Darden Honored at Trail Days

Former Trail Days committee member and rodeo announcer Jim Darden of Pine Bluffs was honored Saturday before the youth rodeo.

Jim Darden led a fascinating early life in West Texas pursuing a rodeo career with his college buddies and worked for a stock contractor. He announced many rodeos in Oklahoma and Wyoming and always kept the crowds entertained with his quick wit and rodeo knowledge.

Darden was a talented artist and had cartoons published in numerous western magazines and also painted rodeo scenes on business windows throughout Texas and Wyoming. He was a freelance writer with pieces publ...