Distinctly Montana Magazine
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D I S T I N C T L Y M O N T A N A M A G A Z I N E • S P R I N G 2 0 2 2 84 in the museum's Memorial Hall, volunteers and members of the museum's board work tireless- ly to serve a hearty and genuine cowboy's breakfast at a fair price. Waterworks Art Museum hosts the Quick-Draw Art Show later that Saturday morning, during which artists have 30 minutes to create an art piece; the art is then auctioned off after the time is up. Waterworks also organiz- es the Custer County Art Center Sunday Brunch during the Buck- ing Horse Sale, along with year- round classes, activities and com- munity events. Between the myriad rodeo go- ings-on of the days leading up to BHS weekend and during it, the Saturday morning parade is the place to experience the down- town flavor of the Bucking Horse Sale. Local businesses, non-prof- its and schools all conduct col- orful floats down Main Street, and the rodeo queens wave to the crowd while skillfully guid- ing their faithful horses down the street. Sporting bright smiles and spotless outfits of leather and denim, don't let these queens fool you. One minute they can be seen comforting a child after a mutton-busting fall, and the very next they will dominate the ring while the crowd cheers and admires the shiny buckles and fringed garments emblazoned with their hard-earned titles. Perhaps one of the fondest mem- ories of the parade include gi- gantic vehicles known as Rumely Oil Pull farm tractors. With huge wheels and entire smokestacks, these machines chug down Main Street and delight parade-go- ers as the smokestacks puff and rumble a testament to a bygone era. Among the most memorable features of the parade is the 7th Cavalry Drum and Bugle Corps, based out of Sheridan, Wyoming. Started in 1929, the prestigious Drum and Bugle Corps has be- come a beloved part of Satur- day's events, and the group has loved their excursions to Miles Bronco riders fixing saddles at an early incarnation of Bucking Horse event ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN, PHOTO COURTESY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS