exactly what hitler did when he went to paris. it's the photograph most people go -- you can find this pretty quickly. you could do side-by-side of your picture there next to hitler. he did the tourist thing. that was the only time he went to paris. the sort of conquering hero and then went back to germany. good question. if anybody has other questions, i will stick around for a little bit. thank you again for your continual support coming out tonight. have a good rest of the week. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> american history tv products are now available at the new c-span online store. to see-spanstore.org

what is new from american history tv and check out all of the c-span products. weekend, american history tv is joining our spectrum cable partners to showcase the history of sheridan, wyoming. to watch more video from the cities on our current tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continued out with a look at the history of sheridan. three. two, of theional finals rodeo. [applause] ♪ >> there's no place better to be the second week of july than sheridan, wyoming. we put on a world-class event and we invite you to sheridan. say can you see by the dawn's early light

hailso proudly we gleamingilight's last ♪ >> this week is the biggest week in sheridan, economically and entertainment wise. we feel good about that because 89 years ago, sheridan was dead as a doornail. there was absolutely nothing going on. some citizens decided we needed to have a rodeo to provide some economic opportunity and entertainment. that was the charter and it still is. 89 years later, we are still doing the same thing. we hope the founding fathers would be proud of that. 1928, a wealthy finance eer family by j.p. morgan bought the ranch outside of town. for two years, they had a big

rodeo out in the field. it was such a big deal. i think there were cars from 23 states, 1928. people in sheridan said if they can do it, why can't we do it here? a group of concerned citizens got together and formed a committee. they decided we will have a rodeo. it didn't start out on a small scale. they wanted a big fish in a rodeo from the get-go. they put it all together. in 1931, they had their first professional rodeo in sheridan, wyoming. different stock events from bucking horses, livestock robing, steer wrestling. the old cowboy skills brought to the modern-day era. it all started out somewhere in some ranch, they had some contests in bucking horses. >> we are one of the top 30 rodeos in america and that is

determined by the amount of prize money you have. our rodeo competitors come from all over the united states. we had people from louisiana, michigan, wisconsin. a lot of the rodeo contestants are from texas, oklahoma, wyoming has a lot of rodeo contestants. last year in terms of our rodeo, we had people registered for our rodeo to watch our rodeo from 49 of the 50 states in america. we will get delaware this year, i'm sure. we had people from all over the u.s. here, 49 of 50. our rodeo stock come from a rodeo in montana and they subcontract some of the other stock too. they have been with our rodeo for about 23 years. some of the best in the business. >> our job, we provide all the livestock for rodeos across the country. that includes anything from the

cattle to the bucking horses to the bull. we have 64 horses we brought. we lease 15 horses out of canada. we have 100 head of animals for andsteer wrestling roping. >> the animals that are involved in the rodeo, that is what they are born to do. these are not animals that are trained to do that, it is what they are born to do. if you think about it, they spend most of the lives in a pasture, eating hay. they actually work eight seconds a day, 20 times a year. very truthfully, the prca and us, we put animal welfare first and foremost. we really believe in the welfare of the animals and we take the best care of them that we can. >> these guys are bred to be animal athletes. it is not like a dairy cow, a

beef animal. they are bred totally different. they are bred to be an athlete, no different from horses. their nutrition is totally different. their care is totally different. i would tell people if you go on a really good bucking bull, it is like winning the bovine lottery. from acupuncture to electric post therapy, whatever they need we will give them an nutrition wise is for what they are bred to do. they're going to do there. and not one for anything. at the end of it, they raise some cows and maybe die of old age. >> one thing different about the sheridan rodeo is we like to keep a smalltime feel to it. we don't wanted to become some big economic thing.

we wanted to be a community event. we don't want to get too big for our britches, if you know what i mean. another thing that makes us unique is our world championship relay races. we started here in 1987. it has become a premier event of the rodeo. it is not a prca event. the rodeo with it. you would be able to see just how exciting it is. and it brings a lot of people here that may not be that interested in the other events. they come to see the indian relay. we have a great partnership with the indian relay team. had indian relationships since the very first rodeo. they decided in 1931 that they wanted to have the indians. they just did.

in those days, the indians would walk down from the cheyenne reservation to be part of the show. in those days -- this was before television, before anything else -- they would have huge night stage these big pageants. campfires and bonfires because they didn't have lights necessarily then. it's always been an integral part of it. in the last 20 years, we've really brought it back. with the indian relay races, it has become a thing of beauty. >> it is the first event. everybody wants to get in their seats early and find a great spot to watch. if you have never seen indian relay racing, it is pretty spectacular. and i think that is the event that most of the people talk about at our rodeo. >> there has been many challenges.

shortly after the first rodeo, not many more years later, it became financially challenged. making a profit so we can carry on the next year. that has been a continuous problem throughout the years. they did not have the rodeo for two years during the war, 1942 and 1943. then in 1944, they started up again, but in a modest manner. it was not professional like it was before. it got to the point in 1951 when the rodeo said to the community, ok, do you folks want to have a rodeo or not? they took a poll. want to have awe rodeo so we were alive again and had more of a community support. over the decades, community support from sponsors and helped.men has

since the 1990's, it has flowed. >> typically, we end up around 22,000 over a four-day event. we will be sold out for sure on friday and saturday. wednesday and thursday are down a little, but we're hoping to have between 20,000 and 22,000 during the course of the week. that is actually attending the rodeo. not to mention the other events that go on in town, how many people will attend those. >> we are pretty sure the sheridan rodeo brings about $5 million to the community in one way or another. restaurants, bars, hotels, businesses. the economic impact is pretty good. the dollars get turned over several times. it is the biggest economic event in sheridan, wyoming. >> it was started by citizens. it has been carried on by citizens.

there was a lot of trials and tribulations but it held true to the west and the western culture. it has become an integral part of the community and nobody can imagine sheridan, wyoming without the sheridan rodeo. years saying the same thing, that is totally fine. >> our tour staff recently traveled to sheridan, wyoming to learn about its rich history. to watch more video from sheridan and other stops, visit c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. tv, is american history exploring our nation's past every weekend on c-span3. next, our weekly series -- the civil war, with two programs

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