Committee Tables Cowboy Hall Of Fame Bill
The hope of returning the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame to Wolf Point received a major setback last week.
House Bill 402 was tabled by the state administration committee by a 19-0 vote.
House District 31 Rep. Frank Smith, D-Poplar, introduced the bill to return the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame to Wolf Point.
“It’s tourism, and the license plates would bring $1,500 to $2,000 in a month,” Smith earlier told this newspaper.
Smith introduced a similar bill in 2023 that failed.
House Bill 402 read, “An act redesignating Wolf Point as the site of the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center; directing the Department of Commerce and the Department of Transportation to identify it as such on official state maps.”
The bill noted that Wolf Point is the oldest continually held rodeo in Montana and home of rodeo legend stock contractor Marvin Brookman, who was the oldest active Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association cardholder in the United States.
Smith worked to have the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame established in Wolf Point during the early 2000s. The program was founded in 2003 and designated by the Montana State Legislature as a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization.
