Retired National Park Service naturalist, writer-photographer on natural history topics, and University of New Mexico Professor, William W. Dunmire, recently wrote a fascinating article in the Historical Society of New Mexico’s publication La Crónica de Nuevo México about the impact of the Spanish moving into the state. As soldiers and…
Kathy and I watched the 1966 movie The Rare Breed the other night. The hour and a half movie written by Ric Hardman and directed by Andrew V. McLaglen is the fictional story of the first Hereford Bull brought to the US to crossbreed with Texas Longhorns. Jimmy Stewart, Maureen…
R.W. Hampton lives up the road from me in Cimarron, New Mexico, and has become one of the most popular western singers around. He grew up in this area, ranching and wrangling and finding time to sing. Today he and wife Lisa live at their Clearview Ranch at the foot…
THE APPALOOSA MARE by Hilma Volk They pulled up in a station wagon Lookin’ for a horse to buy. I didn’t have too many left – Sold most to some camp guy. But there were four behind the barn They’d look at if they could. “What about that appaloosa?” I…
From the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. Do you know the wealth of information that’s listed on the beef packages in your supermarket? It’s all there if you just take a few moments to take a closer look at the small print. The meat package label identifies…
