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Mr. and Mrs. William Finley of South
Pleasant street attended the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. John Krist,
in North Royalton, O., yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Krist passed away
Sunday at her home in Julesburg, Colorado, and the body was brought
east to North Royalton for burial.
The Chronicle Telegram, Elyria Ohio
March 11, 1937
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FIRST WORLD CHAMPION OF WILD HORSES PASSES
Julesburg, Colo., March 14-The first world champion rider of outlaw
horses-Thad Sowder-is dead at the age of 55 years.
He succumbed last night to a stroke of paralysis, one
of a series that dogged him since 1905.
Sowder, in his prime, broke outlaw horses for the
amusement of Theodore Roosevelt and King Edward of England. He
toured Europe with Buffalo Bill Cody and for two years held the
bronc busting championship of the world. He conquered "Steamboat,"
meanest of all horseflesh, and was one of the only two men who
managed to stay aboard the Wyoming enigma.
BEGINS AT 16
Sowder began taming wild horses at the age of 16, and
early in his career a stemwinding cayuse threw him and fractured his
skull. When he recovered he went back to the corral and rode the
demon to a finish. "Royal Flush," "High Five" and scores of other
particularly wild cayuses bowed to Sowder's masterful riding.
President Roosevelt watched Sowder one afternoon at
Cheyenne, Wyoming's frontier days celebration and told him he was
the greatest rider he had ever seen.
Sowder, born in Kentucky, came to Colorado at the age
of nine. His parents located near Julesburg and Sowder has
maintained his home there ever since.
Helena Independent, Helena Montana March 15,
1931
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