Cloverdale Rodeo & Exhibition

CLOVERDALE RODEO & EXHIBITION began as a fair on the SURREY Municipal Hall and Surrey Centre grounds in Sept 1888—without a RODEO. In 1938 the fair moved to CLOVERDALE and rodeo events began in 1945. The rodeo became a professional competition in 1948 but was postponed for 4 months that year because of FRASER R flooding; when it opened in September it attracted a record crowd of 7,000. The first Rodeo Queen was crowned in 1950, which was also the first year the rodeo's results counted toward...

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