![]() ![]() He received his undergraduate degree at New Mexico State University and completed veterinary school at Colorado State University, graduating in 1969. Stated quite often his lack of sense riding bulls prepared him for his team roping career. He began riding bulls in rodeos while in high school and continued riding throughout college. In high school, Black became the Future Farmers of America president, the senior class president and lettered in wrestling one year. ![]() Baxter Black the performer was larger than life but so was the man."īlack was born in the Brooklyn Navel Hospital in Brooklyn, NY but grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico. For those who were blessed to get to meet and know him they found a warm engaging soul. His words and his stories gave those of us who live this cowboy life permission to celebrate it. ![]() Baxter Black was a cowboy poet and icon known all over the world. ![]()
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