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Weekends at the Rockin' K Streaming Now

Raising the next generation of cowboys.

Fay Ward

Cowboy Chronicler

Fay E. Ward wrote a treasure trove of cowboy skills and history.

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Photographer Erwin Smith captured the daily lives of Texas Cowboys.

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4 Ways to Age a Horse by His Teeth

No papers? No problem. Use these four markers to age a horse by the condition of his teeth.

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How Artist Jo Mora Captured the American West

Joe Mora explored and chronicled the West.

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Can there be too much of a good thing?

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The Outside World | When Social Media Meets the Cowboy Life

How social media impacts the cowboy way of life.

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Was this catastrophic event the death of the Old West?

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What We've Left Behind | Examining Rural Depopulation

Examining rural flight.

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The Rancher's Wife

The life of Evelyn Mantle was much like other frontier women’s—hard and lonely, yet rewarding—except...

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Great Ranches of the Northern Mountains

From Colorado to the Canadian border, the basins, meadows, and parks of the Rocky Mountains enticed enterprising...

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Standing Strong | How Rancher John Prather Fought To Keep His Land

John Prather worked hard for his land, and fought even harder to keep it.

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