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March 2011

Where Westerns Were In The Saddle

By | Museums

By Steve Harvey, Special to the Los Angeles Times. The Hitching Post Theater chain drew herds of kids, usually in costume, to its movies in the 1940s. Some even sneaked their cap pistols in and didn’t hesitate to fire them off during chase scenes or gunfights. With its daily menu…

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Japan’s Equine Industry and the Disaster

By | Horses

From thehorse.com website: Now a week after a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, new information is slowly surfacing about the equine population in the areas heavily damaged by the natural disasters. “Currently, we still have intermittent earthquakes elsewhere in northeastern Japan, and above all, what is happening now in…

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New Mexico Beef

By | Cattle, Ranches

New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association 2010 video contest winner. Follow Sage as she interviews different people involved in New Mexico beef production about the environment, management practices, and core values. If you have problems seeing the video below click HERE. youtube::QnTMHkTP-mE::

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Movie – Cowboys and Aliens

By | Cowboys, Media

This looks like fun – and I’m rooting for the cowboys! Blockbuster filmmaker Jon Favreau directs Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford in an event film for summer 2011 that crosses the classic Western with the alien-invasion movie in a blazingly original way: Cowboys & Aliens. Joined by an arsenal of…

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