Ray Wharton

Ray Wharton of Bandera, Texas- 1956 WORLD CHAMPION tie-down Calf Roper. Wharton exhibits all of the best traits of the Texas cowboy. He is always a gentleman. He is generous with all that he has. Many cowboys camped at his place in Bandera when they had no other place to go. He is a natural teacher. He helped young cowboys get their start. He encouraged them and developed their confidence with their rope, their horse and themselves. Wharton extended an opportunity to a young African-American to become a professional cowboy at a time when many of his peers would not have taken such a risk. That cowboy, Cleo Hearn, is also a 2009 inductee into the FRONTIER TIMES MUSEUM TEXAS HEROES HALL OF HONOR.

2015 INDUCTEES

Clay Conoly
Kelly Scott
J. Griffis Smith

2014 INDUCTEES


JEHU D. "JUD" ASHMORE
JOHN DOUGLAS "BUD" FITZPATRICK
TODD WHITEWOOD
2013 INDUCTEES

DAVID K. LANGFORD
ROBERT L. MANSFIELD
LARRY NOLEN
GARY P. NUNN
MARGARET "PEGGY" TOBIN

2012 INDUCTEES

CRAIG CAMERON
H. JOAQUIN JACKSON
ARKEY BLUE
BUDDY GROFF

2011 INDUCTEES

COY HERMAN "TOOTS" MANSFIELD
RICHARD S. "KINKY" FRIEDMAN
LOUIS PEARCE
WYMAN MEINZER
MATHIAS EDWARD "SCOOTER" FRIES

2010 INDUCTEES

BILL PICKETT
JOSE POLICARPIO "POLLY" RODRIGUEZ
RED STEAGALL
BUCK TAYLOR
RUDY ROBBINS
DON & JUDY HICKS

2009 INDUCTEES

J. MARVIN HUNTER
J. FRANK DOBIE
MAUDEEN MARKS
"CAPTAIN" JOE BOWMAN
RAY WHARTON
CLEO HEARN
KEVIN FITZPATRICK
"EMPRESARIO" TERRY BOOTHE
DR. RAUL GAONA, SR.