What rodeo really holds the claim as the “World’s Oldest Continuous Rodeo?”

What rodeo really holds the claim as the “World’s Oldest Continuous Rodeo?” Dee Anne Jackson Gilbert, Arizona The West’s first rodeo was an unrecorded event during the 1700s at some Mexican rancho in California or Texas. Several towns claim to be the host of the oldest rodeo. Payson, Arizona, bills itself as the “World’s Oldest Continuous Rodeo,” 1884, while Prescott has the “World’s Oldest [Professional] Rodeo,” 1888. The U.S. Patent Office approved Prescott’s use