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Too Cool to be a Cowboy

Too Cool to be a Cowboy

by | May 1, 2005 | Art, Guns and Culture

Forget all the clichés about singin’ cowboys—some are just too hard to label, especially when they turn out to be a mix of Southern charm and true grit like Royal Wade Kimes. If you’re not hip to Kimes, then check out one of the fastest rising stars in the Country...
On the Trail of Laura Ingalls Wilder

On the Trail of Laura Ingalls Wilder

by | Apr 1, 2005 | Travel & Preservation

“As far as I could see, covered wagons stood one beyond another in a long, long line. Behind them and over them, high over half the sky, a yellow wave of dust was curling and coming. My mother said to me, ‘That’s your last sight of Dakota.’” Rose Wilder Lane recorded...
No Bull(s)

No Bull(s)

by | Apr 1, 2005 | Art, Guns and Culture

Big hats … big boots … big mustaches … big silver engraved lids for Copenhagen and Skoal cans … big spit cups … And not one big, bad Brahma bull to be seen. This isn’t your ordinary rodeo, and these aren’t PRCA card-carrying cowboys or...
“Giddy Up” Gals Getaway

“Giddy Up” Gals Getaway

by | Apr 1, 2005 | True Westerners

As 70 head of horses hoofed their way to the corral for morning rides, a Mercedes Benz horn honked, loud and impatient. But horses stop for no man. Not even Don, who was on his way to a business meeting and wanted to grab a quick breakfast beforehand. The whole...
Shootin’ Shot

Shootin’ Shot

by | Mar 1, 2005 | Art, Guns and Culture

More than any six-gun or rifle, the shotgun could easily be called the “gun that won the West!” Despite the acclaim given to the six-guns and rifles of the Old West, when it came to getting the job done, whether it was used to control a boisterous, hell-bent crowd,...