Calgary Stampede, Ride 'em Cowboy! Go! The Calgary Stampede in Alberta, Canada seeks to preserve and promote western heritage and values. Its 2008 celebration was held July 4-13, 2008. The Great Stampede was born in 1912, called "Frontier Days and Cowboy Championship Contest." We've gathered some photography from this year's Stampede rodeo events. It looks wild and fun.the Stampede is much more than rodeos, with agricultural shows, evening shows, a Midway, music shows and parades. It most certainly sounds and looks an event worth seeing in person. July 19, 2008 We honor service and sacrifice. Please click the "Donate" button and contribute $20 or more to help keep this station alive. Thanks. Chuck wagon race. Presented by Calgary Stampede Photo Galleries. The Calgary Stampede seeks to preserve and promote western heritage and values. Its 2008 celebration was held July 4-13, 2008. 1 of 15 5/3/10 4:33 PM
Calgary, Canada. Presented by Destination 360. Calgary, of course, is in the Canadian province of Alberta, is Alberta's largest city, and is Canada's third largest city, with just over a million residents. It is not the province's capital; Edmonton is. The Great Stampede was born in 1912, called "Frontier Days and Cowboy Championship Contest." It quickly came to be known as the Calgary Stampede. The second Stampede was held in 1919, after WWI, and was called the "Victory Stampede." In 1923, the Stampede began including chuck wagon racing and expanded to include all kinds of community events. As I read the history, it then became an annual affair. It has been expanding ever since. This is a big event. We've gathered some photography from this year's Stampede. It looks wild and fun. Two things first. We commend the Calgary Stampede Web Site to you. It has ton of great information and a tremendous photo gallery. We've borrowed just a few photos from it. Second, we'll only show you photos from the rodeo events. The Stampede is much more than that, with agricultural shows, evening shows, a Midway, music shows and parades. It most certainly sounds and looks an event worth seeing in person. Here are a rugged group of photos that should whet your appetite to see the real thing. 2 of 15 5/3/10 4:33 PM
Hugh Sinclair races to the finish line in front of Kelly Sutherland (red) and Jason Glass (yellow) to win the $100,000 prize in the Chuck wagon Racing event at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo in Calgary, July 13, 2008. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada Jerry Bremner gets hit by a team of horses from another chuck wagon during a Chuck wagon Race at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo, July 13, 2008. Note this cowpoke is wearing a helmet instead of a cowboy hat! Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada 3 of 15 5/3/10 4:33 PM
Chuck wagon race. Presented by Calgary Stampede Photo Galleries. 4 of 15 5/3/10 4:33 PM
Hugh Sinclair gives the thumbs up after he won the $100,000 prize in the Chuck wagon Racing event. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada Lindsay Sears rides to the finish line to win the $100,000 dollars in the Barrel Racing event. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada 5 of 15 5/3/10 4:33 PM
Will Lowe rides the horse Cool Piece to win $100,000 dollars in the Bareback event. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada Will Lowe celebrates winning $100,000 dollars in the Bareback event. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada 6 of 15 5/3/10 4:33 PM
Russ Hallaby rides the horse Rockin Roll sideways in the finals of the Bareback event. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada Heath Ford rides the horse Lunatic Fringe in the Bareback event during wild card day, Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada 7 of 15 5/3/10 4:33 PM
Cody Wright rides the horse Star Burst to win $100,000 dollars in the Saddle Bronc event. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada Brad Harter gets bucked off the horse Awesome in the Saddle Bronc event during wild card day. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada 8 of 15 5/3/10 4:33 PM
Jesse Bail hangs on as the horse Kama Jubilee bucks in the chute in the Saddle Bronc event during wild card day. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada Jeff Chapman throws a steer to win $100,000 in the Tie-Down Roping event. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada 9 of 15 5/3/10 4:33 PM
Mike Lee rides the bull A Touch Nervous to win $100,000 in the Bull Riding event. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada Denton Edge rides the bull Black Tail Switch in the Bull Riding event during wild card day, the cowboy's last chance to get into the finals of the Calgary Stampede Rodeo. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada 10 of 15 5/3/10 4:33 PM
Scott Schiffner hangs onto the bull Afro Man after he rode him for 8 seconds in the bullriding event. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada Matt Bohon gets thrown off the bull Texas Holdem in the bullriding event. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada Brian Canter hangs on to his bull Walk Fast in the bull riding event. Photo 11 of 15 5/3/10 4:33 PM
credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada Wade Sumpter wrestles a steer to win $100,000 dollars in the Steer Wrestling event. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada Jason Miller wrestles a steer in the finals of the Steer Wrestling event. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada 12 of 15 5/3/10 4:33 PM
Baillie Milan jumps off his horse to wrestle a steer in the steer wrestling event. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada Keifer Watt gets bucked off the horse Loaded Rocket in the Novice Saddle Bronc event. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada 13 of 15 5/3/10 4:33 PM
Dylan Herring tries to hang onto the horse Precious Jewel in the novice bareback event. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada Ronnie DeLarue gets bucked off Pepper Roll in the Novice Bareback event. Photo credit: Todd Korol, Reuters Canada 14 of 15 5/3/10 4:33 PM
Bradley Dyck, of Gladstone, Man., flies off his mount in front of the judges during novice bareback rodeo action. Photo credit: Jeff McIntosh, AP, Canadian Press Cowboy Collin Adams, from Deloraine, Nebraska, is bucked off a horse called Necklace Jewel in the Novice Bareback Bronc Riding event. Photo credit: Larry MacDougal, AP, Canadian Press 15 of 15 5/3/10 4:33 PM