Celebrate Oklahoma's Western heritage by kicking up your boot heels and unleashing your inner cowboy.
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Western Heritage and Cowboys

Cowboy up for some authentic Wild West adventures in Oklahoma. Rodeos, cattle trails and guest ranches provide the perfect opportunities to go cowboy, while historic forts and heritage museums school visitors on the importance of Oklahoma's western past.

 
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All that riding and roping can make would-be cowboys work up an appetite as big as a western Oklahoma sunset. Here’s the inside scoop on where to get your fill. read more

If you feel you might have been born 100 years too late, take heart. There are plenty of places in Oklahoma to get your cowboy on. read more

If you’re going to go Western, you’ll have to have the right gear to carry it off. Our Western Experience expert takes you shopping across Oklahoma. read more

Still home to the nation’s largest stockyard, Oklahoma City is definitely cowboy country. read more

Western Experience expert Ted Streuli travels U.S. 81 from Waurika to Enid, following the path countless drovers used to get longhorn cattle from Texas to Kansas. read more

Drive U.S. Highway 183 through western Oklahoma following the cattle drive trails where cowboys worked in the wide-open spaces. read more




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