Let 'er Buck

The Enlarged Homestead Act brought homesteaders to Eastern Montana in 1909. In 1922, the Roundup celebrated the agricultural community in this fledgling town. Cars created the arena, and steer riding, bull-dogging, bareback riding, saddle horse racing, honyoker races, foot races, moving picture shows, boxing, and airplane rides entertained the crowd. As recalled in Echoing Footsteps Powder River County 1967, "Dust boiled up and the horses were off... The whole town turned out to get their first glimpse of a real airplane!" and people later remembered "those old rodeos down on Trautman Flats."

Broadus, Montana · United States