Walter Clarence “Buck" Taylor III,74, broke into Westerns on Gunsmoke (1955–1975), the longest-running prime-time drama in TV history. He and his father are one of only two father-son pairs to be inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Hall of Fame.
In the April/May 2013 issue of American Cowboy, we rounded up the 20 best rural counties in the West. So you found a place where you want to live, but how do you make your dream ranch a reality? We spoke a ranch appraiser to get some tips.