However, the Texas Prison Rodeo took its last ride in 1986. With the arena crumbling, the state legislature did not want to fund repairs and prison officials lost interest after securing ...

However, the Texas Prison Rodeo took its last ride in 1986. With the arena crumbling, the state legislature did not want to fund repairs and prison officials lost interest after securing ...

TEXAS, USA — Probably not the most likely place for a rodeo, but once upon a time in Texas, just outside the “Walls” unit of the state prison in Huntsville, thousands of prisoners risked ...

The Texas Prison Rodeo is featured in a new online archive available through the library's website. Rodeo clowns at the Texas Prison Rodeo in 1965 in Huntsville. Don Jones/Houston Chronicle.

Another piece of Texas history was razed in mid-January when bulldozers unceremoniously demolished the prison rodeo arena in Huntsville, but the memory of the event rides on.

Rodeo fans cram into the Prison Stadium, not because their 50¢ admission fees go to the Prison System’s education fund, but because the convicts put on a rip-roaring show.

TEXAS, USA — Probably not the most likely place for a rodeo, but once upon a time in Texas, just outside the “Walls” unit of the state prison in Huntsville, thousands of prisoners risked ...