Cowboy Country I


Cowboy boots are available in downtown Denver’s Cry Baby Ranch and


Rockmount Ranch Wear


f you arrive in January, you can start your experience by attending Denver’s annual National Western


Stock Show & Rodeo and the colourful Colorado Indian Market and South- west Showcase. At any time of year, you can


learn more about the major role that African-American cowboys played in taming the West at Denver’s Black American West Museum before heading west to Golden for the Lookout Mountaintop Buff alo Bill Museum, dedicated to that


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Yes, indeed, Colorado is Cowboy Country with vast open grasslands, welcoming guest ranches, great horseback riding trails and picturesque former Wild West towns


quintessential cowboy and Wild West showman Buff alo Bill Cody, whose tomb is nearby. As for rodeos, you’ve come to the


right place, particularly during the summer months. Not only is Colorado the world’s rodeo capital – the very fi rst rodeo was held here in 1869 – but Colorado Springs is home to the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame & Museum of the American Cowboy. T e rodeos range from streamlined


extravaganzas sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys


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