Cimarron March 2017
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RODEO HISTORY/FACTS<br />
RODEO PARADE<br />
In 1937, planning had begun for the first Rodeo Parade leading up to the 1938 Houston<br />
Livestock Show and Rodeo. The first parade was headed by Mounted Police and various<br />
dignitaries on the city, county and state levels, who also rode horseback. There were two<br />
bands with a Drum and Bugle Corp.<br />
In 1952, the Salt Grass Trail ride was the first trail ride that was formed by only a few men.<br />
The following year, the publicity from that ride attracted more people to join.<br />
All of the Trail Riders converge on Memorial Park to camp out for the night before heading<br />
down Memorial Drive to where it empties out onto Texas Ave to line up for the parade.<br />
The parade has approximately 115 different groups joining in the festivities. There are<br />
15 trail rides, 20 floats, 15 commercial wagons and stagecoaches and 10 to 15 university<br />
and high-school marching bands in addition to Show officials, other elected officials and<br />
dignitaries on horseback and in vehicles.<br />
TRAIL RIDES<br />
The Trail Rides (cavalcades) are a long tradition with the rodeo and gather at Memorial<br />
Park to camp for a rest and party before the big Annual Rodeo Parade through Downtown<br />
Houston.<br />
Salt Grass Trail Ride - 85-mile (137 km) ride from Cat Spring, Texas, established in 1952<br />
Sam Houston Trail Ride - 66-mile (106 km) ride from Montgomery, Texas, established in 1955<br />
Old Spanish Trail Ride - 216-mile (348 km) ride from Logansport, Louisiana, established in<br />
1956<br />
Prairie View Trail Ride - 102-mile (164 km) ride from Sunnyside, Texas, established in 1957<br />
Valley Lodge Trail Ride - 72-mile (116 km) ride from Brookshire, Texas, established in 1959<br />
The Spanish Trail Ride - 112-mile (180 km) ride from Coldspring, Texas, established in 1961<br />
Texas Independence Trail Ride - 92-mile (148 km) ride from Brazoria, Texas, established in<br />
1961<br />
Los Vaqueros Rio Grande Trail Ride - 386-mile (621 km) ride from Hidalgo, Texas, established<br />
in 1973<br />
Southwestern Trail Ride - 100-mile (160 km) ride from Brazoria, Texas, established in 1974<br />
Northeastern Trail Ride - 108-mile (174 km) ride from Beaumont, Texas, established in 1982<br />
Texas Cattlemen’s Trail Ride - 85-mile (137 km) ride from Anderson, Texas, established in<br />
1986<br />
The Mission Trail Ride - 210-mile (340 km) ride from San Antonio, Texas, established in 1990<br />
Southwest Trail Ride - 120-mile (190 km) ride from Rosenberg, Texas, established in 1993<br />
WORLD’S CHAMPIONSHIP BAR-B-QUE CONTEST<br />
The World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest, also simply known as “The Cookoff,” started<br />
in 1974 and has consistently drawn massive attendance numbers for the three-day event,<br />
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