The Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame is a proposed hall of fame

Hall of Fame

A hall of fame, wall of fame, walk of fame, walk of stars or avenue of stars is a type of attraction established for any field of endeavor to honor individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field...

 to be located in Wolf Point

Wolf Point, Montana

Wolf Point is a city in and the county seat of Roosevelt County, Montana, United States. The population was 2,621 at the 2010 census. It is the largest community on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Wolf Point is the home of the annual Wild Horse Stampede, held every year during the second weekend...

, Montana

Montana

Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

, as designated by the State of Montana

Montana

Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

 in 2003. The hall of fame is currently raising funds and was granted US$0.5 million in state funds for site development and project planning during a 2007 special session of the legislature

Montana State Legislature

The Montana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Montana. It is composed of the 100-member Montana House of Representatives and the 50-member Montana Senate....

. The stated goal is to "honor those cowboys of the State of Montana who have led their lives in the companionship and duty of the cowboy spirit".

Inductees

The first round of legacy award inductees was announced on April 8, 2008. Trustees from the twelve districts voted on the nominees to arrive at 51 foundational members of the hall of fame. This initial round includes nominees who made their impact on Montana's western heritage between 1860 and 1920. An additional round of legacy award inductees is expected to be announced in 2009.

District 1 (Daniels, Phillips, Roosevelt, Sheridan, and Valley counties)

• William H. Moecker
• "Dutch Henry" Ieuch
• Sherman T. Cogswell
• Sitting Bull
  Sitting Bull
  Sitting Bull Sitting Bull Sitting Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake (in Standard Lakota Orthography), also nicknamed Slon-he or "Slow"; (c. 1831 – December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man who led his people as a tribal chief during years of resistance to United States government policies...
  
  
• Assiniboine people

District 2 (Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Prairie, Richland, and Wibaux counties)

• Bob Fudge
• Ralph Whitlock
• Evelyn Cameron
  Evelyn Cameron
  Evelyn Cameron was a Terry, Montana based photographer. British-born Cameron, and her naturalist husband Ewen, moved to Terry in the 19th century...
  
  
• Undem Ranch
• N Bar N Ranch
• XIT Ranch
  XIT Ranch
  The XIT Ranch was a cattle ranch in the Texas Panhandle which operated from 1885 to 1912. Comprising over 3,000,000 acres of land, it ran for two hundred miles along the border with New Mexico, varying in width from 20 to 30 miles...
  
  

District 3 (Carter, Custer, Fallon, Powder River, Rosebud, and Treasure counties)

• Ord Ames
• W.W. Terrett
• Lisle D. Powell
• Casey Barthelmess
• David and Ijkalaka Russell
• T.W. "Wiley" King

District 4 (Blaine, Chouteau, Hill, and Liberty counties)

• Winfield Scott Young
• Jim McCoy
• Marie Gibson
• Honora Matilda Redwing
• "Long George" Francis

District 5 (Cascade, Glacier, Pondera, Teton and Toole counties)

• Charles M. Russell
• Peggy Bell

District 6 (Fergus, Golden Valley, Judith Basin, Musselshell, Petroleum, and Wheatland counties)

• James Fergus
• George R. "Two Dot" Wilson
• Granville Stuart
• E.C. "Teddy Blue" Abbott
• DHS Ranch

District 7 (Big Horn, Carbon, Stillwater, Sweet Grass and Yellowstone counties)

• Plenty Coups
  Plenty Coups
  Plenty Coups was a Crow chief and visionary leader. He allied Crow with the whites when the war for the West was being fought, because the Sioux and Cheyenne were the traditional enemies of the Crow...
  
  
• Charles C. Huyck
• Dilworth Cattle Company
• Charles McDonnell
• William Franklin McLeod

District 8 (Broadwater, Jefferson, and Lewis and Clark counties)

• Sons and Daughters of the Montana Pioneers
• Thomas Cruse
  Thomas Cruse
  Thomas Cruse was a United States Army Brigadier General who was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for valor in action on July 17, 1882, at the Battle of Big Dry Wash, Arizona. An 1879 graduate of West Point, he served in numerous campaigns on the Western Frontier and later in the Philippines...
  
  
• John M. Frey
• 2nd US Cavalry
• Broadwater Hotel and Natatorium
• General Thomas Francis Meagher
  Thomas Francis Meagher
  -Young Ireland:Meagher returned to Ireland in 1843, with undecided plans for a career in the Austrian army, a tradition among a number of Irish families. In 1844 he traveled to Dublin with the intention of studying for the bar. He became involved in the Repeal Association, which worked for repeal...
  
  

District 9 (Gallatin, Meagher, and Park counties)

• Charles Anceney
• Charles M. Bair
  Charles M. Bair
  Charles M. Bair was an early railroading businessman who also became one of the largest sheep ranchers in the United States. He had two daughters, Alberta and Marguerite....
  
  
• Nelson Story
  Nelson Story
  Nelson Story, Sr. was a pioneer Montana entrepreneur, cattle rancher, miner and vigilante, who was a notable resident of Bozeman, Montana. He was best-known for his 1866 cattle drive from Texas with approximately 1000 head of Texas Longhorns to Montana along the Bozeman Trail—the first major...
  
  
• Nelson Brothers
• Henry Heeb

Districts 10, 11, and 12 (Lake, Lincoln, Sanders, Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli, Deer Lodge, Beaverhead, Silver Bow, Granite, Madison and Powell counties)

• Henry Plummer
  Henry Plummer
  Henry Plummer served as sheriff of what became Bannack, Montana, from May 24, 1863 until January 10, 1864, when he was hanged without legal system trial by the controversial Montana Vigilantes. [Notes of historical clarification: the original Idaho Territory, declared July 4, 1863 at Lewiston,...
  
  
• Spokane
  Spokane (horse)
  Spokane, a chestnut Thoroughbred stallion foaled in 1886. He was owned and bred by Noah Armstrong of Montana. Spokane was sired by Hyder Ali and out of the mare Interpose by Intruder....
  
   - 1889 Kentucky Derby
  Kentucky Derby
  The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
  
   winner
• The Round Barn
• Conrad Kohrs
  Conrad Kohrs
  Conrad Kohrs, born Carsten Conrad Kohrs was a Montana cattle rancher .He was born in Holstein, a province that was ethnically and culturally German and part of the German Confederation but ruled at the time in personal union by Denmark...
  
  
• Nevada City Hotel
• Myron D. Jeffers