Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Cowtown -- In New Jersey


This giant cowboy towers over Harding Highway (Rt. 40) just east of Pittsgrove in Woodstown, New Jersey. He advertises the Cowtown Rodeo, the oldest weekly rodeo in the U.S.


This re-purposed Muffler Man was "bought at an auction in 1975 and outfitted with a cowboy hat and gun." (See New Jersey Muffler Men.)


Cowtown highlights the surprising rurality of southern New Jersey.



These horses and and pigeons are visible across Rt. 40 from the Cowboy.


The Cowtown Farmers Market has a Giant Cow.




But these bulls are the real giants of Cowtown:


 

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