The Black American cowboy and cowgirl played a big role in taming the Wild West. That history is celebrated at the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo at the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo.
Inside the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Michael Grauer, the collection curator, showed KOCO 5 the rope and boots of Murdis Dietchman and the saddle belonging to Bill Pickett.