NATIONAL COWBOY SYMPOSIUM & CELEBRATION
LUBBOCK, TEXAS
ALVIN G. DAVIS
PRESIDENT - CHAIRMAN
BARBARA & ALVIN G. DAVIS
MR. DAVIS HAS MADE MORE THAN 1,000 APPEARANCES AND PRESENTED COWBOY POETRY IN 18 STATES,
AT THE WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON AND IN CANADA. HE HAS APPEARED ACROSS THE NATION FROM
LANGTRY, TEXAS, HOME OF JUDGE ROY BEAN, ON SOUTH TO THE COWBOY POETRY GATHERING AT PINCHER
CREEK, ALBERTA ON THE NORTH; AND FROM SAVANNAH, GEORGIA'S MUSEUM NEXT TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
ON THE EAST; TO THE QUEEN MARY ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN AT LONG CALIFORNIA ON THE WEST. IN ADDITION
HE HAS TAKEN COWBOY CULTURE IN OTHER FORMS TO 11 OTHER STATES AND 12 OTHER NATIONS. HE IS ALSO A
RECOGNIZED WESTERN ARTIST WHOSE SCULPTURES ARE IN THE COLLECTIONS OF PRESIDENTS, GOVERNORS,
MOVIE STARS AND OTHER DIGNITARIES IN 20 STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND SEVEN OTHER NATIONS.
HE HAS HEADED, AS CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT OR ADMINISTRATOR, SOME 18 NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT DEAL
WITH COWBOY CULTURE. THESE INCLUDE THE AMERICAN JUNIOR RODEO ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL WESTERN
ARTISTS ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN CHUCK WAGON ASSOCIATION, INTERNATONAL WESTERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION,
NATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE RODEO ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN COWBOY ASSOCIATION, WESTERN/ENGLISH
RETAILERS OF AMERICA AND NATIONAL COWBOY SYMPOSIUM AND CELEBRATION. HE IS A MEMBER OF WESTERN
WRITERS OF AMERICA AND HAS WRITTEN FEATURE ARTICLES FOR VARIOUS WESTERN, RODEO AND LIVESTOCK
PUBLICATIONS. HE HAS ALSO PUBLISHED CHILDRENS BOOKS, POETRY BOOKS AND A RODEO PERIODICAL.
HE HAS RECEIVED DOZENS OF AWARDS AND ACCOLADES FROM LOCAL, STATE, REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND HAS HELPED TO START MORE THAN 20 COWBOY CULTURE EVENTS ACROSS
THE NATION. SOME OF HIS LATEST AWARDS INCLUDE "LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD" OF THE AMERICAN
COWBOY CULTURE AWARDS; THE FIRST "PIONEER TUMBLEWEED AWARD" BY THE "COWBOYS, HEROES AND
FRIENDS" EVENT OF BRANSON, MISSOURI AND "THE ROUNDERS" AWARD BY THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO FOR HIS
LEADERSHIP IN COWBOY CULTURE. IT WAS PRESENTED IN A CEREMONY BY GOVERNOR JOHNSON AT THE
MANSION IN SANTA FE. HE WAS NAMED A DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS OF THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE OF
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY IN 2001. HE WAS IN A MOVIE, "COWBOYS OF THE AMERICAS" THAT WAS PRODUCED A FEW
YEARS AGO BY KING MOTION PICTURES, LTD OF CANADA FOR THE DISNEY CHANNEL.
HE WAS THE TOP 4-H BOY IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1948 AS THE NATIONAL 4-H LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNER;
THE "OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN OF OF TERRY COUNTY AND IN THE TOP TEN IN TEXAS IN 1955; HE WAS LISTED IN
VOLUME ONE OF "WHO'S WHO IN TEXAS" IN 1955; HE WAS NAMED THE OUTSTANDING CITIZEN OF HIS COUNTY
IN 1980; HE IS CURRENTLY LISTED IN BOTH "WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA" AND "WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD" BY
MARQUIS "WHO'S WHO" WHICH WAS STARTED IN 1899. THE INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL CENTRE OF CAMBRIDGE,
ENGLAND LISTED HIM IN ITS BOOK, "ONE THOUSAND GREAT AMERICANS", IN 2001. HIS HOME TOWN MUSEUM AT
POST, TEXAS OPENED THE "ALVIN G. DAVIS" ROOM FILLED WITH HIS MEMORABILIA AND AWARDS
TO HONOR HIM AS GARZA COUNTY'S FAVORITE SON IN 2001.
THIS IS PRETTY GOOD, I'D SAY, FOR A COUNTRY BOY FROM WEST TEXAS WHO WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES
IN 78 YEARS SIMPLY SAYS, "HE'S BEEN TO A COUPLE OF GOAT ROPINGS AND A COUNTY FAIR OR TWO". HE IS AND
HAS BEEN FOR YEARS, A CELEBRITY ENDORSEE FOR "WRANGLER" AS EVIDENCED BY THE SHIRT AND JEANS HE WEARS.
ORGANIZATIONAL OFFICES NOW HELD BY ALVIN G. DAVIS
SHERIFF (PRESIDENT), LLANO ESTACADO CORRAL, WESTERNERS INTERNATIONAL - LUBBOCK, TEXAS (past)
PRESIDENT, AMERICAN COWBOY CULTURE ASSOCIATION, INC. - LUBBOCK, TEXAS
CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL COWBOY SYMPOSIUM & CELEBRATION - LUBBOCK, TEXAS
CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP CHUCKWAGON COOKOFF - LUBBOCK, TEXAS
BOARD MEMBER, CAPROCK CULTURE ASSOCIATION - POST, TEXAS
BOARD MEMBER, GARZA COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM - POST, TEXAS
BOARD MEMBER, GARZA COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION - POST, TEXAS
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME - FORT WORTH, TEXAS
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, WESTERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION - NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE & TUCSON, ARIZONA
LATEST RECOGNITION AND AWARDS
2002 INDUCTION INTO THE NATIONAL COWBOY SONG AND POETRY HALL OF FAME
PLAQUE AT THE 2002 NATIONAL COWBOY SYMPOSIUM & CELEBRATION - LUBBOCK, TEXAS
AUGUST 2003 INDUCTION INTO THE BUDDY HOLLY WALK OF FAME - LUBBOCK, TEXAS
NAME ON BRONZE PLAQUE IN WALK OF FAME NEAR BUDDY HOLLY STATUE - LUBBOCK, TEXAS
WE'RE TREATED WELL AT THE NATIONAL COWBOY SYMPOSIUM & CELEBRATION
AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE THE GOOD WILL & WAY AND LEGACY OF QUANAH
L-R: ANNA TAHMAHKERA, BARBARA DAVIS
L-R: ALVIN G. DAVIS, ANNA TAHMAHKERA, BARBARA DAVIS
FRONT ROW L-R: ARDITH PARKER-LEMING, BALDWIN PARKER JR., ANNETTE PARKER
BACK ROW L-R: ALVIN G. DAVIS, RON PARKER, BRUCE PARKER, DON PARKER
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