Wyoming Cowboy Hall Of Fame Announces Class of 2024 Inductees

The men and women who will be inducted into the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame as members of the Class of 2024 have worked the open range, remote grazing allotments, and they have herded thousands of head of livestock.

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Candy Moulton

May 03, 20242 min read

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(Cowboy State Daily Staff)

The men and women who will be inducted into the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame as members of the Class of 2024 have worked the open range, remote grazing allotments, and they have herded thousands of head of livestock.

They have also worn out a lot of saddles.

This year’s class includes 23 cowboys from 15 counties. All of them have at least 45 years of cowboy work under their belts.

They will be recognized at the 11th Annual induction ceremony at the Ramkota Hotel in Casper, Oct. 11 and 12.

Regional committees in ten different areas of Wyoming researched and scored over 50 nominations and sent the top picks to the WCHF State Board of Directors. The State Board also selected several nominees.

Formed for historical, cultural, literary, and educational purposes, WCHF's chief goal is “To preserve, promote, perpetuate, publish and document Wyoming’s working cowboy and ranching history through researching, profiling and honoring individuals who broke the first trails and introduced that culture to this state.”

Over the next few months we will have stories here on Cowboy State Daily about these and other inductees into the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame.

WCHF Class of 2024:

Region 1 –

Campbell County – Steve Bossman, Oshoto; Matt Avery, Gillette; and George Amos, Gillette

Crook County – John Jack Shelldorf, Sundance

Weston County - Matilda “Tillie” Mae Bock Sewell, Osage

Region 2 –

Platte County – Alva Miller, Chugwater

Region 3 –

Albany County – Dallas Talbott, Laramie; and Norman C. Hanks, Garrett

Laramie County – Ronald McDonald, Burns

Region 4 –

Converse County – Byron Eugene Wollen, Douglas

Region 5 –

Johnson County – John P. Gammon, Buffalo

Region 6 –

Park County – George E. Brown, Cody

Washakie County – Samuel Reed Hampton, Worland

Region 7

No inductees

Region 8 –

Fremont County -- Richard D. Ellis, Lander; Carl Riley, Riverton; and Charles Randall “Tuffy” Van Patten, Lander

Hot Springs County – Jim Dowdy, Thermopolis

Region 9 –

Uinta County – Ida Kaye Harvey Sadlier, Robertson

Region 10 –

Sublette County – John C. Budd, Big Piney; Kevin W. Campbell, Bondurant; Gary Lozier, Big Piney; and Steven C. James, Daniel

Teton County – Norman Rezin "Bill" Tanner, Jackson 

The WCHF Board is comprised of one member from each of the state’s ten regions. To learn more about the WCHF visit www.wyomingcowboyhalloffame.org. Contributions to support the mission of the WCHF are always accepted and appreciated.

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