ROCKY MOUNTAIN ROPING PIONEER
It might be hard to imagine Boulder, Colorado, as the birthplace of a team roping community, but 60-some years ago, that’s exactly what it was.
Bill Hogan grew up on the ranch his great-grandfather homesteaded in 1876—the year of Colorado’s statehood. Bill was a drywall finisher by trade, but had grown up with cattle and horses on the property, and entered up in rough stock and timed events when the rodeo came around.
