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This Week in the West: Jackson Sundown, An Icon of the West
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🎙️ Episode 59: Jackson Sundown, an Icon of the West
📢 Episode Summary:
The iconic cowboy silhouette in the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s logo is more than a symbol—it’s a real person with an extraordinary story. That figure is based on Jackson Sundown, a legendary early-20th-century rodeo competitor and a full-blooded member of the Wallowa Band of the Nez Perce tribe. Remembered on the anniversary of his death, December 18, 1923, Sundown’s life bridges Native history, frontier survival, and the rise of professional rodeo.
Sundown didn’t enter the rodeo…
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