 This is J.C. Trujillo. In honor of Danny Freeman, Frontier Days historian, KYCA presents another Frontier Days story from his book, The World's Oldest Rodeo. The year was 1913, and for the first time, the July 4 celebration was called Frontier Days, singular. In 1914, the term became Prescott Frontier Days, plural. Gail Gardner told us that steer roping was outlawed in those days because cowboys were practicing too much on local cattle, especially dairy cattle.