Historic Madison Ranch

Historic Madison Ranch (HM24WT)

Location: Rapid City, SD 57702 Pennington County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 6.927', W 103° 21.779'

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Home of “Mr. Rodeo” James “Russ” Madison

A one time member of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show, Madison came to Dakota Territory in 1886 and the history of South Dakota Rodeo began. Russ won the Champion Relay Race in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1907 and then began building his bucking horse string. Many of these horses came from the infamously wild "White Horse Herd" of the northern Badlands. He put on rodeos in South Dakota and furnished bucking stock for many celebrations throughout the Midwest.
Russ was recognized for producing the first professional rodeos in South Dakota including the famous "Days of 76", the "Belle Fourche Round Up", and the Rapid City "Range Days". The ranch hosted a rodeo for President Calvin Coolidge in 1927 and was also the set for the 1920's film "Ranges of Freedom". Russ' friendship and respect for the Lakota and Mandan made the ranch home to many Pow Wows in the 1920s - 1940s. Russ died July 9th, 1956.
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Date Added Monday, January 22nd, 2018 at 7:04pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)13T E 630992 N 4885998
Decimal Degrees44.11545000, -103.36298333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 6.927', W 103° 21.779'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 6' 55.62" N, 103° 21' 46.74" W
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Area Code(s)605
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 8800-8998 S Canyon Rd, Rapid City SD 57702, US
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