Texas Highways Magazine

Texas Highways, the official travel magazine of Texas, encourages recreational travel within Texas and tells the Texas story to readers around the world. Renowned for its photography, statewide events coverage, top weekend excursions, off-the-beaten path discoveries, and scenic destinations, Texas Highways helps readers discover the treasures of the Lone Star State.

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READERS RESPOND MERGE • It took a special kind of man / To see us and to understand / That hidden in this silent spot / Resides a land of Camelot.

Hooked on an 8-Second Ride

Childress • Rancher Jerod Session lives the good life on the Rolling Plains

Hold on for Your Life • A mutton busting competition binds a mother and son to their Texas roots

DRIVE

The Perfect Pair • Famed Texas bootmaker M.L. Leddy’s is fixin’ to celebrate 100 years of custom-made excellence

Dobie Dichos

Made to Fit

Shalom on the Range • The cowboy spirit is a way of life for these Texas Jews

Blazing Saddles • Oliver Saddle Shop makes all the tack a cowboy could dream of

Horsepower • Wild mustangs helped shape the state’s cowboy culture

Cowboy River • The underrated Medina River winds through the Hill Country town of Bandera

THE EVOLUTION OF THE TEXAS COWGIRL • Cowgirl mythology can often obscure the genuine articles. From hardscrabble farm workers to bronc-riding beauties, cowgirls contain multitudes.

FIGHT or FLIGHT

THE ORIGINAL COWBOYS • VAQUEROS PIONEERED THE TEXAS RANCHING INDUSTRY, BUT THEY’VE ALWAYS STOOD IN THE SHADOWS OF HISTORY

THE VAQUERO EXPERIENCE • Sites across the state offer opportunities to learn more about the vaquero way of life.

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Bean to Barn • A chocolate shop in San Angelo embraces the town’s Wild West flair

Treats of the Trail • Taste true cowboy cuisine with these four chuckwagon experiences

Kernels of Hope • Corn dodgers are the perfect snack for a cowboy—and his horse

‘From Hide and Horn’ • Cowboy poetry evolves while honoring agricultural traditions

On the Trail of Cowboy Poetry in Texas • There’s something about hearing the spoken word from the stage that brings poetry to life. I’ve been attending and performing at cowboy poetry gatherings in Texas for over 25 years, hooked early on by the energy and camaraderie between the reciters and the audience. Here are my favorite gatherings in the state.

Kolaches? Czech! • Caldwell’s Kolache Festival hosts a historic bake-off

Graham • The hidden “hill country”

Let’s Ride! • Silvano Alves and the Brazilian connection to America’s top bull-riding circuit

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