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Show - ' " j - - - V " . '; ' ' - . J 4 . v4 Yf " 1 EARL BASCOM with bareback rigging and sculpture Bas designated the rigging and attained Cowboy Hall of h" status. me Two Vernalites achieve Cowboy Hall of Fame The National Cowboy Hall ol Ft Oklahoma City, has recently its honor rolls the names of ti Vernal's former residents champion, Earl Bascomandhisi-John Bascomandhisi-John W. Bascom. The htefr, Bascom was a lawman here in County during the 1880s notorious outlaws that freqiietjc i ; area. Earl Bascom, a former prfe,fi rodeo rider, is well known lax, . achievements. Back in 192 thought up, designed and made ra:-first ra:-first one-hand hold bareback n:'-The n:'-The design is still being iKd some 55 years later, at as throughput the United Stales a Canada. Born in Vernal. EarlBascomnj: first bareback bronco in I8OS1: father's ranch near Naples. Ater; the horse he was ridina and k.-j with him across the field. Earlnn three years old at the time. Ater the recent honor in the Cm-boy fc. Fame, Earl Bascom has res; honors from the Professisai i Cowboys Assn. of Colorado Sp 4. -, Colo., and the Canadian l: ' Cowbovs Assn. of Calgary. Cas: . G G Hennkson and his wife. Kays . natives of Oregon. He gradual' the Oregon State University r: ff degree in Psychology. He ran a regional fores! office in Ffc three years; then transfers'. Siuslaw National Forest ic Cf-Oreg.; Cf-Oreg.; then to the M; Snoqualmie National Fores : Washington; then to thefs-Lake thefs-Lake View. He is an ex-marine and sfi; J Vietnam war; has been inst j vears and is in the Elders f- Davis LDS Ward. His wife the cub scouts and has f preschool. "Children's Fr.e ' she teaches the basic fim&jj-; j prepare children for kinder-?- I The Henrikson family fc I children. Todd. 9; Heidij Katie. The children atte Naples Elementary. TM1;; LDS members and inter door recreation. t. |