“I never got to be a bronk rider but in my youthfull days wanted to be, and while that want lasted I had a fine chance to study hoss enatimy from...
The Bronco Busters
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Meghan Saar
Pocatello, Idaho
“The cowboy factor seems to be a common thread in our daily life,” admits Margaret A. Barrett, director of the Bannock County Historical Museum. “We...
Buckskin Bessie Treasures
“Spose Ma will think I am crazy but this is a circus anyone need not be ashamed of. “All nice girls, no swearing or anything rough, we are not...
Enid, Oklahoma
The Oklahoma town of Enid—population 50,000—is near where J.D. Payne ran cattle at his Skeleton Ranch, which became a stage station on the Chisholm...
Wild Horses Run to the Top
“His soul has gone to roam the range of the eternal, while his art lingers to lead those who love the West toward forgetfulness." “His soul has gone...
Wild Horses Run to the Top
“His soul has gone to roam the range of the eternal, while his art lingers to lead those who love the West toward forgetfulness." “His soul has gone...
Kearney, Nebraska
For Ronnie O’Brien, her connection to Kearney begins in 1842 in Ireland and ends more than a century and a half later in Nebraska. Her husband’s...
Will the Real John Clum Please Stand Up?
All of these photographs are of John Clum. Yet one stereoview shows the Apache Indian agent twice; a stereoview that hammered in for $2,000 at...
Will the Real John Clum Please Stand Up?
All of these photographs are of John Clum. Yet one stereoview shows the Apache Indian agent twice; a stereoview that hammered in for $2,000 at...
Religion Against Profit
Frederic Remington’s bronzes took in most of the top Western art bids at Altermann’s auction on November 14, 2010, yet the bottom five of the top 10...
Hauser’s Story Finds its Heartbeat
Cincinnati artist John Hauser left behind few letters and no diaries, making biographical details of his life and work sketchy at best. Yet an...
Celebration of Non-Indian, Indian Art
“In his Kachina Painter, Mr. Couse represents a modern Indian painting on a wall one of the sacred symbols of his ancestors. “There is a hint of...