The Hall of Great Westerners was established by the
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, with more than 28,000 American West, Western and Native Americans in the United States, American Indian art works and Artifact (archaeology), ar ...
in 1958. Located in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, and ...
, U.S., the Hall was created to celebrate the contributions of more than 200 men and women of the
American West
The Western United States (also called the American West, the Far West, and the West) is the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term ''the Wes ...
.
Inductees include explorers,
Native American leaders, writers, poets, politicians, statesmen and others.
[Faragher, J.M. (1994) "National Cowboy Hall of Fame Thundering Hooves." ''Journal of American History. 81''(1) June, pp. 215-220.]
Members of the Hall of Great Westerners
The following are Hall of Great Westerners inductees, followed by their birth and death dates, the year they were inducted, areas of influence, and occupations.
See also
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:People of the American Old West
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Hall of Great Western Performers
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Rodeo Hall of Fame
The Rodeo Hall of Fame was established by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in 1955. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., the Hall was created to celebrate the contributions of cowboys and cowgirls from around the world. The h ...
References
External links
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
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1955 establishments in Oklahoma
Cowboy halls of fame
Sports halls of fame
Sports hall of fame inductees
West
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth.
Etymology
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Awards established in 1955
Lists of sports awards
Culture of Oklahoma City
Culture of the Western United States
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum