In the years before oil dominated the Texas economy, farmers and ranchers made the state’s reputation through the hard days of tilling the soil and driving countless herds of cattle. Of all the ...
In the years before oil dominated the Texas economy, farmers and ranchers made the state’s reputation through the hard days of tilling the soil and driving countless herds of cattle. Of all the ...
Keep your saddle oiled and your gun greased because the “National Day of the Cowboy” — the fourth Saturday in July — is finally here. This day celebrates the lasting legacies of the cowboys that ...
Stories of legendary cattleman Charles Goodnight have been told and told again, perhaps most famously as the inspiration for Larry McMurtry’s “Lonesome Dove.” The former Texas Ranger is recognized as ...
Groups representing the historic American cattle drives have pledged to work together to promote the valuable role of the cattle drives in the history of the Old West. On Nov. 1, in Dodge City, Kansas ...
A century-and-a-half after it was erected, an indelible piece of Pueblo history was reintroduced to the community Friday. The Goodnight Barn, the last remaining structure of noted pioneer and cattle ...
The early trails. -- The Osage trace. -- The Texas road. -- War on the Texas road. -- The Texas fever scourge. -- The longhorns leave the Teas Road. -- The longhorn and the mustang. -- The Chisholm ...
In a previous article, I wrote about some American customs. One was about tailgating in and how Charles Goodnight’s invention of the chuck wagon had a part in its creation. One of our online readers ...
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - On September 25, 1867, the pioneering cattleman Oliver Loving died from gangrene poisoning in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, a few weeks after being shot. Loving had been on his second ...
Keep your saddle oiled and your gun greased because the “National Day of the Cowboy” — the fourth Saturday in July —is finally here. This day celebrates the lasting legacies of the cowboys that ...
Keep your saddle oiled and your gun greased because the “National Day of the Cowboy” – the fourth Saturday in July – is finally here. This day celebrates the lasting legacies of the cowboys that ...