Cowboy Bob giant (Meadow Gold District)

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

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Cowboy Bob is a guitar-playing fibreglass roadside giant, reported at 20 to 21 feet tall, installed in August 2025 in Tulsa's Meadow Gold District off 11th Street and Peoria Avenue, on Route 66. He is the latest of Mary Beth Babcock's "Land of the Giants" figures.

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Cowboy Bob giant (Meadow Gold District)

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Approximate location · 36.146° N, 95.986° W

FIELD GUIDE

The story

Cowboy Bob comes with a biography. According to Mary Beth Babcock, who owns Buck's Vintage, he is a western musician who played a concert at Cain's Ballroom, fell in love with Tulsa and decided to stay. The figure that carries the story is a fibreglass roadside giant, the kind often called a Muffler Man, with a guitar, a bolo tie and a cowboy hat.

He stands in Tulsa's Meadow Gold District, just off 11th Street and Peoria Avenue, which National Geographic Traveller describes as Tulsa's stretch of Route 66. News 9 reported in June 2025 that he would stand across from the Meadow Gold sign, which National Geographic Traveller says dates from 1934. FOX23 reported his installation outside Buck's Vintage in August 2025.

Bob belongs to the "Land of the Giants", a cluster that Babcock began when she installed the space-cowboy figure Buck Atom outside her shop in 2019. National Geographic Traveller calls Bob her latest addition and says she was preparing for the Route 66 centennial in 2026.

The details were chosen locally. News 9 lists a shirt inspired by a vintage western shirt, a bolo tie by Genuine Oklahoma Souvenirs, a super-sized version of an Iris Guitar Company model and boots styled after Rocketbuster boots. News 9 reported before installation that local sponsorships and commemorative bricks sold at Buck's Vintage were funding his construction and installation.

Reports differ on his height. News 9 gave 20 feet before installation, FOX23 called him 21 feet, and National Geographic Traveller gives six metres.

The giants stand in an active commercial district, so a visit pairs naturally with a walk past the Meadow Gold sign and the shops nearby.

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WHAT TO EXPECT

Cowboy Bob stands outdoors in the Meadow Gold District, an active commercial area on Tulsa's Route 66 stretch. FOX23 (August 2025) reported him installed outside Buck's Vintage; other Land of the Giants figures stand nearby.

ACCESS

Off 11th Street and Peoria Avenue in Tulsa's Meadow Gold District, near the Meadow Gold sign. A statue in a business district; visit during the day and respect neighbouring businesses.

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