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How Mesquite Became the Rodeo Capital of Texas

By John O. Lumpkin,

2024-03-29

By John O. Lumpkin,

2024-03-29

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The Hatta

03-31

I was recently going thru some of my mother's "important papers", and I found the deed to her house, and the other paperwork related to the sale. That was 1969, and the guy who sold it to them was Neal Gay. He was truly a jack of all trades.

Bobby Sutton

03-31

I went to Mesquite High School and the rodeo was part of all our lives.

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