The Cowboy Restaurant and Stockyard is an interesting venture. Imagine, the steak you're eating was killed only a hundred yards away, only minutes ago. I wonder if that's why it's abandoned. It was raining, but I didn't want to put the exploration off any longer. Rather than walk a mile to the site, I drove, and parked my car around back. Here's the first interesting tidbit about this place, it has a parking lot, but no road to reach it, so I had to drive my Chevy Cavalier through a field to get there.

I spotted three entrances right off: a broken window on the front of the building, a door with a broken pane above the doorknob (stuck) and a rear entrance inside the cattle yard. I decided to explore the cattle yard first, with it's miles of winding fence. It's like a disorienting maze in there.


I checked out what I guess is a guard shack by the cattle ramp, then ventured inside. The first room was a platform that rose up over the spot where the cows were killed. Very little to see: a big semi-circle room, a desk, two chairs and this thing:


I left that room and entered the main building through the open window on the front side. I had to step down on a couch, wind my way through a room full of cardboard boxes, before I found what looked a little like a waiting room. There was a bathroom at the back. I explored less than half the building because I was very uncomfortable with my car sitting (even hidden) outside. When I go back, I'll have o find the actual kitchen and restaurant.



There are more photos available on in my photbucket album, HERE.


Until next time,
~ATBH