The "Sheriff's Patrol" Leads Off as the First Event of the Annual Flint Hills Rodeo, a Major Cultural Event of the Area at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, near Emporia.
It Is a 19th Century "Cowboy" Town in the Heart of the Kansas Flint Hills Region, and near an Area Designated as a Possible Site for a Tallgrass Prairie National Park. Festivities Also Include a Parade through the Town 06/1974. Photographer: Duncan, Patricia D. Original public domain image from Flickr