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NATIONAL DAY OF THE COWBOY
I received news today from Bethany Braley, the Executive Director of the National Day of the Cowboy, that the Wyoming State Legislature has passed a resolution recognizing one day a year as “The Day of the Cowboy.” This is the first year they’ve passed the resolution and they made it permanent. This year’s designated day […]
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
It was on this date back in 1872 that President Grant signed the bill creating Yellowstone National Park. John Colter, the famous mountain man, was the first Anglo to travel through the area. In 1807, he returned with fantastic stories of steaming geysers and bubbling cauldrons. People accused the mountain man of telling tall tales […]
WELCOME TO COWBOY TO COWBOY
Why did we name our Old West blog “Cowboy to Cowboy”? At onetime everyone who’s intrigued with the Old West has wanted to be a cowboy… even the ladies. Unfortunately, for most of us the closest we’ve been able to come to being a real cowboy is to own horses, go on horse pack […]
