What became of Wyatt Earp’s horse, Dick Naylor? When did the first autos appear in the Wild West towns? There is a U.S. National Forest map “The Apache Kid Wilderness” that shows the Apache Kid’s gravesite. Is that accurate? And more.
Mules A mule has better “horse sense” than a horse...
During the early years of the Santa Fe Trade, Americans determined that mules, the hybrid offspring of a mare horse and male donkey in New Mexico...
Birth Of The Cowboy “He only got off his horse to dance or to die...”
The original cowboys as we know them today, were the Mexican vaqueros. From Texas to California these superbly skilled horsemen could ride and rope...
Cavalry Horses Did the U.S. Cavalry have remudas like the Old West cattle drives?
I had a question the other day asking if the U.S. Cavalry had remudas like the Old West cattle drives. I’ve never come across anything referring to...
An Apt Punishment? David McCanles was determined to make his point.
David McCanles—later killed by Wild Bill Hickok—was a bully. In late 1859, he caught one of his Nebraska ranch employees drunkenly sleeping on the...
Dr. Ben Green And Locoweed Ben had been around horses for fifty years and didn’t need to go to school to treat them...
Texas has produced many great storytellers and among them was Ben Green. He authored eight books including, Wild Cow Tales, Horse Trading and...
Western Saddles The western style saddle goes back to the Crusades and earlier...
The biggest difference between the western saddle and eastern is the horn. The saddle horn was essential for roping open range cattle during roundup...
The Horse Returns to North America
The end of the Pleistocene epoch, a geological period spanning roughly 2.5 million to 12,000 years ago brought about climate change to animals in...