Richard Ingland, employee of Wilroads Garden Feedyard, is the Kansas Cowboy Hall of Fame's Working Cowboy Inductee for 2003.
Ingland, born in Beaver County, Oklahoma in 1941, spent his childhood working on his family's farm, which included a feedlot. He also assisted his father, who was a foreman at a local sale barn; thus beginning his love for animals.
Richard learned at an early age to work hard and "Cowboy Up". He credits his Dad and his pony, Spot, for his riding ability. Around the age of seventeen, this ability led him to travel the rodeo off and on for about six years. In order to support his "hobby" Ingland worked various jobs in the farming and livestock field.
In 1960, he married his wife Maybelle and the two began their family, therefore causing Richard to give up rodeos and seek employment with the Kansas State Highway Department. However, his love of the cowboy lifestyle led him back to a form of employment dealing with cattle and horses.
Richard is an active member of the Dodge City Roundup, the Dodge City Roundup Team Penning Association, and assists with the Annual Youthville Cattle Drive. At the age of sixty-one, he continues to take part in team penning events, 4-H, and Little Britches Rodeos, while still breaking horses. Anyone who knows Richard Ingland will testify that he is the epitome of the "True American Working Cowboy".
