{"id":360379,"date":"2026-07-03T21:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/360379\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T21:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:52:12","slug":"texas-cowboy-reunion-marks-96-years-as-stamford-event-grows-with-six-chuck-wagons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/360379\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Cowboy Reunion marks 96 years as Stamford event grows with six chuck wagons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abilene, Texas \u2014 Stamford is turning into cowboy country again as the Texas Cowboy Reunion marks 96 years of Western heritage, bringing four days of rodeo events, live music, Western competitions and long-running family traditions to the area.<\/p>\n

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Stamford is turning into cowboy country again as the Texas Cowboy Reunion marks 96 years of Western heritage, bringing four days of rodeo events, live music, Western competitions and long-running family traditions to the area. (KTXS\/ Tavish Lefall)<\/p>\n

The chuckwagon competition is drawing special attention this year, with more wagons on the grounds than organizers have seen in some time. \u201cIt is. It\u2019s grown quite a bit. We have six wagons here.<\/p>\n

We haven\u2019t had that in a long time, and so it\u2019s turning out really good,\u201d said Warren Wilson, chuck wagon chairman for the Texas Cowboy Reunion.<\/p>\n

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We haven\u2019t had that in a long time, and so it\u2019s turning out really good,\u201d said Warren Wilson, chuck wagon chairman for the Texas Cowboy Reunion. (KTXS\/ Tavish Lefall)<\/p>\n

Organizers also say the reunion is entering a new chapter through a new multi-year partnership with Google, aimed at preserving the event\u2019s cowboy heritage while introducing it to a new generation.<\/p>\n

\"Organizers<\/p>\n

Organizers also say the reunion is entering a new chapter through a new multi-year partnership with Google, aimed at preserving the event\u2019s cowboy heritage while introducing it to a new generation (KTXS\/ Tavish Lefall)<\/p>\n

Wilson said the company has supported the reunion with funding and upgrades. \u201cThey\u2019ve donated quite a bit of money, and they\u2019ve helped with improvements around this event. They\u2019re just helping improve the whole area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

At the chuckwagon grounds, crews from Texas, Oklahoma and beyond are competing as smoke rises from campfires and cooks prepare meals in a style meant to reflect how food would have been made on the cattle trail.<\/p>\n

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Competitor Sandra Adams said she\u2019s drawn to the work and the setting. \u201cYes, I have a passion for cooking. I love to cook. I love to be outdoors,\u201d Adams said. (KTXS\/ Tavish Lefall)<\/p>\n

Competitor Sandra Adams said she\u2019s drawn to the work and the setting. \u201cYes, I have a passion for cooking. I love to cook. I love to be outdoors,\u201d Adams said. She described a menu that includes classic chuckwagon staples. \u201cTomorrow we\u2019ve got potatoes cooked anyway. We want to feature the chicken fried steak. There\u2019ll be gravy. We\u2019ve all got to make bread. We\u2019ve got pinto beans and peach cobbler,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\"Competitor<\/p>\n

Competitor Sandra Adams said she\u2019s drawn to the work and the setting. \u201cYes, I have a passion for cooking. I love to cook. I love to be outdoors,\u201d Adams said. She described a menu that includes classic chuckwagon staples. \u201cTomorrow we\u2019ve got potatoes cooked anyway. We want to feature the chicken fried steak. There\u2019ll be gravy. We\u2019ve all got to make bread. We\u2019ve got pinto beans and peach cobbler,\u201d she said. (KTXS\/ Tavish Lefall)<\/p>\n

For some competitors, the reunion is also a first-time experience. \u201cReally excited. This is our first time actually cooking this competition for the Texas Cowboy Reunion. It\u2019s a really cool event. Very laid back. Everybody\u2019s happy to be here,\u201d said Matt Langford, a chuckwagon competitor.<\/p>\n

\"Another<\/p>\n

Another competitor said the event is about more than winning, focusing instead on sharing the tradition with people who may not otherwise see it up close. (KTXS\/ Tavish Lefall)<\/p>\n

Another competitor said the event is about more than winning, focusing instead on sharing the tradition with people who may not otherwise see it up close. \u201cThey have a passion for cooking, and I love doing it. But I get to introduce it to people that normally don\u2019t get to see it and kind of explain what we\u2019re doing and kind of carry on the tradition. That\u2019s my favorite part,\u201d the competitor said.<\/p>\n

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This year’s Texas Cowboy Reunion Powered by Google will be held June 30 through July 4 in Stamford, Texas (KTXS\/ Tavish Lefall)<\/p>\n

This year’s Texas Cowboy Reunion Powered by Google will be held June 30 through July 4 in Stamford, Texas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Abilene, Texas \u2014 Stamford is turning into cowboy country again as the Texas Cowboy Reunion marks 96 years…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-360379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}