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JULY 2027, 2022
CULTURE & HERITAGE
CELEBRATING THE HISTORY
OF EASTERN OREGON
Chief Joseph Days is July 27-30
By Katy Nesbitt
Go! Magazine
JOSEPH — Ticket sales are hot for
the four nights of pro rodeo action at
the 2022 Chief Joseph Days Rodeo
July 27-30 at Harley Tucker Arena, 405
W. Wallowa Ave.
Terry Jones, Chief Joseph Days
Rodeo president, said the rodeo court’s
ticket sales set a record for highest
dollar amount — as of the queen’s
coronation April 16 the court members
had sold $122,000. Despite a slight
increase in ticket prices, sales at the
rodeo office in Joseph have been brisk
as well.
“Reserved tickets for Friday and
Saturday night are almost sold out, but
general admission tickets are still avail-
able,” Jones said.
Fans won’t be disappointed as the
rodeo is working to bring in the best
talent — both top and up-and-coming
cowboys and cowgirls in the Pro Rodeo
Cowboy Association and the Women’s
Professional Rodeo Association.
Competing for participants against
Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyoming,
has always been tricky, livestock con-
sultant John Growney said, but com-
petition among other rodeos the last
weekend of July is getting fierce.
A former rodeo stock contractor
turned consultant, Growney said he is
bringing in some of the best broncs and
bulls available from a pool of four stock
providers to Chief Joseph Days.
“I know all the cowboys and the best
parts of the contractor’s herds and
bring them to Joseph,” Growney said.
Wallowa County Chieftain/File Photo
A bronc rider hangs on during a previous Chief Joseph Days rodeo. This year’s rodeo
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“It raised the bar on the quality of the
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Brand new to Chief Joseph Days this
year is break-away roping. Jones said
they have 10 slots a night for the wom-
en’s roping competition and he expects
to fill them.
“Break-away roping is becoming
more and more popular at rodeos and
is giving women who competed as col-
lege athletes an opportunity to com-
pete as professionals,” Growney said.
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