Cowboys

On a recent early, crisp morning, 2,000 cows moved through the sagebrush in the Upper Green River Basin. Their ‘moo’s’ echoed through the valley as cowboys on horseback pushed them along.

It's been awhile since people have doubted the Wyoming Cowboys football team. But after losing its top two quarterbacks, its top running back, receiver, along with several key defensive players, Wyoming has been picked fifth in the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. But the majority of media members who voted believe that position is warranted after Wyoming struggled in conference play last year.

The Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame is taking nominations through the end of February. Wyoming Public Radio's Melodie Edwards sat down with Scotty Ratliff, a former legislator and a member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, to hear why he decided to start a list of Wyoming's most famous and skilled cowboys.

The myth of the cowboy is as deeply interwoven into the American identity as bald eagles and the stars and stripes. But that cowboy hat, that lasso, those pointy boots? They actually trace back to the Spanish vaquero. As Wyoming Public Radio's Melodie Edwards found out, it's a way of life that's still alive and well in the American West.

Wyoming cowboy artist Ernie Marsh was awarded a Folk Art Mentoring grant through the Wyoming Arts Council to pass on his knowledge to an apprentice. Olivia Weitz visited his shop outside of Lovell, Wyoming to see how a handmade set of spurs gets made.

A new exhibit at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West focuses on Black cowboys and rodeos: Eight Seconds: Black Cowboys In America. Wyoming Public Radio's…

Eight Seconds is the work of photographer Ivan McClellan. He was raised in Kansas City, Kansas and is a Black man. But McClellan wasn't exposed to Black…

This month the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame will introduce a new class on September 23. The Hall of Fame honors Cowboys who have spent of a lifetime…

On a beef ranch called Ledenevo, in the Bryansk region of Russia, about 300 miles southwest of Moscow, everything is brand new. The farm opened just a…

There's no cowboy without his trusty steed, so this month, we explore the role of horses in the Modern West.