Not all action is at rodeo

Compiled by Dick Perue

A headline in the June 21, 1979 “Saratoga Sun” proclaims, “Brahma charges through house”. As the following story portrays not all of the action takes place at the rodeo arena.

A couple in Riverside, Joe and Betty Love, might have thought they were on the live set of a television commercial Saturday when a black Brahma bull charged through the sun porch of their home.

The bull had jumped the arena fence at the Jamboree rodeo Saturday afternoon in Encampment and had found his way to Riverside. Members of the stock contractors group were attempting to capture the...