Three outstanding recipients have been selected to receive the National Day of the Cowboy Organization’s 2009 Cowboy Keeper Award.
Dakota Livesay, Publisher of Chronicle of the Old West; Margo Metegrano, the extraordinary force behind the Bar-D Cowboy Poetry website, and The Texas Trail of Fame Organization, are each recognized with a 2009 Cowboy Keeper Award, presented by the National Day of the Cowboy 501(c)(3) Organization and its Board of Directors.
The Cowboy Keeper Award is bestowed upon individuals and organizations that make a substantial contribution to the preservation of pioneer heritage and cowboy culture. The award was conceived in support of the organization’s mission to increase awareness for the Day of the Cowboy; a day of heritage celebration proclaimed by Congress, state legislatures, and governors each July since 2005.