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  • Rodeo,  The Cowboy Chronicle

    Little Yellow Jacket

    February 10, 2015 /

    Maybe the first bars of the Elton John classic ”Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting” was going through Little Yellow Jacket’s head as he only took 2.6 seconds to dash the million dollar dream of Shivers.

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    “It’s a hard way to make an easy living” : Wayne Herman to be Inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame

    February 10, 2015
  • Rodeo,  The Cowboy Chronicle

    “It’s a hard way to make an easy living” : Wayne Herman to be Inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame

    February 10, 2015 /

    It was hard on you; rodeo is not as easy as it might appear. I used to like to tell people, it’s a hard way to make an easy living”.

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    Little Yellow Jacket

    February 10, 2015
  • North Dakota History,  Tales of the Ranch,  The Cowboy Chronicle

    The Lewis and Clark Trail Museum

    February 7, 2015 /

    Busy with the demands and struggles of everyday life, it was hard to realize the things one used on a daily basis would someday be historical treasures.

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    In Good Company

    February 13, 2019

    Biography of Andrew J. Nohle

    February 28, 2015

    Harold Schafer, Mr. Bubble and the Legacy of Medora

    April 9, 2015
  • Ghost Towns,  North Dakota History,  Tales of the Ranch,  The Cowboy Chronicle

    Booming Settlement to Ghost Town: Whispers of the Living History of Charbonneau

    January 29, 2015 /

    As you pass abandoned homesteads, schools, depots and the myriad of other buildings left alone to face unforgiving elements, don’t you wonder about the stories that may be whispering in the crumbling walls or have been blown away by a prairie wind?

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    Mary Patricia Martell Jones 10 Comments
  • Horses,  The Cowboy Chronicle,  Western History

    History of the Western Saddle

    January 27, 2015 /

    A good saddle would often cost a month or two of wages. This was money well spent; a well-made saddle would serve its owner well for thirty years or more. A good saddle and a considerate rider could travel 70 miles a day and still have a healthy horse. A thoughtless rider in a poor saddle could make a horse sore in an hour.

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    The Legacy of the Horse in the Lives of the Great Plains People

    August 25, 2016

    The Western Trail

    February 13, 2015

    Straight to the Horse’s Mouth

    April 30, 2019
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