Champion Shooters
- Capt. Adam Henry Bogardus, born on a farm on Ravine Road in 1834, became the World Champion and United States Champion trap shootist. He is credited with romanticizing trap shooting and he invented the first practical glass ball trap in 1877. He and his sons were renowned crack shots that toured with the Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He is in the National Trapshooting Hall of Fame.
- William Frank Carver - "Doc" William Frank Carver (1840–1927), defeated Captain Adam Henry Bogardus, World Champion and United States Champion trap shootist, in a series of 25 matches 19 times.
- Vic Reinders (1906–1995), won the Clay Target Championship in 1958, and has the distinction of being on more All-America teams than any other shooter in history.
- Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Career Highlights: he won the Individual Gold Medal setting a new Commonwealth Games Record, 192 targets out of 200, which still stands. He has won Gold Medals in two World Cup Shooting Competitions, in (Sydney) 2004 and (Cairo) 2006. He went on to be the world no 1 in early 2004. He has won silver medal in Athens Olympic games.
- Harlan Campbell Jr., Career Highlights: 13 time ATA All-American, 4 time ATA All-American Team Captain, Grand American All-Around Champion 2001-2005 "399X400", Grand American High Over-all Champion 2007, numerous Satellite Grand and State Championships, member of the "Kansas Trapshooters Hall of Fame"
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