“Everyone is invited to attend the dance and urged to wear rodeo regalia,”

THE POST DISPATCH CENTENNIAL YEAR IN THIS SECTION

POST STAMPEDE RODEO

THROUGH THE YEARS

read the pageone story in The Post Dispatch for May 28, 1942 (right). Sure, there was a war on, but folks were ready for a bit of competitive entertainment! The Post Stampede, which had been introduced in 1940, was still a spring event back then. | POST DISPATCH ARCHIVES