Trace Adkins
He's the kind of guy country songs are written about--big, roughhewn, and direct. But this singer is more than just another Louisiana roughneck.

Groundgainer's Ground
In his playing days, sportwriters loved to tell of this fullback who bulldogged in the off season. After a second career selling "just a pinch between cheek and gun," Walt Garrison settles into the real "off-season"--retirement--in a home fit for a legend.

Herd-Quitter's Quest
Photographer Tony Stromberg left the big city rat race for the high desert and its own kind of thundering herds.

Astraddle the Oregon Trail
Come along on a branding at the Pathfinder Ranch, a sprawling Wyoming spread that bears the  ruts of the Way West and also happens to be the place where Cattle Kate was hung and buried