The Many Faces of Billy the Kid

The Many Faces of Billy the Kid

Some 126 years ago, a traveling photographer snapped a picture in the remote frontier community of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, that would become one of the most famous and most valuable photographs in history. It was not well produced, and the young cowboy who posed for...
Hard and Noble Lives

Hard and Noble Lives

Talk about six degrees of separation.  Although, in a tight cattle community in Wyoming’s Hoback Basin of Sublette County, it only makes sense. The author once worked for the Pape Ranch, a third-generation ranching outfit in the area. In turn, Jensen got to know the...
From Hondo to Big Ike

From Hondo to Big Ike

Glenshannon’s spread was one of the biggest in Texas—or anywhere…. One of Glenshannon’s cowboys, an amateur geographer, once observed that it would take a man on a good horse a lot of breakfasts to circle it. Nobody ever tried. But there were those, especially...
A Man That Won’t Bend

A Man That Won’t Bend

Being an outlaw is no way to win a popularity contest. Nashville tends to shun Kimes because he bucked the system. Some in the Western music genre think he’s a sell-out because of his close association with Garth Brooks. Stories circulate of artists who won’t appear...
From Hondo to Big Ike

From Hondo to Big Ike

Glenshannon’s spread was one of the biggest in Texas—or anywhere…. One of Glenshannon’s cowboys, an amateur geographer, once observed that it would take a man on a good horse a lot of breakfasts to circle it. Nobody ever tried. But there were those, especially...