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===The Chugwater horse called "Steamboat"=== The iconic black horse named '''"Steamboat"''', who was the model for the [[bucking horse and rider]] motif on Wyoming license plates, came from the Tyrrell ranch located near Chugwater, and was given to the [[Cheyenne Frontier Days]] organization by the ranch's general chairman, Ace V. Tyrrell. As a young horse, Steamboat sustained a nose injury, requiring removal of a bone fragment from a nostril, and as a result, developed a sound resembling the whistling of a steamboat whenever he bucked.<ref name=lemen>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemen.com/qa170.html|title=Questions & Answers|publisher=lemen.com|access-date=September 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Bray1>{{cite news|url=http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2013/09/22/news/01top_09-22-13.txt|title=Kelsey Bray, Blazin' saddle|newspaper=[[Wyoming Tribune-Eagle]]|access-date=September 23, 2013|archive-date=September 23, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130923225509/http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2013/09/22/news/01top_09-22-13.txt|url-status=dead}}</ref> Steamboat was first ridden at a Frontier Days [[rodeo]] in 1909, by [[Clayton Danks]] (1879 β 1970) who was then working as a ranch hand in the Chugwater area, and was stabled for many years south of Chugwater near Cheyenne, in an historic barn owned and maintained by Mike and Linda Holst.<ref name=WyoTales1/> The Wyoming license plate logo, showing Steamboat being ridden by Danks, is the longest-running license plate motif in the world.<ref name="sos"/> The famous horse died in 1914, and is buried in Frontier Park in Cheyenne near bucking chute number 9, the only horse to be so honored with interment on park grounds. In 1975, Steamboat was inducted into the [[National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum|National Cowboy Hall of Fame]] in [[Oklahoma City]], and in 1979, into the [[Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame]] in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]].<ref name=lemen/> Steamboat and Danks are also on the logo for the [[University of Wyoming]], and on the Wyoming [[50 State Quarters|state quarter]].<ref name=Bray1/><ref name="sos">{{cite web|url=http://soswy.state.wy.us/Services/BHRHistory.aspx|title=Historical Information Wyoming Secretary of State}}</ref>
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