Culture + Style

Tip Your Hat to Cowboy Culture at Houston’s Ranches, Restaurants, and Rodeos

by Valerie Conners

Photograph by Valerie Conners

View of cowgirls riding into the arena.

Brazos Valley Fair. (Marriott International)

The Wild West sprawls at your steel-tipped toes in Houston, one of the bastions of old-school Western culture. You won’t have walk far in your boots to find a ranch where you can play the part of “cowboy,” or a museum detailing the region’s Western heritage. Before you dig into a monster ribeye or do-si-do the night away at a honky tonk, read up on how to embrace your inner cowboy or cowgirl.