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Willits, California: Cowboy Willy: Cowboy Muffler Man

Classic towering fiberglass statue has been here since 1967; previously he stood at a Phillips 66 gas station in Eureka. Named "Cowboy Willy," he holds a W-for-Willits branding iron.

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Muffler Man

He's on Commercial St., east of highway 101, across from the Mendicino County Historical Museum. He lives on the rodeo grounds. It looks like they have something called 'Willits Frontier Days' on the grounds.

He appears to be a standard configuration. He's wearing a cowboy hat and holding a branding iron with a 'W' on the end. He's locked up behind a fence about 20-30 yards from the road.

[Curt Elsbernd, 11/25/1998]
Muffler Man

We have a muffler man/cowboy gracing the entrance to the city rodeo grounds here. He can be seen any day hanging out on Commercial Street, off Highway 101, across from the library.

[Scott Ferleman, 01/02/1997]

Cowboy Willy: Cowboy Muffler Man

Willits Rodeo Grounds

Address:
390 E. Commercial St., Willits, CA
Directions:
South side of E. Commercial St., across from the Mendicino County Historical Museum, set back from the street, next to the bleachers at the Willits Rodeo Grounds.
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