Sovereign Bucks
by Merry Helm
February 28, 2022 — Fort Ransom began holding rodeos in 1934, and during the 1950s, one of the men who stood out in bronco riding was Fred Ward, from Hankinson. Ward was born in 1911 and got his first saddle when he was six. His father did a lot of horse-trading, and young Fred learned early that if he wanted to keep a hor...