Longhorns mosey through downtown Amarillo

[TexasTowelie]

Downtown Amarillo accommodated a different kind of traffic Thursday evening.

At 6 p.m., 60 Longhorns driven by cowboys and cowgirls moseyed along a route that started on South Polk Street and ended at Amarillo Tri-State Fairgrounds.

The stroll marked the Coors Cowboy Club Cattle Drive’s second consecutive year after an 18-year absence. The drive is part of the festivities leading up to the Coors Cowboy Club Ranch Rodeo.

“(The drive) is not a new idea. Back in the 90s they used to have it, but now we brought it back,” Coors Cowboy Club spokesman Eric Miller said. “Last year we had 30 cattle come through and this year we doubled it to have 60 Longhorns participate.”

Read more: http://amarillo.com/news/2015-06-04/longhorns-mosey-through-downtown

[Jackpine Radical]

1. It's a lot safer to drive longhorns around in Texas these days, I hear.

Something about all the thieves running the banks now.

[TexasTowelie]

2. I've always had a fascination with longhorns

since it was my school mascot down in George West. They had a mounted steer named Geronimo on display at the courthouse and he was sent on tour to Russia during the Bicentennial celebration as part of a cultural exchange. The span between his horns was over nine feet.

[Eleanors38]

3. Cow-catchers drove cattle through Ft. Myers to the docks, well into the 20th Century...

Tourists and townsfolk got tired of that and the open-range laws, and the frontier ended in Florida c 1930 with fencing and repeal of quit-claims.

Some of the cattle there were longhorns, favored for their ruggedness.

[Duppers]

4. Pic

[TexasTowelie]

5. Thanks for the photo.