For over 75 years, this week (second week of July) has been Rodeo Week in Sheridan, Wyoming (population 15, 804). American Cowboy magazine has listed the Sheridan Rodeo as one of the "101 Best Western Events" in the nation.
But anyone attending Sheridan's rodeo will notice there's even more to this town. The American Planning Association noticed that when it designated Downtown Sheridan as one of the ten "Great Neighborhoods" in America in 2008.
http://www.planning.org/greatplaces/neighborhoods/2008/downtownsheridan.htm
It's a deserving honor for the citizens of Sheridan, past and present, who have taken pride in their town since the first 40 acres were platted in May 1882. During its centennial anniversary in 1982, the Main Street area was designated a National Historic District.
The spirit of community has been impressive and is continually expressed in teh actions of those who live there.
And that spirit was expressed in words by one of Sheridan's most prominent citizens years ago. John Kendrick was a successful Wyoming rancher who became governor and then U.S. senator. His 1913 mansion overlooks Sheridan to this day.
In 1919, Kendrick wrote, from Washington, to a friend:
"I have always hoped that...I could go back home and lend myself wholeheartedly to a scheme of making Sheridan one of the most beautiful and attractive residential towns, not only in the West, but on the face of the earth."
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