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Cowboys old and new - and teachers too

Dodge City Days is a 10-day event that lets your family enjoy cowboys from yesterday and experience the way they still play today.Our family recently went down to see some rodeo roping - as a part of ...

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Posted on August 14, 2012 4:01PM by Karen Ridder

Cattle Drive: The Moore Longhorn Cattle Ranch Experience

I had always wondered what it must have been like for the cowboys back in the good old days to drive cattle up from Texas to the railroad heads in Kansas. I figured I would never get the chance to do ...

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Posted on July 27, 2012 10:36AM by Jeff Ridder

Keep them doggies movin'

This was better than any parade.Cowboys on horseback drove four hundred head of longhorns right through the center of Caldwell, Kansas. A couple of thousand spectators crowded around the edges of the ...

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Posted on September 7, 2011 9:13AM by Dennis Toll

Taming Cowboys, but Keeping it a Bit Wild

If you really want to experience a piece of Kansas, go to a Rodeo. The sport is unique because it has its roots in real work required of cowboys on the job. It gives you a taste of our history with ...

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Posted on June 22, 2011 3:54PM by Karen Ridder

Celebrate Beef in Garden City!

Photo credit: Beef Empire P.R.C.A. Rodeo Breakfast, lunch and dinner. What to eat? If you have beef in mind at mealtime, Garden City’s Beef Empire Days in June will be a bonanza for you. There, ...

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Posted on May 2, 2011 4:30PM by Becky Blake

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Cowboys old and new - and teachers too

Cattle Drive: The Moore Longhorn Cattle Ranch Experience

Keep them doggies movin'

Taming Cowboys, but Keeping it a Bit Wild

Celebrate Beef in Garden City!