The Western Heritage Museum & Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame is a
museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...
near
Hobbs,
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
. It features exhibits depicting the history of the
Llano Estacado region of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas. Opened in January 2006, the museum is housed in a building on the campus of
New Mexico Junior College
New Mexico Junior College (NMJC) is a public junior college in unincorporated Lea County, New Mexico, near Hobbs.
History and campus
New Mexico Junior College first opened in the fall of 1966. With a current enrollment of 3,375.
The campus ...
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Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame
The Cowboy Hall of Fame is presented annually to up to four individuals. Up to three individuals can be selected by the following criteria:
* They have roots in Lea County
* They were exceptional in their rodeo career
* They made significant contributions to Lea County in ranching
A fourth inductee can be selected by the Board of Directors using their own criteria.
Hall of Fame Inductees
1978
* Clyde Browning
* John Easley
* Pello Etcheverry
* Jake McClure
* Henry Record
* George Weir
* Dow Wood
1979
* Tom Bingham
* Troy Fort
* Mary S. Hooper
* Earl Kornegay
* Dessie Sawyer
* Andrew Coke Taylor
1980
* Daniel C. Berry
* George Causey
* Robert Florence Love
* Warren Snyder
* Will Terry
1981
* Samantha Anderson
* Marrion Ruben Bess
* John Davidson Graham
* Richard David Lee
1982
* Jimmie Baum Cooper
* Alfred Green Rushing
* Adam Zimmerman
1983
*
Roy Dale Cooper
* John Simeon Eaves
* Claudie A. Fort
1984
* Allen Clinton Heard
* Amos Dee Jones
* James Lewis Reed
1985
* Bob Beverly
* John Merchant
* Bill Zimmerman
1986
* W.A. Anderson
* Daisy Clayton
* Nellie Taylor
1987
* Millard Eidson
* Rubert Madera
1988
* Gene Price
* Olin Young
1989
* Clay McGonagill
* Bert Weir
1991
* Edith Davis Fanning
* Buddy Melton Medlin
1992
* Dale "Tuffy" Cooper
* Willim S. "Colonel" Williams
1993
* M.R. "Russ" Anderson
* J.W. "Uncle Jim" Owens
1994
* Charles Walter Fairweather
* Matthew Hawkins Medlin
1995
*
Fern Sawyer
Fern Sawyer (1917 – October 16, 1993, also known as Fern Eidson) was an American cowgirl, rodeo champion, politician and inductee into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame and the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the National Cowboy and Wester ...
* William Robert Bilbrey
1996
* W.D. "Jiggs" Dinwiddle
* Tom Pearson
1997
* John Lusk
* U.D. "Ulysses" Sawyer
1998
* Betty Gayle Cooper Ratliff
* Tom Linebery
1999
* Ella Belle Holeman
* John Pearson
2000
* Herchel R. "Gravy" Field
* John Byron Fort
2001
* Homer Ingle
2002
* Bill Lee
* Virgil Linam
* Giles Lee
2003
* Tom Bess
* Suzanne Jones
2004
* Punch Jones
* Marvin Powell
2005
* Sanford Bilberry
* R.D. Sims
2006
* Bob Eidson
2007
* Becky Jo Doom
* Richard D. Lee
* Larry F. Wooten
* Kenny Smith
2008
* Bill Brininstool
* Roy "Buddy" Fort
2009
* Sam Bruton
* Faye Linam
2010
* Scharbauer Eidson
* Bill Smith
2011
* Kress Jones
* Charlie Daymon Hardin
2012
* Gene Cessnun
* Walter "Lee" Greebon
* William Daniel "Dub" McWhorter
2013
* Charles William "C.W." Kinsolving
* Evelyn Muriel Terry McNeill
* Hugh "Rack" Ward
2015
*
Guy Allen
Guy Allen (born September 5, 1958) is an American ProRodeo Hall of Fame cowboy and an 18-time steer roping world champion. He competes in rodeos sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). He won the world title for the stee ...
* Dorthy Bess
* Jimmie Torn Cooper
* Carl E. Sams
2016
* Bert Madera
* Phil Smith Sr.
* Charlcia Taylor
2017
* Bennet Jackson Caudill
* Jerry B. Clayton
* Mathias Willhoit
2018
* Charlie Butler "C.B." Cochran
* Herbert Neil Love
2019
* Albert "Suckerod" Ozborn
* J.E. Teague
2020
* V.M. Chambers
* Clara E. (Bradley) Fowler
2021
* Daniel C. Berry III
* Tommy Charles Price
Sources:
References
External links
Official Website
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Cowboy halls of fame
Halls of fame in New Mexico
History museums in New Mexico
University museums in New Mexico
Museums in Lea County, New Mexico
American West museums in New Mexico
Museums established in 2006
2006 establishments in New Mexico
New Mexico Junior College
Sports hall of fame inductees