Junior exhibitor Grant Vickland and the champion hog with Bev and Bruce Wagner at the 2016 Jr. Livestock Auction Donor Spotlight | Bev & Bruce Wagner Bruce Wagner has long since made a name for himself around the National Western. As a refresher, Bruce is the chair of the Junior Livestock Auction, the
Donor Spotlight | Wagner Equipment Co. Wagner Equipment Co. has long since been involved with the National Western, and now they will name the brand-new Auction Arena in the HW Hutchison Family Stockyards Event Center. The Wagner Equipment Co. Auction Arena will have close to 650 stadium-style seats around an arena floor that
Donor Spotlight | El Pomar Foundation Like the early champions of the National Western Stock Show, El Pomar founder Spencer Penrose was committed to celebrating the Western lifestyle while promoting economic vitality, explains Bill Hybl, the foundation’s executive director. Recognizing both economic potential and community-building opportunity, Penrose established the Pikes Peak or Bust
Donor Spotlight | Nan & Hugh Williamson Dear friends of the Stock Show have seen to it that the entry plaza to the HW Hutchison Family Stockyards Event Center will in perpetuity be known as the Nan and Hugh Williamson Entry Plaza. Nan and Hugh have been loyal supporters of the National Western,
An Honor for Mom that won't wilt Mother’s Day flowers are never a bad idea. A select few, though, may consider the occasion to be a timely moment to permanently commemorate Mom’s contributions to agriculture and the West. The Women in Agriculture program, part of the Honoring the Legacy…Building the Future campaign,
Donor Spotlight | Whitham Family Foundation The Whitham family has stepped up for Denver and the West yet again, this time with a $1 million donation to the Honoring the Legacy campaign for the new National Western Center. The Whitham family has been part of the Stock Show for almost 70 years: showing
Donor Spotlight | Witwer Family Located within the Hutchison Family Stockyards Event Center, the Stow L. Witwer Memorial Show Arena will honor the Witwer family’s legendary history with the National Western Stock Show. Harvey E. Witwer, who raised Herefords on the SLW Ranch east of Greeley, was showing horses and cattle at the
Donor Spotlight | Bob & Judi Newman Bob and Judi Newman’s generosity is no secret around Denver: you may have heard of the Robert & Judi Newman Performing Arts Center at the University of Denver or the new Freyer-Newman Center at the Denver Botanical Gardens, and that’s just two of many examples of
News Clippings | January 2021 It started with a simple question: given the 2021 Stock Show’s postponement, what could we do to make us all just a little bit less lonely during those 16 days in January when we’d normally be together? What emerged exceeded our wildest expectations. Celebrating the Spirit of the National
MLK’s niece Alveda King to lead virtual sermon for National Western Stock Show Alveda King, the niece of Martin Luther King Jr., will lead a virtual sermon Sunday for the National Western Stock Show’s Founders Memorial and Cowboy church service. The sermon is part of a 16-day series of virtual events beginning on Jan.
