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Technology a friend to modern cowboys <a href="http://www.normantranscript.com/multimedia/local_story_108192957.html">View Photo Gallery</a> M. Scott CarterThe Norman Transcript But others just raise children.
Those are their "real" lives. The day-to-day things they do to make a living and find their place in the world. But here, they are different. Here, like the song says, they belong to the land. This is fun. This is for the joy of it. This is to celebrate all that is Sooner and earthy and history. This is the '89er Wagon Train Association's 30th annual Land Run Ride. "I've been doing this since the beginning," said Joe Howard, a rugged, calloused man who calls Glenn Heights, Texas, his home. "I went to the first ride, 30 years ago." And, despite the fact that Howard hails from Texas, he's come back to ride almost every year. Complete with a green, Colorado Highlander covered wagon - with wooden wheels - Howard looks like he stepped out of the late 1800s. He speaks softly; his large hands are calloused from years of hard work. “I run some cattle," he said. "But I retired as a sheet metal worker." But he doesn't ride a horse. Howard prefers his mules. "You can take an 800-pound mule and kill a thousand pound horse," he said. "Mules have more endurance. They're stronger and they're better behaved." 
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