2011 Boley Rodeo & BBQ Festival
Come Join us this Memorial Weekend for a Family Fun Filled weekend of Rodeo at the "Boley Rodeo and BBQ Festival". Celebrating 100 years of the BBQ Festival & Parade; presented by Circle A Ranch & Rodeo Co. and Kuntry Etiquette Entertainment. Rodeo Events start Fri, May 27, Sat, May 28 & Sun, May 29, 2011.
Boley, Oklahoma
September 22, 1904 the Black Town of Boley, Oklahoma was formally established. Boley is located in Okfuskee County in Central Oklahoma. The town is of national historical significance because it is representative of the many towns established by Blacks who migrated from the south to northern and western communities after slavery. T. M. Haynes founded Boley in 1903 in what was then Creek Indian Territory. Railroad officials, Lake Moore and J. B. Boley, (a white man), contended that Black people could govern themselves, and that a Black town should be established along the Fort Smith and Western Railroad. The town was incorporated in 1905 as Boley, Creek Nation, Indian Territory. The name was changed to Boley, Oklahoma when the State of Oklahoma was formed in 1907.
Boley began on 160 acres of land belonging to Abigail Burnett McCormick. She had inherited the land from the government as the daughter of James Burnett, a Creek Freedman. Booker T. Washington; founder of the National Negro Business League and the Tuskegee Institute declared that Boley was, "The most enterprising, and in many ways the most interesting of the Negro towns in the U. S." In 1911 the town had a population of 4,000. By 1912, Boley grew to over 25,000 people. It had the first Black owned bank to receive a National charter. The first Black owned Power and Electric Company. The first Black owned Telephone Company and over 60 other businesses owned by African Americans. The BBQ Festival started in 1911.
CIRCLE A RANCH & RODEO CO.
Circle "A" Rodeo Co. has been providing excitement to spectators for (30) plus years with (28) of those years supplying Bulls for I.P.R.A, P.R.C.A. and many other Bull Riding Events across the United States. The (37) year old BORN TO BUCK breeding program, raising top bucking bulls attracted the attention of the PBR as well as other popular Organizations. Circle A Ranch & Rodeo Co are the only Black Rodeo Livestock contractors to have ever featured Championship Livestock at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, NV as well as have raised animals that have been featured in well Renowned PBR World Finals in Las Vegas, NV. The owners are Elmer, Charlene, and Doyle Anderson. They all agree to provide their bucking bulls for the great sport of (8) second rides.
Sponsored by: Creek Nation Casino
Concert Sponsor: Seminole Nation Casino
BBQ Festival Vendors & Parade Information Contact: The Boley Chamber of Commerce 918-667-3612 or 918-667-3477
Rodeo Vendors & Sponsors Contact: Circle A Rodeo Co. 405-824-8705 or 405-990-6426
COME JOIN US THIS 2011 MEMORIAL WEEKEND FOR THE CENTENNIAL FESTIVAL CELEBRATION "BOLEY RODEO and BBQ FESTIVAL"
Come Join us this Memorial Weekend for a Family Fun Filled weekend of Rodeo at the "Boley Rodeo and BBQ Festival". Celebrating 100 years of the BBQ Festival & Parade; presented by Circle A Ranch & Rodeo Co. and Kuntry Etiquette Entertainment. Rodeo Events start Fri, May 27, Sat, May 28 & Sun, May 29, 2011.
Boley, Oklahoma
September 22, 1904 the Black Town of Boley, Oklahoma was formally established. Boley is located in Okfuskee County in Central Oklahoma. The town is of national historical significance because it is representative of the many towns established by Blacks who migrated from the south to northern and western communities after slavery. T. M. Haynes founded Boley in 1903 in what was then Creek Indian Territory. Railroad officials, Lake Moore and J. B. Boley, (a white man), contended that Black people could govern themselves, and that a Black town should be established along the Fort Smith and Western Railroad. The town was incorporated in 1905 as Boley, Creek Nation, Indian Territory. The name was changed to Boley, Oklahoma when the State of Oklahoma was formed in 1907.
Boley began on 160 acres of land belonging to Abigail Burnett McCormick. She had inherited the land from the government as the daughter of James Burnett, a Creek Freedman. Booker T. Washington; founder of the National Negro Business League and the Tuskegee Institute declared that Boley was, "The most enterprising, and in many ways the most interesting of the Negro towns in the U. S." In 1911 the town had a population of 4,000. By 1912, Boley grew to over 25,000 people. It had the first Black owned bank to receive a National charter. The first Black owned Power and Electric Company. The first Black owned Telephone Company and over 60 other businesses owned by African Americans. The BBQ Festival started in 1911.
CIRCLE A RANCH & RODEO CO.
Circle "A" Rodeo Co. has been providing excitement to spectators for (30) plus years with (28) of those years supplying Bulls for I.P.R.A, P.R.C.A. and many other Bull Riding Events across the United States. The (37) year old BORN TO BUCK breeding program, raising top bucking bulls attracted the attention of the PBR as well as other popular Organizations. Circle A Ranch & Rodeo Co are the only Black Rodeo Livestock contractors to have ever featured Championship Livestock at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, NV as well as have raised animals that have been featured in well Renowned PBR World Finals in Las Vegas, NV. The owners are Elmer, Charlene, and Doyle Anderson. They all agree to provide their bucking bulls for the great sport of (8) second rides.
Sponsored by: Creek Nation Casino
Concert Sponsor: Seminole Nation Casino
BBQ Festival Vendors & Parade Information Contact: The Boley Chamber of Commerce 918-667-3612 or 918-667-3477
Rodeo Vendors & Sponsors Contact: Circle A Rodeo Co. 405-824-8705 or 405-990-6426
COME JOIN US THIS 2011 MEMORIAL WEEKEND FOR THE CENTENNIAL FESTIVAL CELEBRATION "BOLEY RODEO and BBQ FESTIVAL"