First Rodeo Parade 1925 Tucson

Headline in the Arizona Daily Star in 1925 reads:
"Cowboys are asked not to shoot up the town"

Tucson in 1925 was a frontier town: The first Tucson Rodeo was held in the middle of Prohibition. With so many visitors expected, decisions were made to clean up the town. Arizona State Prohibition Director Frank Pool led a force of federal officials to town two weeks prior to the rodeo. The Arizona Daily Star reported that 25 stills were captured and an estimated 300 gallons of moonshine destroyed. T-bone steaks sold for .27 a pound. A Stetson hat cost $8. Prizes at the 1925 Rodeo Parade included a 750-lb. block of ice, 100 lbs. of potatoes and a "Big Cactusî" ham.

Rodeo Parade Museum

The Tucson Rodeo Parade Museum
Open to the public ....Monday - Saturday 9:30 until 3:30.



Plan to tour the Parade Museum to see one of the world's largest
collections of horse-drawn vehicles and a replication of Tucson
in the early 1900s.

2007-2008 MUSEUM DATES:
Groups may schedule a private tour almost anytime during the year.
Go to the museum page for more information.


Open to the public: December 10, 2007
Closed December 24, 2007 thru January 1, 2008*
Re-opens January 2, 2008 thru March 16, 2008.
for more information go to Parade Museum


Open .... Monday thru Saturday 9:30am to 3:30pm.
(closed Sunday)

La Fiesta De Los Vaqueros

http://www.tucsonrodeoparade.co

Tucson Rodeo

February is one of my favorite months of the year. In Tucson we have our annual Rodeo and Parade "La Fiesta de los Vaqueros" or The Cowboy's Party. I rode in the Rodeo and the Parade during my youth. The parade uses no motorized vehicles.
It is just good organic fun for the family and community!

TUCSON RODEO & PARADE
2008 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
February 21-March 1, 2009
SCHEDULE: Events dates and times for 2009 Tucson Rodeo
PARADE: Thurs., Feb 26, 2009, 9AM
RODEO: Feb. 21-March 1, 2009
PARKING: TICKET INFO, CONTACT
How to Speak "Rodeo"
Tucson Rodeo Parade Museum: Jan. 5-April 18, 2009