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Our wild, wild MIDwest may have begun with this famous bank robbery by the Jesse James Gang in 1871. They robbed the Ocobock Bros. bank in Corydon and on the way out of town, Jesse stopped briefly at the church and interrupted the minister to announce that “some riders” had just robbed the town’s bank. “You folks best get down there in a hurry.”
Photo courtesy of Prairie Trails Museum.
Whistle-Nut aka Jason Dent from Wayne County, Iowa is the barrel man and Ole is Whistle-Nut's trained bull. Together, with a team of fighting bulls, Whistle-Nut & Ole perform in the U.S. and Canada for some of the most crowd entertaining shows in professional rodeo. Whistle-Nut (Jason) is the entertainer, barrel man, clown, and stuntman.
Jones Performance Horses is located in the rolling hills of southern Iowa in Allerton. Owner Luke Jones trains and shows working cow horses, reining, heading, heeling and calf roping horses. He competes nationally in American Quarter Horse Association, American Paint Horse Association, National Reined Cow Horse Association & National Reining Horse Association.
Goretska Show Steers is is a family business located in Corydon, Iowa. They have built a championship, nationally recognized, club calf and show steer business.
The youngsters and their parents love a good rodeo. Mutton Bustin' is a favorite at the Wayne County Fair.
And then... there are the courthouse cowboys!!!