One of the best cowboys I’ve ever seen is Dan M. “Buck” Brannaman. He’s an early adopter and leader within the Natural Horsemanship movement and mostly uses the vaquero style of cowboying. Buck lives with his wife, Mary, and three daughters on a 1,200 acre ranch in Sheridan, Wyoming. And…
If you like the old traditional vaquero style of cowboying you’ll really like the website for the Buckaroo Hall of Fame and Heritage Museum. They state that they are about “Celebrating Buckaroo Life and the Buckaroo state of mind – some serious, some educational, some for fun”. From the website:…
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…
