Today’s post is brought to you by Brian McGovern, the “Brooklyn Magician” who is known for his “Hijinx Magic and Fun Show.” Even though Brian hails from The Big Apple, he knows quite a bit about old-time tricksters. My friend Clementine who writes the Sassy Saloon blog asked him to share some stories, and he’s [...]
You may not be familiar with a great magazine and website called the Eclectic Horseman owned and edited by my friend Emily Kitching and her husband Steve Bell. Eclectic: 1 : selecting what appears to be best in various doctrines, methods, or styles 2 : composed of elements drawn from various sources As the name [...]
One of the best high end western magazines is Cowboys & Indians. I’ve been a subscriber and advertiser since 2002 and enjoy every issue. They have feature articles about celebrities and movie stars who are in westerns or in many cases live a western lifestyle. And there is always something about silversmiths and history and [...]
The Pecos Stream A cowboys life is a weary dreary life Some people think it free from all care Its rounding up cattle from morning to night On the lone prairie so drear When the spring work comes in then our troubles begin The weather being fierce and cold We get almost froze with the [...]
Louis L’Amour (1908–1988) was born in Jamestown, North Dakota and is known as a prolific writer of western novels. He never completed high school but traveled to Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico taking low paying jobs but exposing him to western lore. He served in the Army during World War II and started writing regularly [...]
I’ve written about the Gene Autry Museum before but here is more about the man. Gene Autry (1907-98) was born in Texas and raised in Oklahoma. He learned to yodel and made appearances on a local radio station where Columbia Records heard him and brought him to perform on the National Barn Dance for radio [...]
A horse’s age is obviously based on his birthdate but for horse competitions January 1st is used. Any horse born between January 1 and December 31 has the same age. Obviously that almost year of growth can make a lot of difference in some situations. I don’t know how that got started but it’s never [...]
Hopalong Cassidy was a character created in 1904 by author Clarence E. Mulford and he appeared in various books and articles but the popular image we all have today started when Hoppy first appeared in motion pictures and then TV. The name “hoppy” came because of a limp caused by a bullet wound suffered before [...]
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In 1933, August A. Busch, Jr. gave a hitch of Clydesdales to his father in celebration of the resumption of brewing in St. Louis following the repeal of Prohibition. Their first stop was the governor of New York who was responsible or getting the Prohibition repealed. He received a case of Budweiser beer. In 1951 [...]
OK, I admit it. This has nothing to do with cowboys but I like anything to do with cows. It’s a very cute 1927 black and white cartoon made by Winkler Productions called “The Mechanical Cow”. Walt Disney later took over the rights. It features Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and his mechanical cow friend. If [...]
A horse vacation is a really fun thing to do. While often times you can trailer your own horse to a special place for a vacation there are other ways to do it. Equitours offers you tested and proven horseback riding vacations on six continents. They are America’s oldest and largest horseback riding vacation company. [...]
Tim O’Bryne is well known in the industry for his cattle consulting business and now as editor of the popular Working Ranch magazine. He first cowboyed in Canada and was ranch foreman at several ranches in Alberta and the US including a 90,000 head(!) feed yard. In 1995 he started a cattle consulting business, Calico [...]
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My friend Rick Lamb has developed a very successful business providing timely and interesting information about horses and the horse industry. He has TV and radio shows and has published 3 books about horses. Rick’s a big proponent of natural horsemanship and is well known on the horse show circuit. He and his wife Diana [...]
If you like stories about the old west you’ll love the publication Chronicle of the Old West. It’s written and published by my friends Dakota and Sunny Livesay who live in Show Low, Arizona. Chronicle of the Old West contains reprints of real 1800′s articles and current articles about Old West events written as if [...]
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