Old Vaquero Sayings "You can't appreciate what you have, until you know how bad it can be." Quotes “My heart is warm with the friends I make, And...
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All Aboard!
All Aboard! South Dakota photographer John C.H. Grabill’s 1891 image of a Burlington and Missouri River Railroad passenger train on Horseshoe Curve...
Shooting Back
Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. Did Bob Ford...
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Old Vaquero Sayings “A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men.” Quotes “He that would govern others first should be master of...
On Patrol
Five Texas Rangers of Company A, (l.-r) Howard Cragg, Ira Heard, Sam Chessir, J. B. Brooks and Lloyd David, were mounted and ready for action at the...
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Old Vaquero Sayings “Woe to the house where the hen crows and the rooster keeps still.” Quotes “Think you're escaping and run into yourself....
Opening Shot
Wanton Women of Montana In the 1890s, prostitution and red-light district brothels were common across the Big Sky State. In this unknown Montana...
Shooting Back
Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. Thanks for...
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“When the ranch is in peace, no other life is more perfect.” —Charles Goodnight “Every civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values...
Tallyho Coach at Hot Springs, Dakota Territory
With the creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872 and the expansion of railroads into the hinterlands of the West, Western tourism to natural...
Shooting Back
A Shared Treasure We live in San Antonio, Texas. My wife was going through her father and mother’s belongings after their deaths and found...
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Old Vaquero Sayings “Tell me who you are with, and I will tell you who you are.” Quotes “There are two ways of exerting one’s strength; one...