Without access to refrigeration, cowboys in the Old West had to rely on shelf-stable food. Meat had to last a long time, and ...

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One summer, early on in his career, Illinois cattle catcher Wesley Bush got a call from down in Tennessee. He’d just taken over the business full-time from an old hand cattle herder, and he was still ...

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An Australian ranching couple traveled to southeastern Idaho during the summer to learn low-stress cattle herding techniques from Steve Cote, a longtime stockmanship educator and author. “I’ve met ...

The rugged spirit of the American West comes alive in old photos of cowboys and cowgirls who called the open range home. Long before Hollywood glamorized ranching and turned cowboys into legends, ...

Baird, Joseph A., Jr., comp., "The West remembered: artists and images, 1837-1973; selections from the collection of Earl C. Adams," San Francisco : California ...