Guccio Gucci may have invented the bamboo wood handle purse, but Ashley Robin is making it Western chic. Robin may channel vintage Western vibes while tooling the leather and sewing embroidered patches and saddle stitches onto purses, but her designs are fit to walk any runway.  Ashley Robin draws inspiration ...

An excerpt from Never Trust A Sneaky Pony: And Other Things They Didn’t Teach Me in Vet School by Madison Seamans, M.S., DVM. Transporting horses is the source of some fear and anxiety among us, and I find it very interesting how many horses who may otherwise be pretty solid ...

For Kim Ratcliff, life has always been rooted in rural America. Regardless of where her father’s job took them, she and her family consistently stayed connected to livestock and the land. This lifestyle, deeply ingrained by her father throughout her upbringing, profoundly influenced her outlook on life. Now, she wants ...

An assortment of ranches dot the green summer pastures below as our plane descends into the Sheridan, Wyo., airport. Curt, wearing a cap bearing the words Spear-O-Wigwam, the ranch where I will begin a three-day pack ride into the Bighorn Mountains of the Cloud Peak Wilderness area in Wyoming, greets ...

As the golden sun waves goodbye below the lively horizon, the open sky is brushed in amber and violet, and the American West’s enduring spirit comes alive. Through this canvas, international award-winning art photographer Michael Paul has captured the thriving essence of the American frontier through his series, “Romance of ...

Western wheatgrass sways in the wind, flowing like the manes and tails of the horses striding across the pasture. They’re aiming toward a brown and black herd of mama cows and their calves that are being pushed into corrals for the spring branding on the Mill Iron S Ranch south ...

Few places in America are as beautiful, mystical, and rich with history as the Black Hills of South Dakota.  Named from the Lakota words Páha Sapá, which mean “hills that are black,” the hills are made up of pine-covered prominences rising several thousand feet above the surrounding prairie. They appear ...

Cooking up a meal for a branding crew, group of visiting dignitaries, or array of friends can be daunting for anyone, but when you live nearly an hour from town, it can be downright troubling. Yet Mackenzie Kimbro has learned that preplanning, keeping a good stock of ingredients, and always ...