Guy Weadick, a trick roper from Cheyenne, Wyoming, arrived in Calgary in 1912. He had a dream to create a show in Calgary like the famous Frontier Days Rodeo he had back home. Weadick wanted the Calgary Stampede to recreate the pioneer help-your-neighbor spirit, which helped the west prosper, and also create a spectacle that would "make Buffalo Bill's Wild West Extravaganza look like a side show." Thanks to his support from major Alberta cattlemen, along with the financing that he arranged with the "Big 4" (Lane, McLean, Burns and Cross), Guy Weadick was able to put on the first Calgary Stampede in September of 1912. Attendance wise, it was a huge success, but not so financially. Weadick did not return to try again until 1919, when this time it was more successful. Since then, the Calgary Stampede has never looked back. In 1923, it merged with the Calgary Industrial Exhibition to become the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede. Guy Weadick has been a most prominent individual in Calgary's history, as the Stampede is world-renowned. Until the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, the Stampede was solely responsible for putting Calgary on the map, and effectively did so. Now, nearly 90 years after the first Stampede, Calgarians religiously exchange their business suits for jeans, boots and Stetsons for 10 days each July, and celebrate the old wild west with visitors from around the globe.