Results for keyword: cowboys
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Let me tell you about a real winter
A Wyoming rancher remembers the winter of 1979 -- what it was like tending cattle at 52 below zero.
by Mary Flitner, Feb 20, 2011 -
Room for everyone
A "hodgepodge of humanity" visits Mojave desert hot springs -- and there's room enough for all.
by Brad Monsma, Dec 05, 2010 -
The movie-magic West rides again
If you want to see the Old West live again, drop by a ranch and offer to help with the springtime cattle branding.
by Mary Flitner, May 28, 2009 -
The Rise of the Minotaur
Bull riding explodes from its rural Western roots to become a modern spectacle along the lines of NASCAR.
by Craig Childs, May 18, 2009 -
Elementary, my dear cowpuncher
In Steve Hockensmith’s historical mystery, Holmes on the Range, Montana cowboys inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories try their hand at solving a murder
by Erica Olsen, Nov 13, 2006 -
Just another giddyup
The New Mexico Gay Rodeo Association’s Zia Rodeo brings out all kinds of cowboys and cowgirls
by Laura Paskus, Oct 30, 2006 -
Resurrecting J. Thomas
The crumbling remains of a man named J. Thomas have a story to tell about life and death in the northern Colorado in the 1870s
by Laura Pritchett, Mar 20, 2006 -
In hunting camp, the closet is closed
A "gay, wolf-loving, tree-hugging former Marine" writes about Brokeback Mountain, elk hunting, and his own lifelong experience with shame and prejudice
by David Stalling, Mar 06, 2006 -
Ego gates get my goat — and that's just the beginning
Why do newcomers to the West need to build such obnoxious entrance gates to their brand-new ranchettes?
by Linda M. Hasselstrom, May 30, 2005 -
Down — but far from out — in Drummond
In Drummond: Ranch Life in the West, Jill Brody uses photographs and interviews to paint a vivid portrait of life in a hardscrabble Montana ranching town
by Betsy Marston, May 02, 2005
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