The Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame (WCHF) has selected 23 inductees for the Class of 2025. The WCHF State Board of Directors voted on the nominees from across the state during its annual meeting April 26. The 12th Annual induction ceremony will be at the Ramkota Hotel in Casper, Sept. 26 and 27. 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 2025:
Region 1 –
Campbell County – Earl “Tut” Camblin, Gillette
Crook County – Dave Graham, Moorcroft
Weston County – Samuel “Sammy” Everett Sewell, Newcastle
Region 2 –
Niobrara County – A.D. Flores Kruse, Lusk
Region 3 –
Albany County – Jerry Martin Kennedy, Rock River
Laramie County – Angus McPhee, Cheyenne
Region 4 –
Converse County – Lee Moore, Douglas
Region 5 –
Johnson County – Wayne Graves, Kaycee; and Sonny Jarrard, Kaycee
Sheridan County – Dave Clarendon, Banner
Region 6 –
Washakie County – Eldon Leithead, Worland
Big Horn County – Kay Bischoff Hopkin, Lovell
Region 7 –
Carbon County – James Felix Johnson, Encampment
Sweetwater County – Orson Nathan Behunin & Christena Isabela Stagowski Behunin, Burntfork
Region 8 –
Fremont County – Jack C. Malmberg, Lander; and John P. Finley, Dubois
Hot Springs County – Frank J. Rhodes, Cody
Region 9 – None
Region 10 –
Sublette County – Gerry Dean Endecott, Pinedale; Martin Wardell, Big Piney; Garland Swain, Pinedale; Jesse Earl Chase, Big Piney; and Luke Algeroy Osterhout, Big Piney
Teton County – Chris Feuz Young, Moran
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