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Border agents train for mounted patrol

By | Cowboys, Trainers

By Lauren Villagran Appeared in the  Albuquerque Journal The four Border Patrol agents who made it through week one of horse patrol training trotted their charges around and around an arena under a hot sun, stirring dust clouds from the dirt track. They, at least, could say they had made…

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On the Edge of Common Sense – by Baxter Black

By | Cowboys

This first appeared in the June 2016 issue of the excellent magazine Progressive Cattleman: Wanted:  Cowboy.  No TV, No phone.  If you don’t like dogs and can’t tough it in the mountains, don’t apply.  Alamo, Nevada   I’d like to meet the ol’ boy that wrote that ad. You can almost…

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The Most Texas Interview of All Time

By | Cowboys, Media

(Thanks to my brother John Beal for this)   This on-air interview is almost too good to be true. A few years ago, a couple cows got loose in Lubbock, Texas. They were running all around the highway and into the downtown area, causing traffic problems and pandemonium. One cow…

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