DUNCAN  Under a dull gray sky Friday morning the grassy area between the Chisholm Trail Heritage Center and the Simmons Center took on a life of its own.

Visitors, vendors, chuck wagons, longhorn cattle and entertainers at the Western Spirit Celebration were gathering for the two-day event.

Stacy Cramer Moore, Executive Director of The Chisholm Trail Heritage Center, said this year they have more vendors than ever before.

"We have a lot of new people this year and it seems like there's a little bit of everything," she said.

She gave as examples blacksmiths, a leather crafter, a knife maker and lots of clothing and photography.

One of those first timers to this event is Greg Davis, Tuttle, a rope maker. For a small fee those attending the celebration can make a rope using his hand-operated antique rope-making equipment.

"I've been playing with ropes since I was a kid," Davis said explaining why he brought his equipment to this event in Duncan.

He said a number of years ago a friend in Iowa gave him a rope-making machine.

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