Photo courtesy of Dodge City Community College by Terry Lidral Being a successful college rodeo athlete requires a unique balance of study, rodeo and everyday life. And in this college…
The clever and acrobatic Chihuahua raven makes its home in the American Southwest.
by Terry Lidral The Caldwell Night Rodeo (CNR) is celebrating 100 years of western tradition. The first recorded event linked to the Caldwell Night Rodeo was rather an informal affair…
Haunted Vishnu Springs, Illinois boasts a colorful past of "miraculous" cures, and a host of bootleggers and gangsters that include the legendary Al Capone.
The unique and endangered organ pipe cactus has grown in the Sonoran Desert of the American Southwest for more than 3,000 years.
by Terry Lidral The Pony Express was in business for only 18 months, but it made a lasting impact on the history of the American Wild West. The image of…
The metal emblems on the Caldwell Night Rodeo gates are a tribute to the commitment to the Western legacy.
Aberdeen Angus Cattle arrived in America in 1873, brought to Victoria, Kansas by a Scottish merchant named George Grant. Today Black Angus is the most popular beef breed in America.
With horns of nearly 11 feet in width, world record holder Texas longhorn steer Poncho Via has been a living legend.
Alexa and Brandon Chambers never imagined as skate boarding and barrel racing kids that they would be riding, raising and stock contracting bucking bulls. Brandon rides, Alexa contracts and their partnership in raising bucking bulls is a never imagined dream come true.
