Step inside The Buckhorn with longtime rodeo cowboy, historian, and collector Kelly Clark for a guided tour through a remarkable collection of rodeo history.
Kelly shares the stories behind championship saddles, famous hats, buckles, photographs, chaps, shirts, back numbers, and other artifacts connected to generations of rodeo legends. Along the way, he reflects on his father, IRA World Champion John Clark, his own career in bareback riding and bull riding, the early days of the IPRA, Madison Square Garden, Northside Coliseum, Gilley’s, and many of the cowboys who helped shape the sport.
The collection includes pieces tied to Tom Mix, Gene Autry, Donnie Gay, Larry Mahan, Bill Hash, Rick Chatman, Lenore Roe, JB Mauney, and many more.
This episode was recorded as a visual tour, but the stories stand on their own. To see the photographs, saddles, hats, and artifacts Kelly describes, watch the complete video on the Beyond the Chutes YouTube channel or Spotify.
The Buckhorn is more than a collection. Kelly has given these artifacts a home—and he gives them a voice.
These stories matter. This history matters.
Beyond the Chutes is presented by ParaSight System.