Ellensburg Rodeo

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The Ellensburg Rodeo opens every Labor Day weekend (August 31 - September 3) along with the Kittitas County Fair in Ellensburg, WA. Started in 1923, the Ellensburg Rodeo has grown from a local competition among ranch hands to the Professional event of today with over 500 contestants and prize money in excess of $250,000. [1] Within the Pacific Northwest the Ellensburg Rodeo is second in size only to the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta, and is considered to be one of America’s top 25 rodeos. [2]

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  1. ^ Ellensburg Rodeo. Retrieved on 2007-09-14.
  2. ^ HistoryLink.org. Retrieved on 2007-09-14. Ellensburg holds its first rodeo on September 13, 1923

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