Gerry Rodeo - History
This year the Gerry Volunteer Fire Department presents the 66th
consecutive annual rodeo in 2010, one of the longest running events
in Chautauqua County, with an arena seating 4000, a lighted parking
lot and a modern midway. All food is prepared daily in our kitchen
and outdoor barbecue pits, served in newly remodeled dining hall,
where you can make friends with your dining neighbors and comment
on our famous locally prepared barbecue sauce. Thus, through the
volunteer help of nearly everyone in the quiet community, for one
week each year Gerry becomes the rodeo city of the East. This year
is also our Rodeo Producer, Bob Barnes', 59th year in the rodeo
business, giving Gerry Rodeo 124 years combined rodeo experience.
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There were many doubts when a former working cowboy,
Jack Cox, moved to Gerry and in 1945 suggested a rodeo as a way of raising
money for the newly formed Gerry Volunteer FIre Department. His idea
became a reality, however, as members of the department in seventy days
turned four acres of swamp into an arena and parking lot in time for the
arrival of Colonel Jim Eskew and the livestock. Through the volunteer help
of nearly everyone in the quiet community, for one week each year Gerry
becomes the rodeo city of the East.
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