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Medora 2013 By Slim McNaught Photos by Bob Kisken
MEDORA, NE-”There’s a whole new world a’happenin’ when the grass comes green in spring”. That line from one of my poems just about describes our trip to Medora, ND, for the 27th Annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Green grass, running water, sunshine, rain, hail and some wind, all kept us company on our trip up and … Read entire article »
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This is a site or chuckwagon folks to post their views, opinions, likes, dislikes of the current state of affairs. We have been made aware of some situations that are causing some folks to vent their views. We will post both good and bad, we will not print names, but they will have to be made … Read entire article »
Abilene, 2013
ABILENE,TX-The weather was great, the crowds were good and it just seems to get better at the Western Heritage Classic in Abilene, TX every year on Mother’s Day. Since Johhny and Leonia Adkins took over the chuckwagon gathering, it just seems to grow. They ran out of food and had the biggest crowds ever. Hope … Read entire article »
Alpine 2013 by Nika Nordbrock
ALPINE,TX-Over the weekend of February 22-24, 2012, the cowboy poets, storytellers, and musicians gathered in Alpine, Texas, to help celebrate the 27th year of the Gathering. The steering committee members (Lynn Baldwin, Bill Brooks, Don Cadden, Pam Cook, Jane Garrett, Ida Hoelscher, Paul Loeffler, Shelly Rogers, and Nelson Sager) put many long hours into seeing … Read entire article »
Buffham’s Buffonery by Les Buffoon
Albuquerque and the WMA I just got home from the 2012 awards show in Albuquerque, New Mexico. And wow!! What a weekend! It was so good to see a lot of old friends and meet so many new ones. On the way out, I got to stop in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and visit with everybody’s … Read entire article »
Grand Junction Cowboy Poetry Gathering by Peggy Malone Photos by Bob Kisken
1-Fred Ellis 2-Terry Nash 3-Slim McWilliams GRAND JUNCTION, CO-There’s a saying “You don’t have to be big to be appreciated” Our Grand Junction Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering is a very intimate Gathering. We aren’t one of the big flashy events…and that’s what makes ours all the more endearing. It’s as close a feeling of … Read entire article »
Ft. Worth Red Steagall Gathering
FT. WORTH, TX-The fourth weekend in October may be for spooks and goblins, but it’s also for cowboys, chuckwagons and western swing in Ft. Worth, Texas. Right on the street of the historic stockyards you’ll see every kind of cowboy there is from the drugstore type to the halloween cowboy and even the urban cowboy … Read entire article »
Nebraska Cowboy Poetry Gathering by Willard Hollopeter Photos by Bob Kisken
© VALENTINE,NE-The weather was chilly in early October for the twenty first Nebraska Cowboy Poetry Gathering and Old west Days, but not bad. 1-Janet Parkhurst 2-Curt Cooper 3-Helene Landenberger There was a fair attendance for the day sessions and the folks performing in those sessions were professionals in their own right. The quality of day session performances … Read entire article »
Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium 2012
RUIDOSO,NM-The Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium is now in the books and it couldn’t have been better. The weather was great, crowds were good and everyone was in good spirits, except Sam Howell, but that is a given. Hope you enjoy the photos, put it on your schedule for the second weekend in October. This is the … Read entire article »
Colorado Burro Races by Bob Kisken
©FAIRPLAY,CO-Fairplay Colorado is a town of 610 people in Park County. Park county at one time was replete with gold mines and miners. The first burro race was held in 1949 when a challenge went out for people to race from Leadville to Fairplay. In the 1970s as mines closed down and there were fewer … Read entire article »
