((PKG)) CONNECT WITH – CODY GARNETT
((TRT: 03:22))
((Topic Banner: Connect With – Cody Garnett))
((Reporter/Camera: Deepak Dobhal))
((Map: Pawhuska, Oklahoma))
((Main character: 1 male))
((MUSIC/NATS))
((Cody Garnett, Former Professional Cowboy))
Howdy, I’m Cody Garnett from the best small town in America,
Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
Welcome to my museum, the Ben Johnson Cowboy
Museum.
((MUSIC/NATS))
((Cody Garnett, Former Professional Cowboy))
I grew up in a family of cowboys. My dad was a cowboy,
professional cowboy. His dad was a cowboy. So naturally,
I became a professional cowboy. It was a very serious thing
around our house, this rodeo.
It wasn't all fun and games, growing up. I came from a poor,poor,
rodeo cowboy family. We had zero money.
Every dollar we got,
went to the rodeo, you know, we, it's not free.
The gasoline to get to them isn't free.
The feed you feed your horses isn't free. When you get
there,
you have to pay an entry fee, you know.
It's hundreds and hundreds of dollars for each one,
you know. That's not free.
So, you know, we saw a lot of hard times.
Watching your dad, knowing they need to win, you know, to
provide for the family, sometimes that was a little stressful.
But we all saw a lot of great times. We saw a lot of great times.
We lived half a mile [0.8 km] off the Arkansas River.
Some of my best memories growing up is
we take our horses down to the Arkansas River.
We would just ride up and down the Arkansas River and
it was
just like riding back in time.
((MUSIC/NATS))
((Cody Garnett, Former Professional Cowboy))
I had a friend from Stillwater, Oklahoma, a good friend of mine.
I was, kind of, helping him out with his roping
a little bit, and we became real close friends. He was a
professional business fella. And he asked me,
"Cody, if you had to pick a business, what business would
you go into?"
I said, "Well, the local pawn shop closed down in our little town.
I think that might be a good business, Larry." I said, "Well,
that's all fine and dandy, Larry. But I'm a broke cowboy.
I couldn't even open a lemonade stand on the corner, much less a
pawn shop in our town."
He said, "You get all the paperwork done and everything,
Cody. I'll be your partner."
He was a real, real great thing that was brought into our livesand
changed me and my wife's life.
Since then, I retired from rodeoing. I'm a professional
business
guy here in town. We own the Ben Johnson Museum, which I get
to hold on to our cowboy roots here.
((MUSIC/NATS))
((Cody Garnett, Former Professional Cowboy))
I always had big dreams. Everybody had big dreams.
I wanted to be a world champion cowboy, growing up.
I never accomplished that goal. But you live and you learn.
Not everybody gets what they want in life. So,
but I had a lot of great years in the professional rings.
Even though I'm not personally riding and roping
anymore, I am a cowboy. I am carrying on the cowboy way of life.
I'm teaching my kids the cowboy way of life,
teaching them the rodeo life. And we're also just living the
dream here.
((MUSIC/NATS))
((TRT: 03:22))
((Topic Banner: Connect With – Cody Garnett))
((Reporter/Camera: Deepak Dobhal))
((Map: Pawhuska, Oklahoma))
((Main character: 1 male))
((MUSIC/NATS))
((Cody Garnett, Former Professional Cowboy))
Howdy, I’m Cody Garnett from the best small town in America,
Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
Welcome to my museum, the Ben Johnson Cowboy
Museum.
((MUSIC/NATS))
((Cody Garnett, Former Professional Cowboy))
I grew up in a family of cowboys. My dad was a cowboy,
professional cowboy. His dad was a cowboy. So naturally,
I became a professional cowboy. It was a very serious thing
around our house, this rodeo.
It wasn't all fun and games, growing up. I came from a poor,poor,
rodeo cowboy family. We had zero money.
Every dollar we got,
went to the rodeo, you know, we, it's not free.
The gasoline to get to them isn't free.
The feed you feed your horses isn't free. When you get
there,
you have to pay an entry fee, you know.
It's hundreds and hundreds of dollars for each one,
you know. That's not free.
So, you know, we saw a lot of hard times.
Watching your dad, knowing they need to win, you know, to
provide for the family, sometimes that was a little stressful.
But we all saw a lot of great times. We saw a lot of great times.
We lived half a mile [0.8 km] off the Arkansas River.
Some of my best memories growing up is
we take our horses down to the Arkansas River.
We would just ride up and down the Arkansas River and
it was
just like riding back in time.
((MUSIC/NATS))
((Cody Garnett, Former Professional Cowboy))
I had a friend from Stillwater, Oklahoma, a good friend of mine.
I was, kind of, helping him out with his roping
a little bit, and we became real close friends. He was a
professional business fella. And he asked me,
"Cody, if you had to pick a business, what business would
you go into?"
I said, "Well, the local pawn shop closed down in our little town.
I think that might be a good business, Larry." I said, "Well,
that's all fine and dandy, Larry. But I'm a broke cowboy.
I couldn't even open a lemonade stand on the corner, much less a
pawn shop in our town."
He said, "You get all the paperwork done and everything,
Cody. I'll be your partner."
He was a real, real great thing that was brought into our livesand
changed me and my wife's life.
Since then, I retired from rodeoing. I'm a professional
business
guy here in town. We own the Ben Johnson Museum, which I get
to hold on to our cowboy roots here.
((MUSIC/NATS))
((Cody Garnett, Former Professional Cowboy))
I always had big dreams. Everybody had big dreams.
I wanted to be a world champion cowboy, growing up.
I never accomplished that goal. But you live and you learn.
Not everybody gets what they want in life. So,
but I had a lot of great years in the professional rings.
Even though I'm not personally riding and roping
anymore, I am a cowboy. I am carrying on the cowboy way of life.
I'm teaching my kids the cowboy way of life,
teaching them the rodeo life. And we're also just living the
dream here.
((MUSIC/NATS))
