Abilene Wide Open: Western Heritage Classic a roundup of Big Country culture
The Western Heritage Classic rode herd on Abilene at the Taylor County Expo Center.
The celebration of western culture, at least as it's understood in West Texas, featured a rodeo, horse racing, cattle dog demonstrations and vendors off all stripes.
Esteban Cristina's Indian skull boots were an eyecatcher in the Round Building, but it sounded as if he was having a harder time catching a buyer.
"Yeah, that one took a lot of work, If you know anybody who needs a size-15 boot, send them down," he said, laughing.
Ronald Erdrich is the photojournalist and a columnist for the Abilene Reporter-News. If you appreciate locally driven news, you can support local journalists with a digital subscription to ReporterNews.com.
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