So you want to be a cowboy? Momma, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys!! These and another phrases have been said again and again. Yet, to get into this museum you have to be a cowboy. Yeehaw!! There are a lot of them. Some fictional, some real, all cowboys. Some immortalized on film like Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers (and Dale Evans), Tom Mix, etc. Of course, who could forget the Lone Ranger ("Who was that masked man?") and his trusted companion Tonto. In the main entrance was an 18 foot tall sculpture of the 'End of the Trail' This work was almost destroyed after being at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. It was saved and restored in all it's glory, here to greet visitors once again. There were many, many different rooms. All carried some relationship to cowboys. There were hand-tooled saddles and bits. There were beautiful paintings by Remington, Russell, Lovell and many others. Some rooms you could take photos in, others you cannot. Therefore, the selections are limited. Enjoy the suit worn by Robert Redford in "The Electric Horseman" and some of the Indian artifacts. We get to enjoy the experience of being at the 'National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum'. Happy trails to you!!
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