Vessel Trax located on the Texas Gulf Coast provides an inside look at the importance of the international maritime trade upon our nation's waterways.Vessel tracking and asset management Video footage of local maritime trafficA behind the scenes view of the maritime industry
Vessel traffic inbound and outbound at the lower Houston Ship Channel and Texas City Ship Channel while viewing movement at the Texas City Dike.
Vessel Traffic at the lower end of Galveston Bay next to Bolivar Pass at the junction of the Texas City Ship Channel, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, and lower entrance route to the Houston Ship ChannelA rare glimpse of Pelican Cut, Bolivar Peninsular, and the Bolivar Ferry transiting across the shipping channels. This area is the busiest shipping intersection in the United States where several inbound and outbound shipping lanes converge from all point of the compass. All vessel traffic must chec...
Heres an event that you don't get to see at many rodeos. From over a century ago reminiscent of the Texas Cattle drive era and the Chisholm trail where the millions of Texas Longhorns were herded on 3-4 month trips to the railheads in Kansas by cowboys.Of course, the cowboy's horse following along in the remuda was the prime tool to get the job done. There was no corrals along the way in the mesquite and sagebrush terrain prior to the invention of barbed wire (devils rope).So once a horse was ...
The 76th Annual Texas Cowboy Reunion was held in Stamford, Texas June 28-July 1 2006. Stamford has a rich western ranch heritage with the numerous ranches in the area, which is approximately 40 miles north of Abilene, TexasDuring the four day cowboy tournament, area cowboys and cowgirls from throughout the region competed in numerous roping and riding events for trophy saddles, cash prizes, and coveted belt buckles. The western fans in attendance experienced close hand the skills of these ranc...
Heres some Wild Western action at the M Bar M Arena, produced by James and Keith Miller in Santa Fe, Texas in Galveston County on June 9, 2006. The Summer Rodeo Series will continue till the end of June on Friday nights at 8:00 P.M. Books open at 6:00 P.M for all contestants, so bring your rigging and bull rope on out to the arena for some bucking action on the Miller Brothers rough stock of bulls and broncs. Rodeo fans are invited also to the rodeo grounds where food and refreshments are prov...
The Hubbard, Texas rodeo produced by Mr. Johnny Hoyle, owner of the Cadillac Rodeo Company turned out to be a great success over the May 27-28 2006 weekend. The wild western action was reminiscent of the Wild West Shows of yesteryear with cowboys and cowgirls displaying their suberb horsemanship and riding skills in the rodeo arena in the timed and rough stock rodeo events.Cadillac Rodeo Company with it's ranch headquarters in Mexia, Texas provided a strong remuda of stout bucking horses testi...
There were 9 rodeo cowboys from throughout Texas competing in the Saddle Bronc rough stock event at the 2:00 P.M Sunday afternoon March 28, 2006 performance at the rodeo grounds in Hubbard, Texas. The rodeo was produced by the Cadillac Rodeo Company and sanctioned by the United Professional Cowboys Association and Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association.The rodeo fans also enjoyed many of the other rough stock and timed sanctioned events such as team roping, barrel racing, steer wrestling, and ...
The Hubbard, Texas Rodeo was held on May 27 & 28 2006 at the Hubbard rodeo grounds. It was a great show produced by Mr. Johnny Hoyle, owner of the Cadillac Rodeo Company. Mr Hoyle brought some fine bucking stock from his ranch in Mexia, Texas. In this clip you'll see some great bareback rides at the 2:00 P.M Sunday matinee performance. Troy Nail scored a winning 75 point ride. Prior to attending the Hubbard rodeo, Troy also won the bareback event this weekend with a 80 point ride at the Jacksb...
Here is a short video clip of the Bull Riding event at the Baytown Rodeo May 19-20 2006. Over two dozen bull riders entered in the 2 day event and you'll see the wild western action here.Codrick Murphy from Cypress, Texas won the event at the Saturday night performance with a winning 76 point ride. Beau Shroeder placed 2nd scoring 70 pts and Mark Johnson from Willis, Texas placed 3rd with a 67 points.Many of these bull riders and rodeo cowboys at this Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association san...
Here is a short video clip of the Bareback and Saddle Bronc Riding events last Friday and Saturday night May 19-20 at the Baytown Fairgrounds in Baytown, Texas, just east of Houston, Texas and home to Exxon Refinery adjacent to the the Houston Ship Channel.The rodeo was produced by the Flying J Rodeo Company, sanctioned by the Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association. There was a big turnout of 11 Saddle Bronc Riders competing in the historical and colorful event for the two day roundup. The cow...