Cowboy Hall noms open

The Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame (WCHF) now has 88 Honorees. The WCHF board is looking for more nominations and people can enter their favorite cowboys, cowgirls or ancestors by going to http://www.wyomingcowboyhalloffame.com and nominate them for consideration in the Class of 2016.

Nominations will close on March 31, and soon thereafter committees from the 10 geographic regions of Wyoming will meet to select those most worthy. Those names will then be forwarded to the current WCHF Board – Scotty Ratliff of Riverton, Russell “Pinky” Walter of Lingle, Paulette Moss of Riverton, Rhonda Sedgwick Stearns of Newcastle, Pete Kuhn of Cheyenne, Perry Askin of Douglas, Wendy Auzqui of Clearmont, Jen Fernandez of Powell, Valerie Remick of Encampment, Shelly Martinez from the Lincoln County area and Windy Noble of Pinedale. That group will  meet and review the regional recommendations, then vote to select the Class of 2016.

More than 150 Wyoming legends were nominated between Jan. 1 and the end of March last year. The Cowboy State has a rich and varied history and legacy of all things cowboy, and the chief goal of WCHF is “To preserve, promote, perpetuate, publish and document Wyoming’s rich 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.”

Wyoming people can play an important role in perpetuating the exclusively historical, cultural, literary and educational purposes of WCHF by nominating worthy individuals to be honored there.

Any nominees from the past two years not yet selected for induction are still in the nominations pool, but nominators are encouraged to provide additional information and documentation to enhance their chances of being chosen this year. The website provides guidelines and forms for submitting both new nominations and supporting data.