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Cowboy magazine puts B'ville among West's top cities

By Staff Reports
Published: 3/6/2009 2:28 AM
Last Modified: 3/6/2009 2:28 AM

BARTLESVILLE — Bartlesville has been named one of the top 20 places to live in the West by a national magazine.

American Cowboy magazine cited the city's history as a frontier town transformed by the discovery of oil that maintains its blend of fine arts and wildlife preservation.

The April/May 2009 issue of the magazine makes special note of oilman Frank Phillips, who founded Phillips Petroleum Co. and had a fondness for the West.

That carried over into the creation of his country home, now the Woolaroc Museum and Wildlife Preserve, where buffalo roam and Colt firearms have their place next to Frederic Remington paintings.

"It's a wonderful honor for Bartlesville, and we do agree with them that this is a great place to live," Mayor Tom Gorman said Thursday.

"We are right in the midst of several working ranches in this area, and we have plenty of examples of real cowboys around here."

The magazine notes the elusive quality in defining the West today, but that "you know it when you see it."

In searching for today's best Western locales, the publication looked for places that are "experiencing life — simplified."

Other regional cities named to the list are Gunnison- Crested Butte, Colo.; Ruidoso, N.M.; Stephenville, Texas; Dodge City, Kan.; Fort Robinson, Neb.; and St. Joseph, Mo.&MDASH; LAURA SUMMERS,
WORLD CORRESPONDENT

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	Report Comment OU9996, (3/6/2009 9:41:02 AM) Thats why its called HISTORY!
	Report Comment Ignatz, Broken Bow (3/6/2009 11:22:40 AM) Strange pic. I always like what my former girlfriend(B-Ville native) said one day when we were strolling around Philbrook and there were plenty of pictures of Frank Phillips, looking ridculous in a huge hat and elaborate chaps, when she remarked: "Multi-millionaire oil man pretending to be a cowboy!"
	Report Comment billybob74135, Broken Arrow (3/6/2009 5:49:34 PM) I like BVille, but also would see that it would have a lack of things to keep younger folks there.
	Report Comment jestergrl1, Mannford (3/7/2009 8:16:07 AM) Bartlesville is a great place if you are retired.

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