Before meeting John Harrison, I was told that the current, correct term for his job is “entertainer.” That, however, isn’t how he introduces himself. “John Harrison, rodeo clown and barrel-man,” he says. “I didn’t think we called them clowns anymore?” I ask. He answers in an easy Oklahoma drawl. “Well, you know, some people get… Continue reading Clowning Around
It began with stockyards in the West Bottoms. What is now known as the American Royal was once just dirt-covered fields thick with an overwhelming smell of livestock that could be carried for miles by the strong midwestern winds. In 1871 on the Missouri side of the Kansas River, along the Kansas Pacific and Missouri… Continue reading KC’s American Royal Evolves
