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John U. Bascom

John U. Bascom M.D., FACS, was an American surgeon and researcher who pioneered new understanding and treatment of pilonidal disease.


Columbia, Mississippi

In the mid-1930s, two Columbia, Mississippi cowboys – Earl and Weldon Bascom – made Columbia the historic “Home of Mississippi Rodeo.”

Earl W. Bascom - inventor, actor, rodeo champion, internationally-known artist/sculptor who lived in Columbia 1935-1937

Hayden, Colorado

Earl Bascom, Hollywood actor, artist, sculptor, inventor, rodeo pioneer who lived and cowboyed in Hayden in the 1930s.

Maeser, Utah

Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995), Hollywood actor, artist, inventor, rodeo cowboy, Utah Sports Hall of Fame, "Father of Modern Rodeo" who lived and worked at the Old Grey Mine in 1930.

Marion C. Bascom

Bascom reared four siblings, one being Bernadette Bascom who became a well known R&B singer in the United States.

Menan, Idaho

Earl W. Bascom, rodeo champion, cowboy artist, inventor, National Rodeo Hall of Fame inductee, "father of modern rodeo"

Roundup, Montana

Earl W. Bascom, rodeo pioneer, hall of fame inductee, "father of modern rodeo", cowboy artist and cousin to C.M. Russell, worked on roundup on the Seven Crowfoot Ranch.

St. Anthony, Idaho

Earl W. Bascom, rodeo champion, cowboy artist, inventor, movie actor, National Rodeo Hall of Fame inductee, "father of modern rodeo", worked for the Flying U Ranch of St. Anthony

Sweet Grass, Montana

Earl W. Bascom (1906-1995), "Father of Modern Rodeo" and Hall of Fame Cowboy, artist, sculptor, actor, inventor, cowboyed in the 1920s on a ranch on Kicking Horse Creek once owned by his cousin C.M. Russell

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mississippi

This bucking exhibition sparked such interest in the town that a professional rodeo was organized a month later by Weldon Bascom and his brother Earl Bascom, assisted by other Mormon cowboys including Jake Lybbert, Waldo Ross, Ashel Evans, Horace and Lester Flake, and Don and Ferral Pearce.


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