[johnsonstss]

Want to move to okalhoma with my 4yr old daughter, am female in mid twentys and have grown up in a small country town in mn. I want a country town - or at least feel - and be surrounded by cowboys and horses? Please would really like help?? Heard west is where u find cowboys and ranches but also need a good town and safe??

[StillwaterTownie]

Guthrie might be OK. It has some nice ranch country along highway 105 east of there. Northeast of there on highway 33 is a big livestock sale barn. Over in the next county there is Norfolk Road near Yale and Cushing, an interesting area, if you don't mind the oil wells and tanks thrown in with the horses and cows. Oklahoma is one of the top states for raising horses, so your looking in the right state. Someone else might know where the heart of horse or cowboy country is in Oklahoma.

[Lawman_Kyle]

Not real sure what your picture of Oklahoma is with cowboys and horses running rampant??? Several towns have small ( and some large ) ranches on them.

If by cowboys you mean alot of guys your age looking to date and live the social life whose family might have a horse or two, I'd recommend Stillwater and OSU.

If by cowboy you mean actual COWBOY who works cattle for a living and owns some horses then I'd recommend Woodward and NW Oklahoma. Beware though, NW Oklahoma is pretty desolate. You have Woodward and thats about it. You gotta drive hours to reach another decent sized town like Enid, or Guymon.

[johnsonstss]

Thank you. And yes I meant REAL cowboys, should I say ranchers so people dont get so upitty with the whole cowboy/drugstore cowboy thing?

[debzkidz]

The area around Paul's Valley seems to be an area with lots of horse farms/ranches. It's an interesting area and it's not but an hour or so from Oklahoma City. I would also suggest Stillwater and maybe areas out around Weatherford.

[Lawman_Kyle]

Originally Posted by johnsonstss

Thank you. And yes I meant REAL cowboys, should I say ranchers so people dont get so upitty with the whole cowboy/drugstore cowboy thing?

Na, I just get alot of the idealists out here in Pennsylvania who have a very backwards picture of "cowboys" and being "out west".

Just wanted to clarify what you were looking for .

Western Oklahoma is home to alot of cowboys, ranches, and cattlemen.

Weatherford, Woodward, Lawton......

[okie1962]

Vinita Okla has a lot of cowboys,ranches and a working stockyard and is only an hour NE of Tulsa via Will Rogers Trpk. They have a huge rodeo every year and even have a cowboy church/restaurant which is kinda cool.(kind of like Casa Bonita but western like Dodge City and a lot better food) the most popular vehicle in town is 3/4 ton pickup with cattle feeder attached. And these are not dime store cowboys these guys are the real thang. You see them in town with boots, spurs and dirty jeans and hat. On Saturdays they are cleaned up with new boots and heavy started shirt and jeans.

Vinita is just a few minutes from Oolagah and Grand Lakes. The Ozarks are just a county over and Vinita is half way between Joplin, MO and Tulsa. Vinita sits on Old Route 66 has a lot of cool shops and a real nice downtown and some pretty cool locally owned restaurants. One of them, Clantons has been on the Food Network show Drive Ins, diners and dives. Vinita really has the small town feel but close to the convenances of Tulsa or Joplin.

Oh and its only 22 miles from the Kansas line, so if you want to buy real beer its only a few minute away.