{"id":4278,"date":"2011-01-20T01:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T08:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?p=4278"},"modified":"2011-01-20T07:59:29","modified_gmt":"2011-01-20T14:59:29","slug":"yippie-ki-yo-ki-yay-denvers-national-western-stock-show-opens-january-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?p=4278","title":{"rendered":"Yippie Ki Yo Ki Yay: Denver’s National Western Stock Show opens January 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\"facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"google_plus\"<\/a>\"reddit\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>

First posted January 1, 2011<\/em><\/strong>
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Yippie Ki Yo Ki Yay. The National Western Stock Show – Opening Day January 8, 2011<\/a><\/p>\n

“Background: In its 105th year, the National Western Stock Show is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that provides college and graduate level scholarships in agriculture and medicine for practice in rural areas. It is also our mission to serve producers and consumers throughout the world by being the premier Stock Show, Rodeo, Horse Show and center for year\u2010round events. The 16\u2010day show also serves as an entertainment arena, hosting one of the world\u2019s richest regular season professional rodeos, largest horse show and Colorado\u2019s largest tradeshow.”<\/p>\n

“Attendance: Overall attendance in 2009 was 643,100. The attendance record was set during the Stock Show\u2019s 100th anniversary in 2006 at 726,972.”<\/p>\n

“Exhibits: More than 15,000 head of horses, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, llamas, alpacas, bison, yak, poultry and rabbits step foot on the grounds of the National Western Stock Show each year. The National Western Stock Show is noted for hosting the world\u2019s only carload and pen cattle show, held in the historic Denver Union Stockyards.”<\/p>\n

“Trade Show: More than 350 vendors fill the nearly 100\u2010acre show grounds with a variety of food and shopping opportunities. The National Western Trade Show offer a variety of products including fine art and jewelry, clothing, household items and agricultural products and equipment.” read more from the Official NWSS Website…<\/a><\/p>\n

The National Western Stock Show, a brief history By Keith and Cheryl Chamberlain:<\/p>\n

“The year was 1906. Theodore Roosevelt was in the White House, there were 45 states in the Union, Colorado was getting ready to celebrate its thirtieth birthday and sirloin was ten cents a pound. On the outskirts of Denver, a growing town with a population of 200,000, stockmen from around the West gathered to show their animals, buy and sell breeding stock and encourage a meatpacking center to rival those in Kansas City and Chicago. From this beginning, the National Western Stock Show, Rodeo and Horse Show was born. The grand champion steer that first year was a Shorthorn that tipped the scales at 1,150 pounds and befitting its status, fetched an eye-popping 33 cents a pound.”<\/p>\n

The West Needs A Stock Show<\/p>\n

“In the early years of the 20th century, western stock growers faced a problem. They lacked a large market center in the West to receive their animals and the cost of shipping to eastern markets cut into already lean profits. Though there was a small meat packing industry in Denver, it was a poor cousin to its larger rivals in Chicago and Kansas City. There was also the feeling among western stockmen that they weren\u2019t getting fair prices for their cattle, sheep and hogs. Livestock raising in the West was a tougher proposition than in the more humid East where concentrated corn and grain feeds were used to fatten livestock. The solution would be improved breeds that could thrive in this more arid region and a meat packing center in the West to compete with the big eastern packers” read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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RODEO – HORSE SHOW – LIVESTOCK – WESTERN ART – SPECIAL EVENTS – TRADE SHOW – MORE<\/p>\n

Buy tickets, see photos and find more information including show times at the NWSS Official Website<\/a>
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