Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.

Earl W. Bascom

American-Canadian painter and cowboy (1906–1995)

Earl Wesley Bascom was an American-Canadian painter, printmaker, sculptor, cowboy, rodeo performer, inventor, and Hollywood actor. Raised in Canada, he portrayed in works of fine art his own experiences of cowboying and rodeoing across the American and Canadian West. Bascom was…