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Slim Pickens' wife Margaret ‘Maggi’ Elizabeth Lindley passes away
Margaret "Maggi" Elizabeth Lindley, widow of rodeo clown, contestant, and movie actor Slim Pickens, passed...
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We recently started the American Cowboy Magazine E-Newsletter, which some of you have started receiving....
Girl's death after bull ride prompts questions of safety
Here's another article about the untimely death of a child in rodeo by St. Petersberg Tribune staff writers...
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Skijoring: the Sport of Snowbound Cowboys
Originally a means of transportation over snow, "skijoring"—getting pulled on skis by a horse—first appeared...
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Extreme Mustang Makeover Rides Again
It's nice to see when mainstream media turns its attention to our world. James Card of the New York Times...
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Custer's Last Flag
I just finished reading the new book by Nathaniel Philbrick, the Last Stand (Viking 2010), which I'll...
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When Creation Was Young
Below is a nice cowboy poem from one of our readers. It makes me sad and wistful, because I learned of...
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Single Action Shooting Society Reaches 90,000 Members
The Single Action Shooting Society (www.sassnet.com), which hosts competitions for this popular shooting...
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John Wayne Sweepstakes
In celebration of our Collector's Edition devoted entirely to John Wayne (on newsstands now!), we've...
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Riding High
Given Mexico's 200-year anniversary this week of its independence from Spain, this article about historic...
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At Home on the Range
Besides the annual PRB event at Madison Square Garden in January, New Yorkers pay scant attention to...
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Billy the Kid: Thug or Hero?
In a 2010 New York Times article, Hampton Sides questions the reputation of one of the Old West's most...
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