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Experience the real cowtown life in Kansas with re-enactments and entertainment.
In 1873, with Wichita the Kansas terminus of the Chisholm Trail, darned thirsty cowboys up from Texas shook off the dust in a bunch of bars located along the boomtown’s Chicago Street.
Cowboy Action Shooting and mounted shooting are growing and popular sports that are changing ideas about firearms in America.
Light glints off the cold steel in my hands as the sun sinks toward the western horizon, casting a long shadow of a lone gunfighter on the desert floor. I struggle to control the itch in my trigger finger as the armed caravan comes into view. It’s an eternity before the wagons rumble through the narrow gulch below.
Photo by Tom Wilmes
Trade a suit for spurs and join a cattle drive to deliver the herd on time.
A Montana cowboy named E.C. “Teddy Blue” Abbott published a memoir almost a century ago and relates this anecdote:
Photo by Kevin Bell
Johnny Warnshuis is on a solo ride across America to raise awareness of a rare autoimmune disease. His girlfriend and publicist, Sherree Hogg, shares his story.
Johnny Warnshuis is riding horseback from Redding, Calif., to New York City, to spread awareness for GBS/CIDP, a disorder of the body's immune system that attacks the peripheral nerves. The disease hits close to home for Johnny, as his mother recently fell victim to the rare disorder, which occurs in only one or two people in 100,000.
Johnny Warnshuis in Nevada
America may lack Europe’s cathedrals and castles, but we have the Grand Canyon. And a ride into the Canyon is an experience that should be on everyone's life list.
This may be the most famous horseback ride in the world—except you’ll be on a mule. An exhilarating trek that winds more than 5,000 feet down to the Colorado River at the Grand Canyon’s floor, this is also one of the most difficult to reserve. Unless you score a last-minute cancellation, expect to book at least one year in advance.
Photo by Mark Bedor
Looking for a place to kick up your boot heels? You can't go wrong at any of these honky tonks and dance halls.
1. Gruene Hall, New Braunfels, Texas
Built in 1878, this 6,000-square-foot landmark is the oldest continuously running dance hall in Texas and the centerpiece of the Gruene Historic District.
830-606-1281, gruenehall.com
2. Billy Bob’s Texas, Fort Worth
Built in 1878, this 6,000-square-foot landmark is the oldest continuously running dance hall in Texas and the centerpiece of the Gruene Historic District.
830-606-1281, gruenehall.com
2. Billy Bob’s Texas, Fort Worth
From oil booms to outlaws, this Okie town has seen it all.
Day 1: In Bartlesville, there’s one name you need to know: Frank Phillips. The founder of Phillips Petroleum ushered Oklahoma into the oil boom that lasted from 1900 through the1940s and almost single-handedly put the town on the map. A practical businessman, Phillips maintained peaceful relations with blue bloods and outlaws alike to get ahead.
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Explore the park’s wild side on a guided pack trip.
With more than 3 million visitors every year, Yellowstone National Park can clog up with traffic jams in the summer—not the most relaxing way to see the famous sights. But ride into the backcountry, and you’ll experience Yellowstone’s quiet (yet wild) side even in the high season.
Photo by Mark Bedor
These small cowboy towns are the epitome of relaxed Western charm.
1. GREEN RIVER, WYO.
Stay: Bunk down in a private cabin at Spring Creek Guest Ranch. The ranch can also arrange horseback and hunting trips. 307-350-3005, springcreekguestranch.com Eat: Taste the best tacos in the region at Mi Casita. 307-875-6425 Play: Bring your waders and reel for fly-fishing on the Green River. tourwyoming.com
A Taos pueblo
Set a course for solitude and rugged scenery in the “American Alps.”
Jagged peaks, crystal clear lakes, abundant wildlife, and rarefied air give riders plenty of reasons to horseback through the vast Sawtooth Wilderness in central Idaho. But there’s another, perhaps more important than just scenery: Solitude.
Poll
Should cattle branding be replaced with other identification technologies, like iris scanning, tattooing, tagging, etc.?
Yes- branding is a cruel, 19th-century anachronism.
16%
No- branding is cost effective, efficient, and humane.
84%
Total votes: 50
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