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The article offers information on the author's challenging experiences adjusting to ranch life in the Sandhills of western Nebraska after marrying a rancher. Topics include witnessing the prolapse of a cow during calving, the stark contrast between her upbringing in Cozad and life on the ranch, and the harsh realities of nature and ranching, including difficult calving experiences and the struggle of newborn calves.

The article offers information on James Charles Dahlman and his fellow cowboys' expedition into Nebraska's Sandhills in 1879 to retrieve cattle lost during a blizzard. Topics include the Sandhills' reputation as a dangerous, uninhabitable place, pioneer rancher E.S. "Zeke" Newman's efforts to prevent cattle from drifting into the Sandhills, and Dahlman's reputation as a fearless and skilled cowboy born from his upbringing on a ranch in Texas.

The article focuses on life on a ranch in the Sandhills of Arthur County, Nebraska, where Ainslie Wilson shares her experiences with her family while managing cattle and goats. Topics include the daily ranch chores, the dynamics of family life, and the humor found in the never-ending task of building a goat fence.

The article focuses on actress Hilarie Burton. Topics include her role on the popular teenage drama television show "One Tree Hill," her memoir "The Rural Diaries," and the ranch she shares with actor husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan in New York's Hudson Valley. Her hosting of the television show "Total Request Live" is also mentioned.

The article offers a look at Hawaii's cowboy culture. Hawaii's cowboy tradition goes back to 1793, when King Kamehameha I placed a kapu, or taboo, on the slaughter of cows in an attempt to spur the native cattle industry. Spanish vaqueros were imported to teach herding and corralling, roping and saddlecraft. Of the 20 biggest ranches in the U.S., 2 are here. Hawaiian saddles are designed to dry out fast; until the 1940s cattle drives took cowboys into the sea. All the peculiarities that distinguish island cowboys from ordinary buckaroos find their expression in music and song. The ukulele originated in the 1800s. It is not uncommon today to hear songs about rodeo legends like Ikua Purdy.

The article focuses on the exhibition "Heritage of My Home" at InSight Gallery in Fredericksburg, Texas, from April 5-26, 2019. The exhibition features artwork that showcases images of ranch life, Native American people and scenery on Hispanic/Latin heritage. The artists whose works are included are Mary Ross Buchholz, Oreland Joe and Gladys Roldan-de-Moras. Buchholz subjects include animals and people she encounters every day.

The article discusses reality star Ree Drummond, who turned her popular blog Pioneer Woman about cooking and her life on the ranch into the Food Network show "The Pioneer Woman," a series of cookbooks, a lifestyle magazine, and more. She lives on a cattle ranch near Pawhuska, Oklahoma with her husband Ladd Drummond and their children. She went to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California and stayed after graduation. When she was visiting her childhood home of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, she met Ladd while on a girls' night at a bar. She and her husband have been married 21 years.

The article discusses the camping of cowboys to places including the Spanish Ranch, in California, U.S., and the Great Basin Desert in Nevada, U.S. and the use of Spring wagon vehicles. It also discusses the invention of the American chuck wagon by the cattleman, Charles Goodnight, the residing of cowboys in canvas tipis during their camping and the discussion of the ranching business.

An interview with ranch operator Fred Davis of Tombstone, Arizona is presented. Topics discussed include Davis' ranching operation and roping career, his responsibilities and feeling of greatness for having three family generations in roping, and his admiration to ropers Bobby Harris and Clay O'Brien Cooper.

The article discusses how C.B. Rich and his family reached to a ranch in a remote Montana valley. It discusses how returning after World War Second, Rich and his wife Helen Rich rebuilt the family's backcountry outfitting camp in Frenchy's Meadows along Slough Creek, perched in the wild lands high above Yellowstone National Park, in the Beartooth Mountains.

The article focuses on the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada which will celebrate its 32nd anniversary from January 25-30, 2016. Topics discussed include the evolution of the said poetry gathering, the theme of the 2016 event which is "Ranch Life in the Northern Plains," and insights of Gail Steiger, a poet, songwriter and filmmaker, about ranching. It also features 15-year-old Brigid Reedy who attended Elko gathering every year.

The article offers the author's insights on the experiences on living at the Joyce Ranch, a ranch of her family from several generations, in Owyhee County, Idaho.

The article offers developments and changes to the famous Waggoner Ranch camp in Texas. The topics discussed include ways on how the ranch people carry out their daily activities inside the ranch, how ranch owner Dan Waggoner and his family successfully expanded their herds of longhorns, and the reasonsn why the ranch is up for sale.

The article focuses on Flint Hills in Kansas as a unique ecosystem and is considered as the last of the great tallgrass prairies and the home of a unique cattle industry. It mentions that the ecosystem is made by fire and rock along with ancient oceans, buffalo herds and ranch families including the Mushbrushes. It adds that there are 4 million acres under the pasture in the Flint Hills and brings $420 million annually in the local economy.

