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The birth of Johanna July is celebrated on this date in 1850. She was a Black Seminole cowgirl.
From northern Mexico, July was the daughter of a Seminole Native American and a Black African slave. Her family had left Florida and settled in northern Mexico after the Seminole War ended in 1842. Around 1871 they had crossed the U.S. border and arrived at Eagle Pass, Tex., a town on the Rio Grande. They agreed to clear troublesome Native Americans from the U.S. side of the river for the U.S. Army. In return, the Black Seminoles received a tract of land at Brackettville.
An old pioneer, Adam Wilson, taught July to ride as a girl. July preferred to ride ba****ck, with only a rope around the horse's neck. With her ropes of beads, gold earrings, and colorful clothes, July was soon famous throughout the area as an expert horsewoman. She became a horse breaker after her father died and her brother moved away because it was one of the few ways she could earn a living. July tamed wild horses for soldiers at nearby Fort Duncan by riding bucking horses into the Rio Grande. She kept them there until they calmed down. The horses, nervous at being in the water, were usually grateful at being led onto dry land again. They tended to obey July after that.
When she was 18, July married a Seminole scout named Lesley and went to live with him at Fort Clark. However, July was unhappy with domestic life and yearned to be with her horses. Not long after the wedding, July left Lesley and returned to her mother's house near the Rio Grande. For July, very little changed in her life as she got older.
After the death of her first husband, she married two more times and continued to tame horses and herd stock. About 1910, Johanna moved to Brackettville, where she lived the rest of her life in a small house on a hilltop near the cemetery. Family members recall her as that old lady who rode sidesaddle and went barefoot around the house. She died shortly after World War II and is buried in the Brackettville Seminole Cemetery.

A History Of Black Cowboys And The Myth That The West Was White An exhibition on view at The Studio Museum in Harlem hopes to retire the persistent myth equating cowboys with whiteness.

Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, leads the ba****ck riding going into Championship Sunday at Cheyenne Frontier Days. Lowe's combined score on two head is 172, while Ty Bruer of Mandan, ND is a close second with 171. Lowe, the three time World Champion Ba****ck Rider and 12 time National Finals Qualifier scored 87 points Saturday aboard Korkow Rodeos' Joker Poker.

Here is the last one for the night…….have a bunch nearly ready to go but I can't keep my eyes open…..yawn…..

A legend..multi world champion makin it look easy....MONTY 'HAWKEYE' HENSON.

#1 Ranked Bull on Pro Bull Stats Selected as World Finals Mahindra Max Bounty Bull

"Time in the sport of bull riding is measured by seconds, but anxious moments more accurately describe the once in a lifetime opportunity that one bull rider will feel at the CBR World Finals at Cheyenne Frontier Days™. On July 21st, the first night of competition, fans will experience the Mahindra Max Moment. The cowboy with the highest marked ride of round one will be pitted against the bucking bull industry’s #1 ranked bull, 8043 Penny Lover, in an attempt to make history and win the keys to a brand new Max Mahindra 25hp utility tractor courtesy of long-time CBR corporate partner Mahindra..."

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Will Lowe - 07 NFR, Rd 10 (91.5 pts) 3-time PRCA world champion ba****ck rider Will Lowe rides a bronc to win round 10 at the 2007 National Finals Rodeo. This ride tied the NFR arena record for ...