On May 11, 1986, the Howe Lions Club sponsored a PRCA Rodeo on the grounds of what is now the Howe Youth Softball Fields. The rodeo was the final event of the first-ever Founders Day Festival which was in conjunction with the Texas Sesquicentennial.

On May 11, 1986, the Howe Lions Club sponsored a PRCA Rodeo on the grounds of what is now the Howe Youth Softball Fields. The rodeo was the final event of the first-ever Founders Day Festival which was in conjunction with the Texas Sesquicentennial.