101 Wild West Rodeo

The Greatest Show on Dirt
The Greatest Show on Dirt
The 101 Wild West Rodeo is preparing to bring the “Greatest Show on Dirt” back to Ponca City, continuing a tradition rooted in western heritage, family entertainment, and the legacy... Read more...
Cheap Homes Where Buffalo Did Roam
Cheap Homes Where Buffalo Did Roam
This button, dated June 11, 1905, is tied to this event and is one of the biggest publicity stunts in Oklahoma history. Unlike others labeled “Buffalo Chase,” this one reads... Read more...
101 Wild West Rodeo
101 Wild West Rodeo
The Greatest Show on Dirt. That’s not just a tagline, it’s a promise etched into the dust of Ponca City, Oklahoma, where the 101 Wild West Rodeo carries on the... Read more...
Col. Zack T. Miller
Col. Zack T. Miller
Born in Missouri in 1879, Col. Zack T. Miller entered the world just as his father was laying the groundwork for what would become the legendary 101 Ranch in northern... Read more...
Thomas Judge “Tex” Cooper
Thomas Judge “Tex” Cooper
Thomas Judge “Tex” Cooper was born on April 2, 1876, in Texas, the eldest of twelve children in a strict religious household. His father, a Seventh-day Adventist preacher and farmer,... Read more...
Lillian Smith (Princess Wenona)
Lillian Smith (Princess Wenona)
Lillian Frances Smith was born on August 4, 1871, in Coleville, California, to Levi Woodbury Smith, Jr. and Rebecca T. Robinson. The third of four children, she grew up in... Read more...
Bill Pickett: The Bull-Dogger
Bill Pickett: The Bull-Dogger
Bill Pickett, born in 1870 in Jenks Branch, Texas, was the second of thirteen children in a family of African-American and Cherokee heritage. His father, Thomas Jefferson Pickett, had been... Read more...
Untamed Legacy of the 101 Ranch’s Women Bronco Riders
Untamed Legacy of the 101 Ranch’s Women Bronco Riders
In the golden age of the American Wild West show, few names commanded attention like the 101 Ranch Wild West Show, a traveling spectacle that brought the drama of frontier... Read more...
Cowboys of the 101 Wild West Ranch
Cowboys of the 101 Wild West Ranch
The cowboys of the 101 Ranch were central to the ranch's operations and its famed Wild West Show, embodying the spirit and skills of the American West. Their expertise in... Read more...