As a sudden rainstorm passed, I was glad to have on the wool poncho that Jorge let me borrow for the early morning ride to gather cattle and move them to another pasture. Uruguay is a small South American country (population 3.4 million), bordered by Brazil (191 million) and Argentina (40 million). Driving from the capital city of Montevideo into the countryside, I saw horses everywhere. It seemed that every house had a horse outside. Men rode alongside the road on horses and worked cattle in

August 2009
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- The Show Must Go On
- What happened to the corpses of guys killed in running gunfights in the Old West?
- Did Indians have a smoke “Morse Code” that sent messages?
- Did outlaws prefer Spanish Mustangs?
- My husband and I have noticed that some of the big stars rode the same horses in a lot of their movies.
- Was there ever a “Code of the West”?
- Were the Spanish vaqueros the first to round up and herd cattle in the West?
- What’s It Like to Live There—Fort Smith, AR
- Preservation: Surrender Site
- Ken Spurgeon
- Pueblo Revival Living
- Below the Equator
- The Non-British “English” Sharps
- Rollin’, Rollin’, Respectin’ Along the Western Trail
- Out to Lunch
- The Evolution of Western Wear
- A Dust-Up in Delta
- The Cheyenne Suitcase
- “Green” Ranching
- The Death of Chief Crazy Horse
- Skating In New Directions