Flint Hills
Rodeo Commemorative Belt Buckles
In 1987, the Flint
Hills Rodeo Association celebrated its 50th anniversary by
establishing a 10-year series of commemorative belt buckles.
Flint Hills area
artists created the designs for the buckles, which celebrate
and honor traditional rodeo events, scenes, and founders of
the Flint Hills Rodeo.
Each year during
the series, a limited number of buckles were produced, each
individually numbered. Below are images
and descriptions of each of the ten buckles.
Limited quantities
of some buckles are still available.
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The oldest consecutive
professional rodeo in Kansas was founded and staged
in 1937 at Strong City by members of the E.C.
Roberts family.
The rodeo association
was later incorporated. It celebrated its 50th
anniversary in 1987.
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Second in a series of
limited edition belt buckles from the Flint Hills
Rodeo.
Pictured is Gerald
Roberts, hometown Strong City cowboy, competing in
saddle bronc riding.
Gerald was World
Champion All-Around Cowboy in 1942 and 1948. |
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Third in a series of
limited edition Flint Hills Rodeo belt buckles, it
pictures hometown Strong City cowboy Ken Roberts
doing what he did best. Ken was World Champion Bull
Rider in 1943, 44, & 45. |
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Fourth in the series of
limited edition Flint Hills Rodeo belt buckles, this
buckle features E.C. Roberts, founder of the Flint
Hills Rodeo and dean of the Roberts rodeo family.
E.C. was a prominent stock contractor and
accomplished rodeo pickup-man. |
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Steer wrestling is the
featured event in our 5th limited edition Flint
Hills Rodeo belt buckle. Pictured is champion rodeo
cowboy Joel Edmondson from Eureka, KS.
Joel was PRCA World
Champion Steer Wrestler in 1983 and has been a
long-time contestant and event winner at the Flint
Hills Rodeo. He frequently attends the Flint Hills
High School Rodeo and hazes for the steer wrestling
contestants.
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An important part of
most rodeos are the specialty acts and trick
riders.
The 1992 limited
edition buckle features a trick rider who was
special to the Flint Hills Rodeo, Margie Roberts
Hart, a member of the famed Roberts rodeo family,
was an accomplished trick rider and rodeo contestant
who performed at major rodeos for over 25 years. |
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Our 7th Flint Hills
Rodeo belt buckle features bareback riding. The
Flint Hills Rodeo has always been known for its
rough stock.
Smokey, Spanish
Forks, Hard Twist, Devils Tower, and Bay Megs are
just a few of the all-time great bareback horses to
perform at the Flint Hills Rodeo. |
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Medicine Lodge artist,
Earl Kuhn, depicts one of rodeo's most challenging
and exciting events, the wild horse race.
Howard Roberts of
Strong City is generally acknowledged as the best of
the muggers in early Flint Hills Rodeo wild horse
races. |
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Barrel racing is
featured on our 9th annual Flint Hills Rodeo belt
buckle.
Barrel racing is
always exciting and challenging at the Flint Hills
Rodeo and has proved to be one of our events with
the highest number of entries. |
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Our 1996 buckle marks
the 10th and final buckle in our Flint Hills Rodeo
collectors series.
To end the series we
are honoring an important part of all rodeos -
clowns and bullfighters. Rodeo clowns entertain
spectators, protect cowboys, and are a part of most
people's rodeo memories. |
If you have gaps in your collection, take
advantage of this special pricing to complete
your set. We
are offering all of our bronze buckles at
half-off the original price, just $5 per buckle.
All
quantities are very limited, and not all years
are available.
These buckles are
being offered on a first-come-first-serve
basis. All
buckles are new in box, sealed in original
shrink wrap.
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Description |
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1987 |
Not
Available |
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1988 |
Saddle
Bronc Riding |
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1989 |
Not
Available |
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1990 |
Not
Available |
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1991 |
Steer
Wrestling |
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1992 |
Specialty Acts/Trick Riding |
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1993 |
Bareback
Riding |
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1994 |
Wild
Horse Race |
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1995 |
Barrel
Racing |
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1996 |
Clowns/Bullfighters |
Our bronze
buckles are $5 each (includes sales tax).
If buckles are to be mailed, please include $3.95 per
buckle.
We are
unable to accept credit cards as payment at this time,
check or money order only please.
Buckles may
be ordered by calling Frank at 620-273-6789 (evenings)
or by writing the Flint Hills Rodeo Association at:
Flint
Hills Rodeo Association
PO Box 111
Strong City, KS 66869.
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