[citation needed] Clayton and his brother, James T. "Jimmie" Danks, were reared in Long Pine Canyon in Cherry County, also in northern Nebraska, where their father operated a stagecoach station.
Danks hence entered the saddle bronc competition, and after a few setbacks he made it to the finals, where two horses Millbrook and Steamboat, were waiting for their riders.
By a draw, Danks rode Millbrook, considered an easier horse than Steamboat, "the most ferocious bucker Frontier Days had ever seen.
In 2008, Danks was inducted into the Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame,[5] and a search was undertaken for his prize-winning saddle.
Family members finally located the saddle at King's Saddlery and Museum in Sheridan, Wyoming, where it was obtained after much negotiation.
[1] Foaled at Chugwater, where Danks had lived early in the 20th century, the black gelding named Steamboat sustained a nose injury, which required removing a bone fragment from a nostril.
[2] Clayton and Marie Danks are interred at Mount Hope Cemetery in Lander in Fremont County in central Wyoming.