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A massive Union Pacific steam engine, pulling more than a dozen cars, belched a cloud of black smoke into the air as it slowly approached the depot in Omaha, Nebraska.  A crowd of well-wishers waiting in and around the building waved colorful flags that read “Welcome Buffalo Bill Cody and the Congress of the Rough...

Jesse Call (née Smith) earned the nickname “Grace” as a child because she was so clumsy, and says she’s just as clumsy as an adult.  “I didn’t have any grace about me.  When I started designing these clothes people would joke with me and say,  ‘These clothes are so graceful and you’re so not!’” Western...

Fed up with never finding jeans that fit, barrel racer Lisa Bollin decided to design her own— and they had to work both in and out of the saddle.  A decade later, her company, Cowgirl Tuff, is still going strong. Cowgirl Tuff is more than an apparel brand. Just ask any of its raving fans,...

  COWGIRL’S 30 Best Photos of 2018 With the New Year fast approaching, the COWGIRL team wanted to take a look back at some of our favorite photos of 2018 to share with a wish for a Happy New Year. We met quite a few remarkable cowgirls whose zest for a life with animals, family...

Minneapolis couple Bick and Bonnie made the decision to escape the trappings of the corporate world and raise their son far beyond the reach of city lights. But where? The couple remembered riding a train out west to the picturesque town of Whitefish, Montana years earlier. Whitefish, an artistic enclave and popular year-round destination for...

In Red Lodge, Montana, a family of four from Georgia found respite from the heat and humidity of the South in the summertime and an outdoor playground for their active family year-round.  Tucked into the beautiful Beartooth Mountains of south-central Montana, they were drawn to the warm and welcoming town after their son took a...

The biggest night of country music awards was … well it just was. 2020 has really taken grip on every aspect of the music industry, particularly the 2020 ACM Awards.  Between the format, awards and deafening audience-less silence following each performance, the entire event held an aura of weirdness. Like all events these days, the...

Without a doubt, the landscape of the Western lifestyle industry has changed.  It has become modernized and digitized to an extent that has not been seen before.  Behind the scenes and in front of the audiences, the dominating factor is a force of females.  From entertainers to rodeo competitors, and from sole proprietors to business...

The Falabella miniature horse of Argentina is a lillipution breed that retains the horse-size proportions, flashy coat patterns and graceful movement of its larger relative. Standing about two and a half feet tall at the withers, the exotic miniature horse of Argentina was bred to impress, but it took several hundred years—and generations of passionate...

In the world of Western timed events, Jackie Hobbs-Crawford and the words “breakaway roping” are synonymous.  With a clear-cut vision and an earned position of notoriety, she promotes the sport that is precious to her and to the rapidly growing cadre of cowgirls who live and breathe breakaway.  Driven by her vivacious personality and determination,...