African American cowboys, early 1900s (UTSA Special Collections Libraries)
Museum exhibits highlight contributions of African Americans and others to the unique culture of the West.
Fred Whitford was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2012. His hat is featured in a museum exhibit.
Mollie Taylor Stevenson, Jr. was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2012. Pictured here with her mother, Mollie Taylor Stevenson, Sr. (National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame)
Bill Pickett was inducted in to the hall of Fame in 2003. (Oklahoma Historical Society)
Bill Pickett movie poster (State Archives of Florida)
In the Wild West, when Anglos and non-Anglos tended to move in separate social spheres, cowboys were an unusually integrated lot; one-third or more of the working cowboys in Texas were African American, Latino or American Indian. Founded in 2001, the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum highlights the important contributions of these ethnically diverse cowboys to the unique culture of the West. The museum also celebrates the contributions of other African Americans, such as the Buffalo Soldiers, the Tuskegee Airmen and early African American flying pioneer Bessie Coleman. The museum’s Hall of Fame recognizes individuals who were instrumental in the formation of Western history, such as Bill Pickett and Bose Ikard.
National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum
- Hours: Saturday, 12-4 p.m.; Sunday 1-3 p.m.; Wednesday - Friday by appointment
- Admission: Adults: $6, Seniors: $4, Students w/ID: $3
- 3400 Mount Vernon Ave, Fort Worth, TX
- 817-534-8801 or 817-922-9999
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