27th ANNUAL COWBOY POETRY GATHERING
August 16th - 19th, 2012
'KEEPIN IT COWBOY'

We’re the 2nd oldest cowboy poetry gathering in the country, just one year behind the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada! 
Patricia Schultz featured our Montana Cowboy Poetry Gathering in her travel book, “1,000 Places to See in the US and Canada Before You Die,” so we’re on a lot of bucket lists!   The American Bus Association selected our gathering as one of the Top 100 Travel Events of 2010, again making us feel really good about the authenticity and quality of our gathering. 

The mission of Montana Cowboy Poetry Gathering is:  “…to preserve and celebrate the history, heritage and values of the American cowboy in the upper Rocky Mountain west.”

The “American Cowboy” embodies the very best of the American spirit, courage, independence and stamina.  It is with poetry verse and song lyrics that we honor and celebrate the heritage of the ‘open range’ and all that it brought to our nation.  The history, heritage and values of the upper Rocky Mountain cowboy are integral to our way of life today, worth preserving and of great interest to the rest of the world. 

Thank you for joining all of us for this joyous time of listening, humming along, honoring those who came before us and taking inspiration from them into our daily lives!  We hope you enjoy every minute of your “Keepin’ It Cowboy,” Montana Cowboy Poetry Gathering experience and that you return for another visit next year.