The history and future of Houston cowboy culture can be found at the The Triangle 7 Arena...
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The only time he can remember seeing his father cry was during the Big Ride. The riders were leaving their riding arena, Triangle 7, on their way to Memorial Park. His father was both sad he couldn't make the trip and grateful to see it carry on without him.On Thursday, Northeastern Trail Riders made their way past new homes to Triangle 7 Arena.
“I don’t want to spoil the moment, but it’s tough without my dad,” Anthony says. “Let’s go enjoy the ride and have a good time and do what we do.”Elizabeth Conley/Staff photographerIn the cowboy church group gathered around Anthony, Brian Richard wipes away tears. He too is the son of the one of the group's original members . His father, the late Caston"Shorty" Richard, had been the sound man, and now Brian has inherited that job.
"That whole street was packed," said Tootie Woods, a mule skinner for the Restoration Riders."You couldn't even stir a stick from the road leading to Triangle 7 all the way to the dance hall." Even before she joined with Northeastern in 2016, she spent many nights at Bruno's for dances and rodeos. With more and more falling to him, it got harder to keep the rodeos going. It’s still the home base for the Northeastern Trail Riders.where they gather every year for their warm-up ride in January and where they camp on their way downtown during the Big Ride. But it’s not what it once was. The paint fades a little more each year. The rust spreads.Some people think Black cowboys “don’t still exist,” Troy said. “They’re like, ‘my grandpa or my great grandpa,’ but we still exist.
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