Dr. L.V. Baker, a fourth-generation native and owner of Safari B Ranch, believes Elk City to be as unique as the residents of his exotic ranch. Elk...
Elk City, Oklahoma
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Travel & Preservation
Ranch Riding on Hawaii’s Big Island
While riding at the 1847 Parker Ranch, the snow-capped Mauna Kea looks absolutely beautiful from afar; on those slopes, Hawaii’s original cowboys...
On the Cheyenne Heritage Trail
Hmmm. Several years back, the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department created the Cheyenne Heritage Trail, a 400-plus-mile route featuring 10...
Cowgirl 101 in Apache Country
I rode a Mexican Mustang named Pancho through areas that would have felt downright claustrophobic during the days of Apache reign. While astride...
Trailing Alfred Jacob Miller in the West
Alfred Jacob Miller was 27 years old when Scotsman Capt. William Drummond Stewart visited his Baltimore studio in 1837. Stewart thought his upcoming...
Fort Davis, Texas
“Most people still don’t believe that there are mountains in Texas,” says Larry Francell, the just-retired director at the Museum of the Big Bend in...
Buffalo, Wyoming
Buffalo, Wyoming-population 4,480-is the kind of town that rallies around its community members, even when memories are all they have left of the...
Buffalo, Wyoming
Buffalo, Wyoming-population 4,480-is the kind of town that rallies around its community members, even when memories are all they have left of the...
Equitrekking the American West
My Emmy Award-winning TV show Equitrekking is a visual testimony to the trail rides I cover for you here in True West. For the TV crew, it’s all...
Equitrekking the American West
My Emmy Award-winning TV show Equitrekking is a visual testimony to the trail rides I cover for you here in True West. For the TV crew, it’s all...
Following John Wesley Hardin Across Texas
Everybody is soooooo nice in Bonham, Texas, I find it hard to believe that this is the place that gave birth to a psycho, bigoted, cold-blooded...
Following John Wesley Hardin Across Texas
Everybody is soooooo nice in Bonham, Texas, I find it hard to believe that this is the place that gave birth to a psycho, bigoted, cold-blooded...