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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
