There is a very unique rodeo held every April and October at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana. On the Mississippi river and 130 miles northwest of New Orleans, the prison holds 5,200 inmates. The blues musician Leadbelly was once an inmate here. It started in 1965 as purely…
Great new book called Cowboy Park by Santa Fe author and historian John O. Baxter. The book details steer roping competitions around 1900 when it was really steer “tipping”. The roping practice of the times was for one cowboy to head the cow (throw a loop around the head) and…
In 1933, August A. Busch, Jr. gave a hitch of Clydesdales to his father in celebration of the resumption of brewing in St. Louis following the repeal of Prohibition. Their first stop was the governor of New York who was responsible or getting the Prohibition repealed. He received a case…
There are a couple of outstanding western shows & auctions every year and Brian Lebel’s Cody Old West Show & Auction is one of the best. This year is the 20th anniversary and it will be held in Denver June 26-28 at the huge Denver Merchandise Mart. Brian opened Old…
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