08/11/2025
Old West Trail Rodeo Board would like to say:
Thank You
To these organizations, businesses, and individuals who helped us
for the 2025 PRCA Rodeo & Junior Fun Day Rodeo
Special Thanks to: Crawford Rescue Unit for providing our Rodeo Medical Services; Dr. Thomas Furman with The Animal Center in Alliance for providing Veterinary Services; Art & Haley Anders for caring for the sound equipment; Fort Robinson for the use of the wagon for the parade, the bleachers, and help from Robert Lemmon, Donita Morava, and the Fort crew in and around the arena; Chadron Motors for the use of their tractor at the Jr Fun Day & PRCA Rodeo; Crawford Volunteer Fire Department for watering the grounds; City of Crawford park crew for mowing; SWANN for the dumpsters; Lemmon’s Fresh for the use of the porta potties; Dawes County Travel Board for the $1,000 for advertising; Frank Richardson & Roy and Donna Norgard for helping paint, mow & w**d eating; Jake & Vicki Wasserburger for hay; Rodger Roberts for the use of the loader & help moving bleachers; Mud Truck committee for the use of their bleachers; Soester Trucking for helping move bleachers back to Fort Robinson; Donita Morava for the use of your horse for Miss Rodeo Nebraska.
A Big Thank You to our sponsor flag carriers! Thank you to Tim & Vicki Milner for your continued help with the entry gate; Jeff Lien & boys for the help with both rodeos; Jama Bolek for her help on the programs; Eakes for printing the rodeo posters & donating the program for both nights; Crawford Clipper-Jess for the use of the office, selling parking stalls & tickets, and covering all of our events; Kelly & Tami Dyer and High School Rodeo crew for helping get the arena cleared and the ground ready; the parents & helpers (Sittig’s, Welling’s, Barnes’s, Reid’s, Beach’s, & Ebmeier’s, Cara F & Hailey L) who helped during the Jr Fun Day, Les Ohlhauser for announcing the Jr Fun Day Rodeo; Ted & Cathy Beach for jumping in and helping where we needed you; Damon, Keagen, & Brayden Bass for all your help; Trevor & Georgia Kahl of Flying K for the use of the panels; Casey Staudenmaier, McKenzie Cope & Dan Eberle for opening bucking chute gates and taking judging scores, and for untying calves;
We would also like to thank the Harrison Roping Club for the use of their roping steers, Chance & Kaycee Barnes for the roping calves, and MJ Productions for the goats.
Thank you to the Crawford Chamber of Commerce, Crawford Fire Department & Jake Tollman (Mr. Fireworks) & crew who continue to do the amazing & wonderful firework display; to the Dawes County Sheriff’s Department for crowd & traffic control in keeping us all safe; Dan & Tracey Brien for working the back gate & Torie Jacob for taking lead on the front gate with the help of all the other volunteers. Thank you to the amazing vendors who came and set up and provided delicious food for the two days! We appreciate all who were ticket takers for the rodeo.
The OWTR Board Thanks You All So Much!!!
A Very Special Thank you goes out to: All those volunteers who have taken time away from family & friends to help in and around the arena! If we’ve missed anyone in our “THANK YOU’s” we want you to know we truly appreciate each and every one of you. Our 79th and only PRCA Rodeo in Nebraska over the 4th of July Holiday wouldn’t be possible without the tremendous support from sponsors, spectators, contestants, visiting royalty, and volunteers like you!
Thank you again.
See you next year for a huge celebration of 80 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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