The article presents an almanac for July to August 2014. It offers the schedule of the sun's progress, the phases of the moon, and the schedule of meteor showers. Also included is a daybook of suggested activities for gardeners, ranchers and homesteaders for July to August. Other information presented include the lunar feeding patterns of people and animals, and the winners of the May-June 2014 Sckrambler.

The article discusses the new trend in dude ranches such as those run by Ranchlands which present a look at traditional ranch life.

Morning across America: Red taillights stretch endlessly ahead on the freeway, cell phones chirp, Escalades cut off Mini Coopers. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] But not here in central Montana, where Rick Jarrett […]

The article offers the author's perspective about the final stage of the cattle ranching business. It mentions the author's visit to the J.A. Ranch, near Amarillo, Texas. It notes that the ranch was founded in 1877 as an era-defining enterprise and became one of the first big, successful cattle ranches in America. The author states that the most remarkable thing about J.A. Ranch is that the ranch is still owned by the same family since it began over a century ago.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of meeting Randy Livingston, who became shepherd after serving in military services in Vietnam and living a self-satisfactory life at a ranch.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of living at a farm full of cows, donkeys, and other animals with her dog named Fred, husband, and newly born son named Mateusz.

The second part of a series of articles on the life and work of the author as a veterinarian is presented. This article discusses the challenges and accomplishments that he and his wife, Anna faced in Williams Lake, British Columbia between 1958-1960 including driving a wagon to Riske Creek to check a Labrador dog that got its foot caught in a trap and vaccinating heifers at several ranches.

The article profiles Mexican conservation rancher Carlos Robles Elías who struggles to move from cattle to conservation. It indicates that his ranch has become a symbol hope in the midst of the region's troubles, the illegal traffic in undocumented immigrants and the drug cartel violence that has killed ranchers. In addition, his income from birdwatchers and hunters has declined because of the drug-cartel violence that discouraged customers.

The article presents the author's insights on the life of her mother Evelyn Mantle. The author states that Mantle was from Syracuse, New York, and met rancher Charley Mantle when her family settle on the Blue Mountain Plateau in Utah. The author adds that after five years of courtship, they drove more than 40 miles to Vernal to get married. The author mentions that in 40 years living in Mantle Ranch, they never had electricity, telephone and water, but she had been able to raise five children.

The article profiles former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. It emphasizes the role played by her upbringing on a ranch on the border of Arizona and New Mexico in her later life and career. Her experiences of struggling to find work after graduating from Stanford Law School in Palo Alto, California are discussed. Also mentioned is her role in the Supreme Court decision in the case Bush v. Gore in 2000.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of living in Midvale, an enchanted place in Idaho.

This article presents information and photographs of three luxury guest ranches located in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The three ranches range from rugged ranches where guests herd cattle to one that is more refined and more like an English manor. They all have authenticity and a dedication to conservation in common. They can all also transport their guests to faraway locations and take them back in history. The J Bar L Ranch in Montana is like traveling back to frontier times and is a working ranch with cattle. Three Forks Ranch in Colorado is like an English manor and the Mountain Sky Ranch in Montana is more like a family camp.

The article features Kera Whittig running a ranchette in Idaho. Wanting to learn more about farming, she enrolled in the "Living on the Land" small scale course offered by the University of Idaho cooperative extension service. The course is designed to help inexperienced people who have purchased ranchettes with land management. It covers subjects like soil testing, weed control and pasture production.

The article discusses the development of the T Anchor Ranch near Canyon, Texas in the late 19th century, focusing on what life was life for cowboys and ranchers in Texas. Other topics include the importance of the open range for the ranching industry in the 19th century, how the climate of the Texas panhandle impacted ranching practices, and information on the recreational activities of cowboys.

The article features skateboarder Bob Burnquist. The 32-year-old skateboarder is a resident of Vista, California and won fifteen X Games medals including six gold medals for his successful mega-ramps. According to him, there are only three mega-ramps on earth, including one in X Games, others in Brazil, where he was born, and in his backyard. Apart from skateboarding, Bob owns a ranch in San Marcos Mountains in San Diego, where he runs a business of organic products and pursues green projects.

The article features British-born author Edward Anders Lysaght Griffin. Griffin was a writer who came to live in and love western South Dakota. Among his works were "Rhymes of a Rancher" and "Daddam's Book of Un-Natural History." Griffin became a South Dakota rancher who knew blizzards only too well, and also drought, frigid calving weather, outlaw steers, and financial hardship.

This article describes the Down Home Ranch in Elgin,Texas that Jerry and Judy Horton bought to provide adults with Down Syndrome and other disabilities with a place to live and work. Residents form a community of their own by caring for the animals, tending to ranch duties, and preparing their own meals. The couple was inspired to create the ranch by their daughter Kelly, who has Down Syndrome. INSETS: A SPECIAL BOND;A POSSE OF THEIR OWN;GREEN PRIDE.

