a lotta bull

Art in Texas abounds with cow sculptures -- from the Dallas' Cattle Drive Pioneer Plaza to Lubbock's Ranching Heritage Center.  But sometimes one finds art in the middle of nowhere, out standing in a field --like the "Brindle Bit Bull" found where County Road 236 meets Hwy 380 in Throckmorton County.  For miles, as you drive the lonely road, you wonder "what is that up ahead."  And then you see it - the "World's Largest Steel Longhorn."  It  was created in 2011 by Joe Barrington, who also made the World's Largest Buffalo Skull in Abilene. At 22 feet, this rusty bull dwarfs Lubbock "Purple Bull" (see August 13, 2014 post).  When you have opportunity to travel between Throckmorton and Haskell, keep an eye out for the bull wearing the Brindle Bit brand -- and you will know it's a bull, not a steer, by the equipment.

 

Highway 380

Throckmorton County, Texas

4.25.2014