Cowboy Tom Horn of Pleasant Valley, Arizona, won the steer tying competition at the Globe Fourth of July Celebration in 1889 with a record-setting time of 58 seconds. In those days, the steers got a 150-yard head start, without any fences to pen them in, like at modern-day rodeos. Horn then traveled to the territorial fair being held near the new territorial capital of Arizona, Phoenix (popula


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