To make your stay here more interesting, I’ve stashed a bunch of photos, horsemanship tips, and other fun stuff in all sorts of nooks and crannies. One section is now huge: an online illustrated “Cowboy Dictionary” with more than 1,200 entries and hundreds of graphics! The Home Spread now has more than 800 pages, so […]
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Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: My horse, Rusty, is an eight year old quarter/thoroughbred gelding. He is a great horse, and really gentle, but I hate riding with more than two horses because whenever the other horse gets in front of Rusty, he just goes crazy!!! He has to […]
Roller Towel Cowhand using roller towel on the Quarter Circle ‘U’ Ranch, Montana, June 1939. Photograph by Arthur Rothstein. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, reproduction number LC-USF34-027644-D DLC.
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The Effie North Star Stampede is always on the same weekend — the last full weekend of July, rain or shine. The rodeo is held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, with performances at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, and 2:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. There is also a rodeo parade in “downtown” Effie on Saturday […]
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Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION #1: Do you know the name of the bucking bronco on a state’s plate since before 1938? — P. ANSWER #1: Did you ever see a Wyoming license plate? The “Bucking Horse and Rider” symbol is said to represent the famous rodeo horse, “Steamboat.” […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Bob, Can you tell me how many pounds of pressure there is to a horse kick? A kick to the upper back? …My brother in law died of a horse kick. He was letting the horse out of the pasture and went to lay […]
Hornswoggle The roper above had his loop over the steer’s head — until the critter shook free and “hornswoggled” the cowhand! As attested to by Peter Watts, author of A Dictionary of the Old West, the word originated from the tendency of a cow to wildly swing its horns from side to side until it […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: What did cowgirls wear? — M. S. ANSWER: With a few exceptions, women through the early 1800s generally wore full-length skirts and rode side saddles — at least when exposed to view by non family members. (One such exception was Sybil Ludington’s heroic 1775 […]
Tired of expensive equipment, health clubs, and exercise programs that only work for a while? You’ve come to the right place! It just took a little horse sense, penny-pinching, and that energy conservation that cowboys are noted for to come up with a sensible alternative. And it’s FREE! If you’ve found it difficult to stick […]
Democrat Wagon Democrat Wagon – A light, flat bed farm or ranch wagon, usually without a top, with a skeleton frame and two or more seats. It sometimes has a wire rack for a side. The term “Democrat” was not a partisan designation, but referred to the availability of this inexpensive, easy to handle, wagon […]