Foreword / Charles R. Townsend
Preface / Sammie Rude Compton
Introduction: A Brief History of Rodeo
When It All Started, 1894-1911
The Matadors, 1911-1914
The JAs, 1914-1915
The Chiricahua Cattle Company and the Double Circles, 1915-1917
The Great War, 1918-1919
Back to the JAs, 1920-1921
Blue Darter, 1921-1933
London, England, 1934
Bullet, 1934-1942
Ike Gets Roped and Tied, 1937
Baldy, 1936-1942
Early-Day Family Life on the Road, 1942-1946
Buster, 1946-1950
Without a Good Horse, 1950-1951
Terrapin, 1951-1956
Heelfly and Cheyenne, 1956-1962
Retirement, 1962-1968
The Rodeo Bug Bites Again, 1968-1971
Recognition throughout the United States, 1965-2018
One Final Attempt, 1983
The Last Round-Up, 1983-1985
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1. Prominent People Mentioned in the Book
Appendix 2. Ike Rude, Historic Ranches, and the Great War / Michael R. Grauer.