This Week in the West: 70 Years Celebrating the West at The Cowboy

This Week in the West · Nov 10, 2025 · 5m

🤠This Week in the West

🎙️ Episode 54: 70 Years Celebrating the West at The Cowboy

📢 Episode Summary:

This episode of This Week in The West celebrates the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s own story—marking the 70th anniversary of its founding and the 60th anniversary of its building. The episode takes listeners back to November 11, 1955, when 3,000 people gathered northeast of Oklahoma City to watch Governor Raymond Gary hand over the deed to the land that would become home to “The Cowboy.” The idea for a museum honoring the cowboy—an authentic American icon—originated with Chester…