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2nd Amendment Cowboy in Amarillo, TX
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2nd Amendment Cowboy

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The 2nd Amendment Cowboy is a 22-foot fiberglass cowboy of the Muffler Man family where the Cadillac RV Park meets the I-40 frontage road in Amarillo, TX, less than a mile east of Cadillac Ranch. A marker at his feet, styled like a state historical marker, carries the text of the Second Amendment. Three 1950s-style Cadillacs sit nose-up behind him.

What is 2nd Amendment Cowboy?

A giant cowboy made by Glenn Goode, a Gainesville, Texas, fiberglass maker. It got its name after being shot full of holes, which Goode repaired; the figure arrived in Amarillo in 2004, spent ten years outside a restaurant, and was auctioned off and moved here in 2014. Behind him a pink, a beige and a blue Cadillac stand on wedges, a nod to Cadillac Ranch.

Visiting 2nd Amendment Cowboy: tips

A two-minute photo stop seen from the road at any hour; pair it with Cadillac Ranch, about three-quarters of a mile west along the same frontage road.

Practical info

Address
2601 Hope Rd (Cadillac RV Park entrance, south I-40 frontage road at Hope Rd), Amarillo, TX 79124

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Places to eat near 2nd Amendment Cowboy

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    GoldenLight Cafe

    Amarillo, TX · 6.2 mi from 2nd Amendment Cowboy

    A burger café on Amarillo's Sixth Avenue stretch of Route 66, serving since 1946, with a music room next door.

  • The Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo, TX
    Steakhouse

    The Big Texan Steak Ranch

    Amarillo, TX · 12.4 mi from 2nd Amendment Cowboy

    An Amarillo steakhouse and motel from 1960, painted bright yellow and known for its 72-ounce steak challenge.

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Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, TX

Cadillac Ranch

Amarillo, Texas · 0.1 mi from Route 66

Ten old Cadillacs buried nose-first in a row in Amarillo, a 1974 artwork about the rise of the tail fin.

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0.7 mi from 2nd Amendment Cowboy

Don Harrington Discovery Center in Amarillo, TX

Don Harrington Discovery Center

Amarillo, Texas · 0.2 mi from Route 66

Amarillo's hands-on science center, with a full-dome planetarium and a helium monument by the door.

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3.6 mi from 2nd Amendment Cowboy

U.S. Route 66-Sixth Street Historic District in Amarillo, TX

U.S. Route 66-Sixth Street Historic District

Amarillo, Texas · on Route 66

Amarillo's preserved stretch of Route 66 along Sixth Street, home of the old Amarillo Natatorium.

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5.8 mi from 2nd Amendment Cowboy

Amarillo Natatorium (The Nat), Texas

Amarillo Natatorium (The Nat)

Amarillo, Texas · on Route 66

A 1922 swimming pool turned castle-fronted dance hall on Amarillo's Sixth Street, now an antiques market.

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6.3 mi from 2nd Amendment Cowboy

Ranchotel in Amarillo, TX

Ranchotel

Amarillo, Texas · on Route 66

A 1940 motel on Amarillo's old Route 66, on the National Register but now boarded up and closed.

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6.4 mi from 2nd Amendment Cowboy

Ozymandias on the Plains

Amarillo, Texas · 6.3 mi from Route 66

Two giant bare legs standing alone in a field south of Amarillo, a joke on Shelley's poem by Stanley Marsh 3.

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6.9 mi from 2nd Amendment Cowboy

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