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The Boot Seen Round The World

The Boot Seen Round The World

by | Sep 12, 2009 | Art, Guns and Culture

In the song “London Homesick Blues,” a broke cowboy is stuck in the cold, damp, far-from-Texas streets of England. He yearns to “go home with the Armadillo” and takes solace in wearing his cherished cowboy hat and boots. Londoners passing by him comment on his origin...
R.W. Hampton

R.W. Hampton

by | Aug 11, 2009 | True Westerners

I will always be a cowboy at heart. I worked hard to “earn my spurs”; I feel proud knowing that I rode with that special tribe, and they called me one of their own. The most beautiful spot on earth is Clearview Ranch. If you died and went to heaven, it would be a...
Vaquero in a Vacuum

Vaquero in a Vacuum

by | Aug 6, 2009 | Features & Gunfights

I’ve heard it said countless times that if you can punch cows in Yavapai County, Arizona, you can punch cows anywhere. The rough, steep, brushy, boulder-strewn terrain provided the tests that young Monk Maxwell passed with soaring colors. He apprenticed with his...
The Vaquero: A World-Class Horseman

The Vaquero: A World-Class Horseman

by | Aug 6, 2009 | Features & Gunfights

As an Old West fan you may have tried your hand at riding a horse; you might even consider yourself pretty proficient at it. Some of you can only imagine what it must be like to sit astraddle a five-foot-tall, half a ton of living, thinking, lightning-quick muscle...
It’s Miller Time Again

It’s Miller Time Again

by | Aug 6, 2009 | Art, Guns and Culture

In 1918, Philip Miller got off the train at Denver’s Union Station with a sample case of Miller Brothers cowboy hats, most of his worldly possessions and a persistent cough. When he arrived, the American West was still largely wild and sparsely populated, but the...