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2024 Visiting Rodeo Queens
The American Heroes PRCA Rodeo is happy to welcome visiting rodeo queens. These titleholders will help with duties including grand entry, carrying flags, greeting the public prior to the rodeo performance, signing autographs, attending community events and participating in the parade on Saturday June 8th in downtown Hawley, Minnesota. To learn more about these rodeo…
Read More2024 Rodeo Clown is Jesse Larson
Hawley, Minnesota is welcoming Jesse Larson to the 64th Since 2006, Jesse Larson has been entertaining Rodeo crowds. His simple “Funny Man” routines have matured into a sophisticated and finely honed entertainment extravaganza for crowds from Lake Michigan, to Glacier National Park, down to Cody, WY, and back again. He has worked almost all of…
Read More2024 Bullfighter Austin Ashburn
By: Gretchen Kirchmann Hailing from Belview, Minnesota is bullfighter Austin Ashburn is back for his third year. In 2022 it was his first-year bullfighting at the American Heroes PRCA Rodeo in Hawley, Minnesota. “I didn’t grow up in the rodeo world, had nothing to do with it except for when I went to the Western…
Read MoreRodeo Clown, Scot Allerdings, featured at 60th Hawley Rodeo
Scot Allerdings from Wyoming really is a class clown, teaching high school PE during the school year. During his performances, Scot provides several means of high quality family entertainment. From his family friendly comedy to new exciting acts, Scot will keep the crowd entertained throughout the event. Scot loves to work with the youth and…
Read MoreTrick Riding is coming back to the Hawley Rodeo, June 7-8, 2019
Dusta Lee Kimzey thrills audiences with gymnastics on horseback by Gretchen Kirchmann, Kirchmann Media Group Omaha, Neb. (April 20, 2019) – This rodeo season Barnes PRCA Rodeo continues to hire the very best specialty acts for the 60th American Heroes PRCA Rodeo in Hawley, Minn. Those acts feature Tricked Out Trick Riding by Dusta Lee…
Read MoreHow Hawley Got Rodeo Contract, 1960
from Hawley Herald newspaper article, 1960 Why was Hawley, a village with a 1960 population of 1,264 persons, selected as the site of the RCA rodeo for northwestern Minnesota and eastern North Dakota? This question has been asked by many inquisitive individuals during the past few months. There are two reasons: first, that Hawley is…
Read MoreBarnes PRCA Rodeo, third and fourth generation
Westin and his wife Katelyn will again travel with their young children Elsie and Martin to Hawley Minnesota to produce the rodeo in 2018. Three-year-old Elsie and her younger brother Martin are now the fourth generation of the Barnes PRCA Rodeo family business. Elsie is a mini-me of her mother Katelyn helping out with washing…
Read MoreBarnes’ animal athletes selected for 2017 Great Lakes Circuit Finals
J2 Frankie Scott, leads the herd to Louisville, Kentucky Representing the Rafter B Bar Ranch from Peterson, Iowa are bucking horses, bulls and saddle horses selected for the Great Lakes Circuit Finals (GLCF) November 9-11 in Louisville, Kentucky. Among the Barnes PRCA Rodeo livestock selection is bareback horse J2 Frankie Scott, saddle bronc 3I9 Barry…
Read MoreKyle Whitaker wins all-around in Hawley, 2017
June 2017 Kyle Whitaker, 8x PRCA Linderman Award winner, won the 2017 all-around title in Hawley, Minn. Whitaker competed in Saddle Bronc, Tie-Down Roping, and Steer Wrestling. Whitaker consistently enters Barnes PRCA Rodeo’s due to the caliber of animal athletes. “They have a lot of nice bucking horses that give a guy a chance to…
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