Discover the tourist West in American Dude Ranch, and read a frontier murder-mystery, a novel of Libbie Custer, a Santa Fe Trail adventure and a bio of acclaimed Western artist Jo Mora.     In American Western history, dude ranches have been greatly enjoyed by hundreds of thousands but have rarely been considered for their importance in the growth of the West, the economic stability they brought to rural Western ranches and their direct effect on popular culture. American Dude


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