In November 1964, three Arizona cowboy artists went on a round up near Magdalena, Mexico, where they had a wonderful time and a thousand laughs. The thought occurred to them that other cowboy artists would have enjoyed it as well, leading to the idea to form an organization that would be a lot of fun and good promotion of their efforts in Art. This photo, taken June 23, 1965, at the Oak Creek Tavern in Sedona, Ariz., was where they first met to discuss the notion. Pictured left to right: Joe Beeler, Charlie Dye, John Hampton and George Phippen were joined by western writer Robert MacLeod. Fred Harman was invited but unable to attend. The actual organization meeting was held later that summer in Charlie Dye's studio.