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“There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.” – Winston Churchill
Kristie with her lease-horse, Chevy.
Fort Scott, KS
Location
Fort Scott Community College
Fort Scott, KS
Date:
Fri, 2013-06-07 00:00 - Sun, 2013-06-09 00:00
Event Description:
"The 17th annual Echoes of the Trail Cowboy Gathering, in historic Fort Scott, KS, June 7 - 9, 2013 is an entertaining three day event with: a Western Music/Cowboy Poetry contest; two day Trail rides; Wagon train; Chuck Wagon meals; Cowboy and Western trade show; Pie baking contest; and 10 cowboy performers of verse, song and tall windies.
Tom Seay and Del Shields of RFD-TV are hosting a two day Best of America by Horseback trail ride in conjunction with the Echoes Gathering.
The Cowboy Poetry and Western Musician contest is looking for contestants and the winner will be filmed by RFD-TV and aired on the Best of America by Horseback show.
The Pie Baking Contest is a fun activity anyone can enter. Leroy VanDyke will auction off the top 3 pies.
Sunday morning Cowboy Church around the Chuck wagon is a hand clapping, toe tapping service followed by a cowboy breakfast.
For contest rules and more info go to Echoes of the Trail web page http://echoesofthetrail.com
Cowboy Spirit
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Boiling down the greatest photos of the American West from the National Geographic Museum’s 125 years of archives into 75 images was actually pretty easy, according to Rich Clarkson.
Cowboy Spirit - A New Breed, An Old Tradition
Stan
This week's Cowboy Lore & Legend: Montana Facts features a 'Hard Winter .' Check it out at Stan's
blog: http://stanlyndeauthor.com/?page_id=3846
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by Stan Lynde
WINTER OF 1886-1887, ONE OF THE WORST IN WESTERN HISTORY,
BEGAN AFTER A TWO-YEAR DROUGHT WHICH HAD ALREADY KILLED
AND WEAKENED HUNDREDS OF CATTLE ON MONTANA’5 OVER5TOCKED
Hard Winter
