# @nationalcowboymuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVezFKmDzTn
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/58343815-nationalcowboymuseum-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-03-04T23:37:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Cowboy Museum (@nationalcowboymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/nationalcowboymuseum

## Caption

Rodeo Houston is underway in the Lone Star State, but let's travel back in time to what was then called the Houston Fat Stock Show and Rodeo. 

Photographer James Cathey, whose work was recently donated to The Cowboy, was there in 1959 to capture the sights, including a visit by "Gunsmoke" actor James Arness. 

You can explore the James Quarter Horse and Rodeo Photograph collection by visiting our Dickinson Research Center online at https://images.nationalcowboymuseum.org/

📷 : Paul Cowan hangs on during bullriding at the Houston Fat Stock Show Rodeo by James Cathey, 1959, RC2015.006.2.28.59.483
📷 : A parade through downtown Houston celebrates the Houston Fat Stock Show and Rodeo by James Cathey, 1959. RC2015.006.2.25.59.120
📷 : James Arness is welcomed at a reception in Houston before the Houston Fat Stock Show by James Cathey, 1959. RC2015.006.2.21.59.12
📷 : James Arness meets with young fans in Houston before the Houston Fat Stock Show by James Cathey, 1959. RC2015.006.2.21.59.13
📷 : Young Craig Strahan gets an up-close look at a Hereford at the Houston Fat Stock Show by James Cathey, 1959. RC2015.006.2.22.59.22
📷 : 18 Jumbo 330, Houston Fat Stock Show, Reserve Grand Champion Brahman bull, class 2, entry #562, photographed with Mr. P. Sabrsula, and Mrs. V. Frost, by James Cathey, 1959. RC2015.006.2.27.59.309

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