The story
Tucson Rodeo in Tucson
La Fiesta de los Vaqueros, the Tucson Rodeo, began in February 1925 when polo enthusiast Leighton Kramer organized a three-day competition to fund his club's travel and boost winter tourism. More than a century later, it has grown into one of the top rodeos in the United States, held annually every February as the largest outdoor winter rodeo in the country.
In February 1925, a Pennsylvania transplant named Leighton Kramer organized what would become one of the country's most enduring rodeos, though his original motives were more practical than ceremonial.