ROARING SPRINGS RIDING Tongue River Ranch bronc rider Braiden Obermier raced out of the chute at the 100th Annual Motley-Dickens Old Settlers Ranch Rodeo in Roaring Springs Saturday night. Area ranches also competed in sorting, doctoring and branding. Longtime Dickens County resident Bob Forbis was recognized as the county’s oldest living male. | PAUL ROBERTS PHOTOS
Old Settlers returns to Roaring Springs for 100th time
Old Settlers returns to Roaring Springs for 100th time
Old Settlers returns to Roaring Springs for 100th time
Old Settlers returns to Roaring Springs for 100th time
Old Settlers returns to Roaring Springs for 100th time
Old Settlers returns to Roaring Springs for 100th time
Old Settlers returns to Roaring Springs for 100th time
Old Settlers returns to Roaring Springs for 100th time
Old Settlers returns to Roaring Springs for 100th time
Old Settlers returns to Roaring Springs for 100th time
Old Settlers returns to Roaring Springs for 100th time
Old Settlers returns to Roaring Springs for 100th time
PHOTOS BY BARBARA BRANNON • BEVERLY PICKET T • DAN ELLINGTON
It wasn’t their first rodeo— or reunion— not by a long shot. The good folks of Motley and Dickens Counties, whose forebears had been gathering at Roaring Springs going back a full century to celebrate the cowboy way of life, came together again last week to mark the occasion once more.
They turned out in droves, despite the heat, enjoying a plethora of hometown activites ...
