Boley Oklahoma

06/10/2026

Founded with Purpose. Built on Vision. Sustained by Legacy.

In 1903, Boley was founded with a bold vision, to create opportunity, ownership, and prosperity. People traveled from across the region to build businesses, purchase land, raise families, and become part of something extraordinary.

More than 123 years later, that same spirit still rides through these streets.

Join us for the Founder’s Day Rodeo on September 12, 2026, as we celebrate the pioneers who built Boley and the generations who continue to preserve its legacy. Experience rodeo, history, community, and the enduring story of one of America’s most significant Black towns.

Come see why people were drawn to Boley then and why they’re still coming today.

📍 Historic Boley, Oklahoma
🤠 Founder’s Day Rodeo • September 12, 2026 Tickets on sale now. Link in bio!

🎥 for for Boley Rodeo Day National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

06/06/2026

History has its eyes on Boley!

Boley, a historic all-Black town and destination on the Oklahoma Civil Rights Trail, has plans to open a 12,500-square-foot plaza as part of an ongoing revitalization effort. The complex will include a welcome center, restaurant and full-service gas station.

06/04/2026

SAVE THE DATE!

The Historic Boley Founder’s Day Rodeo returns Saturday, September 12, 2026!

After a sold-out crowd in 2025, we’re bringing the excitement back to Historic Boley for another unforgettable celebration of rodeo, culture, history, and community.

Join us as we celebrate 123 years of Boley’s legacy in one of America’s most historic Black towns and experience the spirit of the Black West firsthand.

Open Rodeo Competition
Ranch Bronc Riding
Bull Riding & Junior Bull
Open Barrels & Junior Barrels
Calf Roping & Steer Wrestling
Mutton Bustin’
Pony Express
Live Entertainment
Food Vendors & Shopping
Black Cowboy & Historic Boley Experiences

Last year was a sellout. Don’t miss your chance to be part of one of Oklahoma’s most unique cultural and rodeo events.

📅 September 12, 2026
📍 Historic Boley Rodeo Arena | Boley, Oklahoma

05/30/2026

It takes a village and we are incredibly grateful. ❤️🤠

A heartfelt THANK YOU to our amazing staff, volunteers, first responders, security team, medics, Boley Police Department, Okfuskee County Emergency Preparedness Team, and Boley Volunteer Fire Department for your dedication, hard work, and commitment to helping make the 2026 Boley Rodeo possible.

From long hours behind the scenes to keeping our guests, contestants, and community safe , your service does not go unnoticed. Events of this scale happen because of people willing to step up, serve, and protect.

Thank you for your professionalism, sacrifice, teamwork, and love for this historic rodeo and our community.

To every volunteer, every officer, every medic, every volunteer firefighter, every staff member, we appreciate you.

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05/28/2026

EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!
Come one, come all!

The Boley Progress was brought to life at Prosperity Junction at The Cowboy, blending the voices of the past with the vision of the future.

Inspired by the historic Boley Progress newspaper, the experience highlighted actual articles and stories that once chronicled the life, triumphs, businesses, culture, and spirit of Historic Boley, Oklahoma, one of America’s most remarkable Black towns.

Visitors stepped into the headlines of yesterday while exploring the progress of today and the possibilities of tomorrow. Through authentic newspaper features, storytelling, and interpretation, The Boley Progress honored the legacy of a community built on resilience, entrepreneurship, and determination.

The exhibit brought history to life, where the pages of the past met the promise of the future, at Prosperity Junction at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.

Concept, research & curation: Karen Ekuban
Printing: Stigler Printing

05/21/2026

🎟️ Boley Rodeo General Admission $20 Online | $25 At The Gate CASH ONLY!!

🌦️ Weather Update: We rodeo in the mud! 🤠🐎

This is your OFFICIAL source for all Boley Rodeo updates:🌐 www.thetownofboley.org

If you were at the 2025 Boley Rodeo… then you already know!! 🔥🙌🏾

LET’S GO!!!

In the meantime, come celebrate with us TOMORROW at Boley Rodeo Day at The Cowboy Museum and kick off rodeo weekend with live art, music, cowboy culture, and the spirit of the Black West!

05/19/2026

🎨🐎 Legendary artist Thomas Blackshear II is inviting YOU to Boley Rodeo Day and the Historic Boley Rodeo!

Join us May 22 at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum for his live art demonstration, a celebration of Black Western heritage, art, and culture.

Then join him May 23 for his first Boley Rodeo, celebrating the oldest Black rodeo tradition in the nation.

Don’t miss this unforgettable rodeo weekend.

🎟️ Boley Rodeo Day – May 22
🤠 Historic Boley Rodeo – May 23

Tickets: www.thetownofboley.org

05/18/2026

Muddy hands. Little boots. Big dreams.

A future mutton bustin’ champion taking it all in at the 2025 Boley Rodeo.

This is what the legacy looks like in Boley, generations growing up in the dirt, tradition, and spirit of the oldest Black rodeo in the nation.

Get ready for May 23.

🎶 “Time flies…” 2025 was one for the books! Mud bustin😂