Photography
The photography of Robert Dawson
Date Posted:
October 1, 2011
Robert Dawson's love of the West began when he was a young boy
growing up in Texas and has led him to photograph some of the most
beauti...
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Images from the Glass Photographic Plates of the Artist of the Californio
Date Posted:
October 1, 2011
In July of 1899, the renaissance publisher, editor and artist,
Charles F. Lummis wrote of a new artist he was using to illustrate
his ma...
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When your family’s home and business have barely changed in a century, what happens when you see your livelihood dwindling even as you watch your grandkids growing up?
Date Posted:
October 1, 2011
Waters flowing down the east slopes of Johnson Mesa, east of
Raton, form the Dry Cimarron River as it passes the Folsom Man
archaeologic...
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Rocking “K” Custom Leather: Rocks Rally 2011 at the Harley-Davidson Museum
Date Posted:
October 1, 2011
It was just shy of a year ago that Howard Knight, master leather
artist and designer, was given the word that he and his work would
be s...
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Leaving Fear Behind
Date Posted:
October 1, 2011
Fear is something that I deal with a lot in my work with horses.
It can be something just so overwhelming it can permeate your
entire li...
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Muleteer on the Edge of the World
Date Posted:
October 1, 2011
"The Grand Canyon is not solitude. It is a living, moving,
pulsating being, ever changing in form and color…pinnacles
and
...
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Our National Archives
Date Posted:
October 1, 2011
A trip to the U.S. National Archives is a magic journey through
the history of our nation and it is as close as your computer or
iPad.
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The “Pulp” that outlived them all.
Date Posted:
October 1, 2011
Ranch Romances is known far and wide as the most famous of the
Western romance pulps. But it was a lot more than that: it was the
pulp m...
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Around Big Horn, Wyoming, ranching and polo have intertwined for more than a century, producing along the way some of the toughest horses in the country.
Date Posted:
October 1, 2011
When one thinks of Wyoming, cowboys come to mind. Polo, a
hunt-seat discipline associated with exotic, foreign locales,
likely does not....
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A Pictorial Remembrance
Date Posted:
October 1, 2011
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Author: Bill Reynolds
Beloved vaquero artist John Edward Borein (1872 - 1945) liked
nothing more than to rope with his friends. Probably more than any
other a...
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The Oklahoma craftsman builds saddles with the working cowboy in mind.
Date Posted:
October 1, 2011
If not careful, a man's craft can become his master. Thanks
mainly to a decision he made a few years back, Jeff Wade has
avoided becomin...
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Grant Golliher shares life lessons through the medium of horses
Date Posted:
October 1, 2011
A feeling nags horseman Grant Golliher. Inside, where heart and
soul and intuition intersect, something tells him he is not doing
enough...
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Montana Pack Service Wrangler charges a grizzly to save a young boy near Glacier National Park
Date Posted:
October 1, 2011
A young woman on a big horse charged out of the pack of grizzly
bear stories this summer near Glacier National Park. In a cloud of
dust,...
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The Story of An Undocumented Speech
Date Posted:
October 1, 2011
Did Millard Fillmore install the first bathtub in the White
House? Did Betsy Ross make the first American flag at the request
of George ...
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An upcoming western art show pays tribute to cowboy author Teddy Blue Abbott and honors his friendship with the great Charlie Russell
Date Posted:
October 1, 2011
More than a year ago, Weatherford, Texas, artist Teal Blake
began to develop a concept for a unique art show, one that would
feature the...
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Wild Rags
Date Posted:
October 1, 2011
Long a staple of the traditional cowboy's wardrobe, the silk
wild rag serves as a personal insulator, wicking away moisture and
providin...
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A Billings, Montana, ranch changes for the better the lives of at-risk kids.
Date Posted:
October 1, 2011
Since its inception in 1957, the Yellowstone Boys and Girls
Ranch has provided psychiatric residential treatment for
emotionally trouble...