The author relates his visit to Vincente Martinez, a Mexican who works at their Circle J Ranch in Wimberley, Texas, together with his cousin former Watergate special prosecutor Leon Jaworski. Martinez greeted the author with a hug and warned him that he still cannot converse in English. For an hour, they talked about children, marriages, divorces, horses and the ranch. The author also relates the effort of his family to secure legal immigration paper for the family of Martinez.

The author reflects on her life as a homesteader. She states that she cannot help thinking about the climate changes. She mentions that she has come up with a great diet for her goats. She asserts that the presence of animals in her life is a direct interaction with God. She adds that she is always amazed at how indigenous civilizations managed to live without using everything up.

The article focuses on the condition of the women or wives of ranching families in Arizona during the late 1800s. Most of the ranch wives worked from dawn to dark with few breaks and no conveniences. They crafted clothing, quilts and diapers out of feed sacks and clean them on washboards. A woman from a pioneering ranch family said that Arizona's frontier life "was hard on horses and women."

This article describes the author's experience of horseback riding. It discusses how her interest in horseback riding developed, her childhood memory of her first horse, and some of her unforgettable adventures. It also details her life as a rancher.

The article features Texan lawyer and rancher Tonnyre Thomas Joe, as she relates her life living on the Thomas Ranch, which is in Kenedy and Willacy counties. According to Tonnyre, the ranch is a Family Land Heritage Ranch, which means it has been owned and continuously operated by the same family for more than a hundred years. For about seventy years, her family has been raising purebred Charcolais cattle, a breed known for its muscle.

The article profiles the efforts of rancher Lewis Barlow and his children in protecting the landscape around Wyoming following the energy boom in the region. Barlow's daughter-in-law Bernie Barlow helps lead a feisty local conservation group. The Barlow Ranch sits on the western edge of the Powder River Basin. The basin is rich in coal, oil, and natural gas, and the Barlows have watched the region boom, bust, and boom again. The most recent energy boom destroyed ranch lands and homes and polluted the region's air and water. The boom also seemed to roll toward the doorstep of the Barlow Ranch. As the Barlows tended their ranch and family in the late 1960s, the Vietnam War escalated. One evening in 1973, Bernie's husband Bill Barlow and several of his neighbors gathered at a local barn, where they formed the Powder River Basin Resource Council. They envisioned an organization that would protect the basin from the ravages of stripmining and fight for the survival of family ranches and farms. The new group lobbied at the state and federal levels for tougher protections for landowners and the environment. After Bill's death in the spring of 2001, Bernie's son, Eric, moved back to the family ranch and built a house of his own, where he lives with his wife and two children. Bernie and Eric spend long hours writing letters and sitting through state and federal hearings. Daughter Michele, now on the staff of an environmental group called the Wyoming Outdoor Council.

Describes the resilient mix of wildlife and cattle ranchers which share the Brazilian realm called the Pantanal. Features of the Pantanal wetland; How ranchers are increasingly taking in ecotourists to supplement their income from cattle; History of the area where, since the late 19th century, the Pantanal has been given over to immense cattle ranches; Life on the ranches; Wildlife, including jaguars which prey on cattle; The wet season; Impact of flooding and government policy on the region; Environmental threats; Tourism and the future.

Presents an article relating the efforts to give up the urban life and live in a homestead with the family. Reasons behind the idea; Experience in living in a community without electricity and running water; Challenges faced in homesteading; Materials used in constructing the home and barn.

Presents an astronomical data and weather analysis from July to August 2004, and their uses in homesteading.

Focuses on man's attraction to horses with a description of the author's experience at the Willow Lane Ranch, a working ranch in Calgary, Alberta run by Keith and LeAnne Lane. Increase in interest with horses and riding; Views by ELizabeth Atwood Lawrence of Tufts University School of Medicine; Evidence of man's respect of horses in history; Four days of activities at the ranch.

First-person of life in Ore. on the MC Ranch presently and what life was like for turkey-herders (the author's family) when he was young; His years at the Grain Camp at Warner Valley; Lessons that the world of the west wasn't made solely for man's purposes to be remodeled into an idea of agricultural paradise.

Reflections of a Montana rancher on the problems farmers and ranchers face today, on the rapid changing of wilderness and farmland into suburbs, and on the personal crisis faced by those whose skills are no longer valued by American society, and who are working 10-hour days only to lose money.

Features the author's childhood recollection of the Circle J Ranch in Hill Country, Texas.

Presents a short story about a woman working in a ranch. Sexism encountered in the male-dominated world of ranching; Interest in rodeos; Relationship with the ranch owners son.

A cowboy's recollections of his years working on the Matador, a famous Texas ranch where he began working in 1942. Cattle drives; Branding; Favorite horses; Lifestyle; Includes an explanation of the cowboy term `hoodin.'