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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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Camera Cowboy
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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Cowboy Pride
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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The Big Die-Up
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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