Title Rodeo Austin : blue ribbons, buckin' broncs, and big dreams : the story of the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo / Liz Carmack ; foreword by Bucky Lamb.

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College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2012.

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Edition	1st ed.
Description	1 online resource
	Coahuilteco language
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Promoting youth education & preserving Western heritage -- Growing baby beef show educates, entertains: 1938 to 1956 -- Expanding fair and rodeo in cramped quarters: 1957 to 1979 -- Building a new home: 1980 to 1989 -- Dreaming beyond Travis County: 1990 to 1999 -- Ramping up statewide and facing new challenges: 2000 to 2011 -- Directors emeriti -- Show leaders -- Grand champion winners and buyers -- About the research.
Summary	Who would have dreamed that a one-day calf show would evolve into a top-five professional rodeo that raises millions of dollars for education? From its beginnings as a tiny 4-H event to its current role as one of Austin's largest charities, the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo has grown in both size and purpose in the past seventy-five years. Here, Liz Carmack tells the story of Rodeo Austin, a nonprofit enterprise whose face reflects its agricultural heritage but whose scholarship program is at the heart of its mission. Since 1981, when organizers became fully committed to providing.
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Subject	Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo -- History -- 20th century.
	Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo -- History -- 21st century.
Chronological Term	21st century
Subject	Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo -- Endowments.
	Endowments.
	Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo -- Awards.
	Awards.
	Livestock exhibitions -- Texas -- Austin -- History -- 20th century.
	Livestock exhibitions.
	Texas -- Austin.
	Livestock exhibitions -- Texas -- Austin -- History -- 21st century.
	Rodeos -- Texas -- Austin -- History -- 20th century.
	Rodeos.
	Rodeos -- Texas -- Austin -- History -- 21st century.
	Youth -- Scholarships, fellowships, etc. -- Texas -- Austin.
	Youth.
	Austin (Tex.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
	Austin (Tex.) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Subject	Youth.
Other Form:	Print version: Carmack, Liz. Rodeo Austin. 1st ed. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2012 9781603445689 (DLC) 2011024061 (OCoLC)731372926
ISBN	9781603445894 (electronic book)
	1603445897 (electronic book)
	9781603445689
	1603445684

Title Rodeo Austin : blue ribbons, buckin' broncs, and big dreams : the story of the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo / Liz Carmack ; foreword by Bucky Lamb.

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