Evans Clyde Frost Debbie Garrison D.J. Kajun Kidd Gaudin Neal Gay Helen Groves Tuff Hedeman Charmayne James Jerry Jetton Martha Josey Ed Knocke Cody Lambert Phil Lyne Larry Mahan Pam Minick Tom Moorhouse Jimmie Gibbs Munroe Ty Murray Willie Nelson Louis Pearce, Jr. Mitzi Lucas Riley Carol Rose Jim Sharp George Strait JW Stoker Buck Taylor Tooter Waites Bob Watt, Jr. Buster Welch Greg Welch Speed Williams Tee Woolman Dave Appleton Trevor Brazile Stanley Bush Jim Bynum Adam Carrillo Everett Colborn George Doak Don Edwards Kay Floyd Lane Frost Walt Garrison Don Gay Kay Gay J.J. Hampton Monty "Hawkeye" Henson Brett Hoffman Bernis Johnson R.E. Josey Light Crust Doughboys Tad Lucas Tom Lyons Billy Minick Bob Moorhouse Mike Mowrey Bud Munroe Carl Nafzger Cody Ohl Fay Ramsey Lanham Riley Matlock Rose Rich Skelton Red Steagall Bob Tallman Harry Tompkins W.R. Watt Guy Weeks Sheila Welch Fred Whitfield Kobie Wood Barry Corbin 2009 Tyler Magnus Ken Welch Jim Bob Altizer Tommy Lee Jones Rope Myers Nolan Ryan 2010 Dean Smith Dr. James H. Red Duke, Jr. James Jennings Tom Reeves The Warvell Family Myrtis Dightman 2011 Jack Ward Jerry Diaz Tom Lucas George Paul 2012 Buddy Jeffers & Jim Odie Lyle Lovett Vernon Dude Smith Sandy Kirby 2013 Tommy Steiner Dr. Tandy Freeman, III Edwards Family & Edwards Ranch Bobby Norris 2014 Walt Woodard Anne Marion & The Four Sixes David & Stacie McDavid Chris Cox 2015 Larry Mahan Leon Coffee Clay Walker Johnny Trotter C.W. Cascio 2016 Justin McBride Jack Brainard Dr. Charles Graham Pete Bonds 2017 Dr. Jim Heird Ricky Bolin Bill Casner The Luskey Family 2018 Gerald Sullivan John, Punk & Roy Carter Adriano Moraes Dr. Glenn Blodgett 2019 The Cavender Family Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo King Ranch Robert Earl Keen Charles & Kit Moncrief2020Lari Dee GuyThe Priefert FamilyR.H. Steve Stevens Jr.Aaron WatsonStran and Jennifer Smith2021Bobby KerrBob WillsTaylor SheridanKeith MaddoxBobby CoxScharbauer Cattle2022Cody Johnson2022Wilson Franklin2022Patti Colbert2022Dr. Charles "Bud" Townsend2022Moe Bandy2023Texas Ranger Division of the Department of Safety2023Cleo Hearn2023San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo2023Boots O'Neal2023Fallon Taylor2024Ray BensonGeorge David Scott IIISkeeter HaglerTomas GarcilazoRW Hampton2025Mary Walker and Byron WalkerBilly KlapperJo EllardJosh Edwards Source:
See also List of museums in North Texas National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma
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External links Official website