One of the most important endurance races is the Tevis Cup Ride in California which this year starts on August 1st. From the Tevis Cup website: “The Western States Trail Ride, popularly called the Tevis Cup Ride, is the oldest modern day endurance ride, having been held annually since 1955. As such, it has been [...]
The American Paint Horse is a type of horse has a distincive pattern of white and dark coat colors and looks like a western stock horse. The “Paint Horse” is descended from Spanish horses brought over to the US and was a popular horse with the American Indians who used the American Paint Horse as [...]
Several years ago there was a National Geographic TV program about wild horses that followed stallion Cloud and his life. Millions of us were touched by the story and several programs continued to follow him. Cloud’s life is now in danger and you can do something about it. The unique Spanish wild horses of Cloud’s [...]
Lane Frost was a popular young bull rider from Colorado and later Oklahoma who was killed in 1989 in a tragic event accident. He was World Champion Bull Rider in 1987. A year later Lane managed to ride the bull Red Rock who had thrown 309 consecutive riders until he met Lane. Press Release “The [...]
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Miniature cows are as the name implies small versions of cows. They have been specifically bred for size and there are 26 breed categories of miniature cattle. Just like the “full-sized” cows, the miniature versions comes in many different colors, coat patterns, and horn sizes and styles. This is a fairly new idea so only [...]
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The American Buffalo (bison bison) is distantly related to the European Bison (wisent). They typically have long brown coats and can be 6 feet tall and 10 feet long, weighing 2,000 pounds. They live 15-25 years with the females having one calf every year. They migrated to America from Asia over the Bering Strait about [...]
From the June 1, 2009 National Beef Cattlemen’s Association e-newsletter: “In the last quarter of 2008, U.S. beef, pork and poultry production were all below a year ago as the livestock and poultry industries responded to financial losses. Those losses were largely due to surging costs of production, especially feedstuff costs. On a calendar year [...]
My Facebook friend Sharon Meyers is selling their great J & S Old West Cowboy Store and Museum. They have over 200 antique cowboy saddles and 100′s of antique spurs and bits for sale. They have been in the Western Business for over 28 years & operated a full line Western Store in Warsaw Missouri [...]
Cowboy Art Black died recently. You probably don’t know him and he certainly wasn’t famous but he was a one of a kind person. Think crusty cowboy. (that’s him in the picture in the silverbelly colored hat and yellow scarf) My friend Megan Hunewill wrote: “Art Neil Black was born in Three Forks, near Bozeman, [...]
Posted on the Comstock Heritage website forum by the famous western novelist Johnny Boggs. “The company began in San Francisco in 1886 when J.C. Irvine partnered with a man named Jachens (his first name has been lost to history) and began making brass and silver conchos (and later badges) at the J.C. Irvine Company (later [...]
One of my neighbors is the San Cristobal Ranch in Lamy, New Mexico, which is owned by Singleton Ranches. From their website: “The Singleton Ranches started in 1986 when Dr. Henry Singleton purchased the famous San Cristobal Ranch near Santa Fe, New Mexico. In addition to breeding and raising good cows and horses, Dr. Singleton [...]
From Wikipedia: “The Morgan is one of the earliest horse breeds developed in the United States. Tracing back to the stallion Figure, later named Justin Morgan after his best-known owner, the breed excels in many disciplines, and is known for its versatility. The Morgan horse is compact and refined in build, with strong limbs, an [...]
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From the New York Times By WILLIAM GRIMES Published: July 5, 2009 It is not easy to whip out a pistol and split a playing card edgewise at 30 paces. Joe Bowman did it routinely, and he had a few more tricks up his elaborately embroidered western sleeve. Joe Bowman dazzled crowds with his fancy [...]
The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is a famous place in Fort Worth, Texas. From their website: “Since it was established in 1975, the Museum has become an invaluable educational resource nationally known for its exhibits, research library, rare photography collection, and the honorees in its Hall of Fame…… “The National Cowgirl Museum [...]
When working cows you’d like a horse that naturally focused on the cow and wanted to get it to move or block it from moving somewhere. That is known as “cow sense” and it is largely inbred. Some horses have it, most don’t. The real test it to put a horse by itself into a [...]
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