SARATOGA – The Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame (WCHF) has selected 25 inductees for the Class of 2026. The WCHF State Board of Directors voted on the nominees from across the state during its annual meeting April 26.
The 13th Annual induction ceremony will be at Little America in Cheyenne, Sept. 25 and 26. The event is open to the public.
Regional committees in ten different areas of Wyoming researched and scored over 50 nominations and sent the top picks to the WCHF State Board of Directors. The State Board also selected several nominees.
Formed for historical, cultural, literary, and educational purposes, WCHF’s chief goal is “To preserve, promote, perpetuate, publish and document Wyoming’s working cowboy and ranching history through researching, profiling and honoring individuals who broke the first trails and introduced that culture to this state. WCHF plans to collect, display and preserve the stories, photos and artifacts of such individuals and anything else that will honor and highlight their contributions to our history.”
WCHF Class of 2026:
Region 1
Campbell County – Bob Tarver, Gillette; R.V. “Dick” Talley, Gillette
Crook County – Dick Graham, Moorcroft
Weston County – Susan Martens Vore, Newcastle
Region 2
Goshen County – Afton D. Green Sr., LaGrange
Platte County – Dennis Brooks, Glendo
Region 3
Albany County – Thomas F. George, Laramie
Laramie County – K. Norman “Buck” Holmes, Cheyenne
Region 4
Converse County – Donald Bruce Murray, Lost Springs
Region 5
None
Region 6
Big Horn County – John Luman, Hyattville
Region 7
Carbon County – Alice Platt Nation, Encampment; Rene Vyvey, Saratoga
Sweetwater County – Alonzo “Lunk” Raymond Jarvie, McKinnon; Anderson Brothers: Mark Edwin Anderson, Robert Lloyd Anderson, and Larry Anderson, McKinnon; Doyle and Fon Slagowski, Burntfork.
Region 8
Hot Springs County – Doug Wallingford, Thermopolis
Region 9
Uinta County – Eudjere Hickey, Lonetree; Maurice H. Henry, Robertson
Region 10
Sublette County – Roberts Family: Dianne Boroff, Louis and Shad (Zac) Roberts, Daniel; Mac McCormick, Daniel; Clarence “Tuffy” Davis Jr., Big Piney; James Mickelson, Big Piney; Alexander Marshall Gilchrist, Jr.; Jensen Brothers: Otto F. Jensen and Gladwon Jensen, Boulder
Teton County – Warren M. Robertson and Helen Hardeman Robertson, Wilson
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