Have you ever noticed that it seems like someone is always taking pictures at a branding? Or just how many photographers are either on assignment or freelancing at the World Championship Ranch Rodeo in Amarillo?
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“What a blessing it is to love books as I love them; to be able to converse with the dead, and to live amidst the unreal!”– Thomas Babington Macaulay
Thomas Babington Macaulay was not
a cowboy. He was an English writer, politician, and historian in the 19th
century. But his idea of what makes books special hits ...
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Work for nearly any ranch and one of the benefits will undoubtedly be free beef. If there’s one thing a ranch can usually spare, it’s home-raised, nutritious protein.
There are few other professions wherein your employer
basically provides you a perpetually full freezer of food. And, if you’re a
self-employed ...
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Ever since the average American left the field to
participate in the Industrial Revolution—and the subsequent fallout of a more
urbanized economy and society—we’ve been trying to get back to the country.
Think about it: where do many average Americans go on vacation? National Parks. They spend 50 weeks cooped up ...
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There’s a universal human drive—especially here in
America—to make our mark. We want to matter, we want to make a difference, and
we want to be remembered. Some build multinational companies, some seek
political office, some create art.
Ranchers brand their cattle.
The National Cowboy and Western Heritage ...
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As we head into the 25th Anniversary of the World Championship Ranch Rodeo, it got all of us thinking here at the office on how far WRCA has come since the very first idea of this organization, and how many people have been with us from the beginning. We would like to take this opportunity to thank those who were ...
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When we talk about Western heritage, what we mean is
something that is handed down from the past as a tradition.
And while many professions have wonderful traditions and
heritage, the Western or cowboy heritage stands tall among them.
From the perspective of a broader view, agriculture could be
considered among the ...
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As everything we do, think, or say is centered around COVID-19, I’m increasingly thankful for my work as a beef producer.
I look around and see people extremely scared of this unseen
enemy. And I understand and share, to varying degrees, that fear. But the one
thing I can do that so many in the urban centers of this ...
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The Working Ranch Cowboys
Association mission is to promote ranching and to preserve the lifestyle of the
working ranch cowboy. For 25 years, WRCA
has sanctioned up to 24 ranch rodeos annually, with winning ranches receiving
an invitation to compete at the World Championship Ranch Rodeo.
As part of ...
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When the ranges were first being fenced up, and big ranches
divvied into smaller ones, the second-biggest indignity a cowboy could endure
was to be placed on a tractor. The biggest indignity? Being killed on one. And
really, that possibility was no joke the early days of farm machinery.
Today, machine operation is a ...
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