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150 Anniversary
You are invited to join us for the 150 Anniversary of the Western Cattle Trail Conference on November 1 and 2, 2024. The Conference will...
Dennis
Sep 11, 20241 min read


Cowboy Up!
By Ron Wilson, Poet Lariat Cow Tails and Western Trails “Texas shipped up the horns and we put the bodies under them.” That was a saying...
ron
Sep 6, 20243 min read


HEAD ‘EM UP! THE CHISHOLM TRAIL TO THE ELLSWORTH RAILHEAD
In 1873 a new cattle trail broke off from the Chisholm Trail at Pond Creek, Indian Territory, turned west, bore to the northwest and on...
Dennis
Sep 24, 20231 min read


Head'Em Up!
The two words heard most heard above the balling of the Texas Longhorns cattle across the southern plains of Texas in 1873. A new cattle...
Dennis
Aug 16, 20232 min read
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