By Elinor Tinsley
Come join us on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at the Eagles 3719, for the Bolivar Peninsula Cultural Foundation’s presentation of Coastal Cowboys. We have two of our famous or infamous Cowboys, Bob Kahla and Lloyd Maxwell, who will entertain us with tales, poems and anecdotes as they share some of the instrumental impact their families had in shaping the ranching industry of coastal Texas. Although they’ve slowed down a bit, and who wouldn’t if you were pushing 80, these gentlemen still have plenty of tales to tell and are a wealth of information in many areas.
Bob Kahla, besides being a fourth generation cowboy growing up on a ranch in South East Texas, is now a horse trainer in Stowell, TX and a published author, poet and songwriter/singer. His poetry and songs demonstrate that a tough cowboy can also be literate and sensitive. This cowboy was on the rodeo team at Sam Houston State University where he earned his B.S. degree in animal science while making time to place 4th in the nation in 1971 at Saddle Bronc riding.
If the name Lloyd Maxwell sounds familiar, it might be because he is Amy Maxwell Chase’s Uncle Lloyd of the Bolivar Lighthouse owning family but he is a descendant of the Boyt Ranch. Lloyd is grandson to E.W. Boyt, who conducted yearly cattle drives to Bolivar in the early to mid 1900’s. Listening to Lloyd talk about his family and his cowboy hay days is like a step back in time and totally fascinating.
