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The Duke of the Chutes
Harry Vold's Sixty Years in Rodeo By Loren R. Whittemore
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Harry Vold staged his first rodeo in 1944 when he and his brothers put on the "Asker Stampede" in a small town near their father's ranch in Alberta, Canada. Auctioning and trading horses helped the family get through the Depression and set Harry on a path to become stock contractor for major rodeos throughout the United States and Canada. The Harry Vold Rodeo Company in Avondale, Colorado, is the premier producer of rodeos including Cheyenne Frontier Days and the National Finals Rodeo. Harry has been named Stock Contractor of the Year eleven times by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. In The Duke of the Chutes, Loren Whittemore profiles a man central to the sport of rodeo for well over half a century. Harry Vold's story is rodeo's story. Read a selection from the book. Order the book from Ranch House Publications, direct from Filter Press, or click below to order from Amazon.
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Sources for The Duke of the Chutes
Author Loren R. Whittemore's account of the life and career of legendary rodeo stock contractor Harry Vold is based on extensive interviews during 2008 and 2009 with Harry and Karen Vold and with family, friends and professional associates.
Most of the material in The Duke of the Chutes is from those first hand accounts. Highlights of Harry Vold's life have also been chronicled in newspapers and magazines over many years. Many of those sources—some no longer in publication—were found as fragments in family scrapbooks, and served not so much to verify Harry's recollections, but as spring boards for capturing background and deeper insights from the man himself.
The following is a list of sources used.
Newspapers and periodicals
Edmonton Bulletin, Edmonton, Alberta. (Published from 1880 until January 20, 1951.)
The Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alberta.
Ponoka News, Ponoka, Alberta.
Canadian Cattlemen Magazine, Published by Farm Business Communications with offices in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario.
The Albertan, Calgary, Alberta.
The Calgary Herald, Calgary Alberta.
The Journal, St Paul, Alberta.
The Ponoka Herald, Ponoka, Alberta.
The High River Times, High River, Alberta.
Toronto Daily Star, Toronto, Ontario.
The Denver Post, Denver, Colorado.
Pueblo Chieftain, Pueblo, Colorado.
Gazette-Telegraph, Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Now published as The Gazette.)
Arkansas Valley Journal, La Junta, Colorado.
The Odessa American, Odessa, Texas.
Northwest Magazine, Seattle Washington.
Western Horseman Magazine, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Books
Dawson, Patrick. Mr. Rodeo, The Big Bronc Years of Leo Cremer. Livingston, MT: Cayuse Press, 1986.
Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. 2008 PRCA Media Guide. Colorado Springs, CO: Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, 2008.
Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. The Finals: A Complete History of the First 50 Years of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo 1959-2008. Colorado Springs, CO: Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, 2009.
Taylor, Ralph C. Colorado South of the Border. Denver: Sage Books, 1963.
Weiland, Victoria Carlyle. 100 Years Rodeo Stock Contracting, Colorado Springs, CO: Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, 1997.
Woerner, Gail Hughbanks. Fearless Funnymen: The History of the Rodeo Clown. Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1993.
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