(originally appeared in the NY Times May 13, 1888) Miles City, May 3– The ordinary cowboy of the West, and particularly of the Northwest, is the most thoroughly misunderstood man on the face of the earth. Eastern people imagine that all cowboys carry one or more...
After the wild creature is broken and learns his business, he is exactly the horse wanted: The horse learned to follow the herds of cattle with a vast touch of superiority in its tone. It would plunge to the mill of a round up and follow like a bird each turn of a...
But there are other scenes, and terrible ones. The cattle have been herded. The sky is fairly clear. The stars are shining, and yet in the distance there are some few black clouds just rising over the horizon. The experienced foreman believes that a sudden storm is...
The skill of the genuine cowboy in handling a rope cannot be questioned. Marvelous stories get abroad through the Eastern press, reciting most astonishing feats of prowess, in which the “lads of the plain” get credit for performances that would seem to be...
As I noted, I was perusing photos at the FDR Presidential Library yesterday and came across a couple of cool World War II photos worth sharing. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier at a North Atalantic port. Spotted on the snow-covered flight deck are Douglas DAUNTLESS dive...
