RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – The Douglas County Museum in Gardnerville will be opening a brand new exhibit this week dedicated to the six Miss Reno Rodeo Queens that hailed from Douglas County.
Krista Jenkins, whose mom, Myllie Cordes Hoover, was Miss Reno Rodeo 1952, and Lisa Cordes Filbin, whose mom, Betty Chism Cordes, was Miss Reno Rodeo in 1958, stopped by Morning Break to share details about the exhibit and its grand opening party.
There will be public event for the community to be among the first to see the exhibit called “Reno Rode Queens of Douglas County Then and Now.” It takes place Thursday, June 4 at 6 p.m. at the Douglas County Museum (1477 HWY 395, Gardnerville).
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