The Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame (WCHF) has selected 23 inductees for the Class of 2024. The WCHF State Board of Directors voted on the nominees from across the state during its annual meeting April 27. The 11th Annual induction ceremony will be at the Ramkota Hotel in Casper, Oct. 11 and 12. It is open to the public.
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. WCHF plans to collect, display and preserve the stories, photos and artifacts of such individuals and anything else that will honor and highlight their contributions to our history.”
WCHF Class of 2024:
Region 1 –
Campbell County – Steve Bossman, Oshoto; Matt Avery, Rozet; 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