The Riata Ranch Cowboy Girls organization empowers young people by building positive life skills in a safe environment that in turn changes lives by allowing motivated youth to become great citizens. Based in Exeter, California, Executive Director Jennifer Welch Nicholson has been running the organization for 32 years. From their…
Last year I wrote about the historical Wyatt Earp Adventure Ride and this year the group plans that ride again plus several other interesting ones. Rides for 2011 are: Billy the Kid’s Regulator Ride in Lincoln, New Mexico. Butch Cassidy’s “Hole in the Wall Ride” in Johnson County,Wyoming Custer’s Ride…
This last Wednesday was a special day in New Mexico. Two years ago I first wrote about the National Day of the Cowboy. Since then I’ve become good friends with Bethany Bradley who is Executive Director of that effort and wanted to get more involved. In the Fall of 2010…
Great new publishing venture called The Frontier Project. The Frontier Project Inc. is a Colorado-based publishing and multimedia venture launched in 2010 by a team headed by award-winning magazine journalist A.J. Mangum. The company produces a monthly documentary series on the horsemen, artists and craftsmen defining the contemporary North American…
Montana singer-songwriter Stephanie Davis tosses her very creative hat in the Pony Up! ring (hint: it’s not a cowboy hat and it’s worn backwards). Watch this hilarious video of Stephanie like you’ve never seen her before and be sure to donate to the Western Folklife Center’s Pony Up! campaign. If…
