Bradenton, Florida: Wagon Ho Wagon Master (Gone)

We visited the former site of this cowboy-style M-man on US 41 S in Bradenton the afternoon of Dec. 21, 2008...He's GONE! Upon inquiring of an employee at the used car lot (part of a Dodge dealer's operation), we were informed that the fiberglass buckaroo had ridden off into the sunset, an apparent casualty of "a hurricane a couple of years ago. Some attempt was made to find someone willing to repair him, but to no avail, and he was subsequently discarded. So sad; when I lived in Bradenton in the late '70s I frequently passed by the old Wagon Ho RV dealership, where the cowboy rode majestically atop his covered wagon. Another one vanished down the "dusty trail!"

Before the Arby's Restaurant stint, the cowboy was on a large covered wagon advertising "Wagon Ho" RV Sales. I first saw him in 1969.

Someone posted about the cowboy that now sits atop a car dealership on US 41 in Bradenton. He used to sit on top of an Arby's restaurant next door that looked like a giant covered wagon. The restaurant closed in the late 70's, early 80's, but the cowboy rides on.

There is a Southern-style cowboy giant (like the ones in Lexington, NC and Danville, VA) driving a covered wagon in Bradenton, FL.