History:
In 1955 several young ranchers from the Belt area sat around at the East Side Bar and talked about building a roping arena in the Little Belt community in the Highwood Mountains, where most of the cowboys ranched. The talk soon turned to action, which led to their first meeting held June of 1955, at the Burlingame school house where many of the cowboys had attended school. They voted Don Croff as their first President. The group initially called themselves the Little Belt Riding and Roping Club. Today, under the leadership of Dave Anderson, the organization looks back at the numerous changes that have taken place since the original meeting. It wasn’t until 1961 that the group voted to begin Professional rodeo in Belt, which was known at that time as RCA rather than PRCA.