James Dunning “JD” Tewksbury and his four sons arrived in Pleasant Valley in 1879. Several years earlier Tewksbury had s…
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Wranglers are Seldom Shown or Mentioned in Westerns. Did the Cowboys Take Turns at that or was it a Full-time Job during a Cattle Drive?
Wranglers are seldom shown or mentioned in Westerns. Did the cowboys take turns at that or was it a full-time job during…
Did Ranches have Ice Houses?
Did ranches have ice houses? Ray Burden Beckenham, Kent, England Ice houses on the frontier could only happen if a ranch…
A Rash Decision The murder of a settler had unexpected consequences.
Matt Rash came to Colorado’s Brown’s Park in the 1890s to start his own ranch. It ended up costing him his life. Rash r…
The Queen Rules Ann Bassett ruled the range.
Ann Bassett was quite the woman, running a ranch in northwest Colorado around the turn of the century. She was involved…
What History Has Taught Me: Russell True
Russell True inherited the White Stallion Ranch, homesteaded in 1936 as a cattle ranch in Tucson, Arizona, from his pare…
How are Cattle Brands read, and how do Ranchers select them?
How are cattle brands read, and how do ranchers select them? John Rankin Rapid City, South Dakota Interpreting a brand t…
Mrose vs Ford Little happened when two Old West names faced off.
Martin Mrose is best known for being a romantic rival of John Wesley Hardin—and of being killed in El Paso in 1895. But…
What History Has Taught Me: Reba McEntire
This November, the National Cowgirl Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, inducted Reba McEntire and her mother, Jacqueline, into…
Cowboys? No Turkeyboys
There were a number of ways a young man could become a cattleman. He could hire out as a cowboy, gather and brand maveri…