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The ZX Ranch in Paisley, Ore., was founded in the 1880s by a prospector named J.D. Coughlin. He acquired...

The Pony Express is one of the most enduring stories of the Old West.

The Tejon Ranch honors its centuries-old cowboy traditions.

The Chisholm Trail looms large in the pantheon of cowboy history. The images evoked from those two words...

George W. Saunders did it all, but it is for a book that he is best remembered. Born in Rancho, Texas,...

In the cattle drive era—from after the Civil War to the turn of the century—somewhere between six million...

In 1912, Guy Weadick organized and produced an event that was the precursor to today’s Calgary Stampede....

Some 150 years ago, Charlie Goodnight came up with the idea for a chuckwagon when he retrofitted an Army...

The stockmen of the Great Basin uphold a unique cowboy culture.

Touring the Black Hills with a South Dakota rancher.

Maintaining the highest of standards—and setting the pace.

For 130 years, mules have been the best way to experience the Grand Canyon.