Charley Parkhurst moved from New Hampshire to California during the 1849 Gold Rush. Once there, Charley became a stage d…
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How Did Men and Women Keep Their Hats on When Riding Fast or in High Wind?
How did men and women keep their hats on when riding fast or in high wind? Kenneth Williams Deer Park, Texas Those wide-…
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…
A Drive for the Birds Herding turkeys across the Sierras helped build Henry Hooker's Arizona ranch.
Henry Hooker is best known as a major cattleman in Southeast Arizona during the Earp-Cow-boy times. But before that, he…
Proving Up A rendezvous with rambunctious Wyoming homesteader Elinore Pruitt Stewart.
Elinore Pruitt Stewart’s Letters of a Woman Homesteader captures the rambunctious spirit of this woman pioneer who set o…
King Woolsey Sometimes they really did ride off into the sunset.
King Woolsey, was one of Arizona’s best-known pioneers during the 1860s. He prospected for gold in Arizona before the Wa…
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…
Mary Kidder Rak
Among the wide gamut of working women in the West were not only schoolteachers, nurses, restaurateurs, seamstresses, goo…