ROUNDUPJUNE 2019 WILD WEST 15Send upcoming event notices to Wild West, 1919 Gallows Road, Suite 400, Vienna, VA 22182-4038. Submit at least four months in advance.Events of the west
Transcontinental
Railroad V
This year marks
the sesquicentennial
of the 1869 comple-
tion of the world’s
first transcontinental
railroad. The Union
Pacific Museum [up
rrmuseum.org] in
Council Bluffs, Iowa,
is partnering with
the Joslyn Art Mu-
seum [joslyn.org] in
Omaha, Neb., on
“The Race to Promon-
tory,” a traveling exhi-
bition of photographs
and stereographs by
Andrew Joseph Rus-
sell and Alfred A.
Hart documenting
the construction of
the transcontinental
railroad. The exhibi-
tion will appear at
the Utah Museum of
Fine Arts [umfa.utah.
edu] in Salt Lake City
through May 26,
then at the Crocker Art
Museum [crockerart.
org] in Sacramento,
Calif., June 23–
Sept. 29. Utah plans
events statewide to
mark the anniversary,
notably a “Golden
Spike” commemora-
tion at Promontory
Summit on May 10.
For a full list of events
visit spike150.org or
nowplayingutah.com.Little Bighorn
The Battle of the Little
Bighorn Reenactment
returns June 21–23.
The Real Bird family
hosts the annual event
on the banks of the
Little Bighorn River be-
tween Crow Agency
and Garryowen, Mont.,
an hour south of Bill-
ings. Visit littlebighorn
reenactment.com.Dodge City V
Days
The 59th annual
Dodge City Days
celebration livens up
the Kansas community
July 25–Aug. 4.
This year’s theme is
“Strike up the Band,”
in honor of the 140th
anniversary of the
Dodge City Cowboy
Band. See dodge
citydays.org or call
620-227-3119.At the Autry
“On Fire: Transcendent
Landscapes by Michael
Scott”—examining the
transformative impact
of fire on the landscape
and the imagination
through such works
as Fire and Ice Pacific
—shows at the Autry
Museum of the Amer-
ican West in Lost An-
geles’ Griffith Park
through July 28.
For more information
call 323-667-
or visit theautry.org.Horseplay W
Showing through
May 12 at the
National Cowboy
& Western Heritage
Museum in Okla-
homa City is “Ameri-
can Indian Artists:
20th Century Masters.”
As Lakota artist Oscar
Howe wrote in 1958,
“There is much more to
Indian art than pretty,
stylized pictures.” Also
on view at the museum,
through July 14, is
“Horseplay,” an exhi-
bition featuring the
sketches and studies
(abstract to realistic,pencil to pastel) of
iconic Western art-
ist Tom Lovell. Call
405-478-2250 or
visit nationalcowboy
museum.org.Prix de West
More than 300
Western paintings
and sculptures are
on display at the
47th annual Prix
de West Invitational
Art Exhibition & Sale
June 7 through
Aug. 11 at the
National Cowboy
& Western Heritage
Museum in Oklahoma
City. Call 405-478-
2250 or visit national
cowboymuseum.org.WWA in Tucson
Western Writers of
America holds its 66th
annual convention in
Tucson, Ariz., June
19–22. Founded in
1953, WWA boasts
more than 650 mem-
bers who write every-
thing from traditional
Western novels to his-
tories of the American
West. Visit western
writers.org.WWHA in
Wyoming
The Wild West History
Association holds its
12th annual Roundup
in Cheyenne, Wyo.,
July 10–13. The
talk of the town will be
Tom Horn, the Wild
Bunch, the Johnson
County War, “Big Nose
George” Parrot, the
Wyoming Territorial
Prison and more. Visit
wildwesthistory.org.Cheyenne
and Laramie
Wyoming visitors
can take in rodeo
action and a whole lot
more Western entertain-
ment at Laramie Jubilee
Days, known as “Wyo-
ming’s Hometown Cele-
bration,” July 6–
(visit laramiejubileedays.
net) and Cheyenne Front
Days, which calls itself
the “World’s Largest
Outdoor Rodeo &
Western Celebration,”
July 19–28 (call
800-227-6336 or
visit cfdrodeo.com).Randolph
Scott Ride
Great American Ad-
ventures presents
the four-day horse-
back ride “Randolph
Scott’s Ride Lonesome,
Lone Pine & the Ala-
bama Hills, California”
May 12–17. Visit
Great-American-
Adventures.com or
call 505-286-4585.