Jarrard honored

Rancher inducted into Cowboy Hall of Fame

Posted 8/8/18

WHEATLAND — The Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame inducted the late Dick Jarrard into its ranks at a presentation Friday at the Platte County Fair just before the 4-H livestock auction.

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Jarrard honored

Rancher inducted into Cowboy Hall of Fame

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WHEATLAND — The Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame inducted the late Dick Jarrard into its ranks at a presentation Friday at the Platte County Fair just before the 4-H livestock auction.
Jarrard’s wife, Sharron Jerrard, accepted the plaque commemorating the honor since Dick Jarrard died last October. The Jarrards ranched in southeast Wyoming until Dick retired in 2009.
WCHF Platte County committee member Connie Kersting said the WCHF is a fairly new nonprofit created to acknowledge exceptional cowboys, ranchers and agriculturally involved people throughout the state. Each county submits nominations for the WCHF annually.
“The first recipients we had were Les Gore and Bob Grant … they were good pillars in the community,” Kersting said. “Bob was a legislator. Les was on the fair board and brought a lot of stuff into the county.”

Kersting mentioned Jimmy and Gloria Grieve were honored last year.
“It’s a statewide honor,” Kersting said. “I think it’s kind of neat.”
In addition to Kersting, Platte County WCHF committee members include Judy Horton and Tina Willis, who chairs the committee.
The WCHF was founded in Casper in 2013, according to the organization’s website, www.wyomingcowboyhalloffame.com. The site states WCHF’s chief goal is “To preserve, promote, perpetuate, publish and document Wyoming’s rich working cowboy and ranching history through researching, profiling and honoring individuals who broke the first trails and introduced that culture to this state. WCHF plans to collect, display and preserve the stories, photos and artifacts of such individuals and anything else that will honor and highlight their contributions to our history.”
Kersting added the WCHF committee of Platte County would also donate $100 to the lowest selling animal at the fair.
Kersting said this is the first year the local committee has been able to hold the induction ceremony locally. She said until now awards have been presented at the WCHF annual banquet each year.
Kersting said the WCHF held its annual banquet at the Casper Events Center last year. She said the statewide banquet is usually in September “and they sell it out.”
The WCHF website states that in addition to a display of photos, memorabilia and information about honorees, the organization intends to compile a comprehensive archival collection. Items that cannot be stored and displayed virtually will be displayed once WCHF develops a permanent home. WCHF intends to collect anything connected with Wyoming’s cowboy history and make it available for research purposes to anyone interested in the lore of the American West.