HOME OF CHAMPIONS

The Red Lodge Rodeo dates back to the late 1890's with local cowboys getting together on a Sunday afternoon at the railroad stockyards to ride exhibition broncos. In 1929 a group of local cowboys built an arena gathered up some wild horses charged admission and contested the rides. In 1930 wth the success of the rodeo the year before the Red Lodge Rodeo Association was formed. In 1932 the Association acquired 180 acres of land and they went to work building a new arena and grandstand at its present location. In 1954 after local cowboy Bill Linderman won his third World All Around Champion Title the name "HOME OF CHAMPIONS" was adopted.