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The American Cowboy

Posted on June 4, 2026 by Caryn

A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. At least that is what it was in the Old West. When the United … Continue reading →

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Buffalo Gap, Semi-Ghost Town

Posted on March 26, 2026 by Caryn

Buffalo Gap, South Dakota, is a semi-ghost town in Custer County just outside the eastern edge of the Black Hills. Strange that it is called a semi-ghost town, but that’s what it is. It would seem that either it is … Continue reading →

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Worst Winter In The West

Posted on January 9, 2025 by Caryn

Many people hate, or at least really dislike winter, but the cold and snow we normally see really isn’t so bad…at least not when compared to “the worst winter in the West,” which took place in 1886. During one of the harshest days of the “worst winter in the West,” Continue reading →

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Joking And Teasing

Posted on May 5, 2024 by Caryn

I have been very privileged to have had two men that I called “Dad” who were both among the kindest men I have ever met. My father-in-law, Walt Schulenberg became my second “Dad” when I married my husband, Bob Schulenberg in 1975. Continue reading →

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Inevitable

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Caryn

My husband’s uncle, Butch Hein is the youngest of his grandmother, Vina Hein’s five children. Grandma had two children, Marion Kanta and Walt Schulenberg (my husband’s dad) from her first marriage to Andrew Schulenberg; and three children, Esther Hein, Eddie Hein, and Bernard “Butch” Hein, Continue reading →

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Hawaiian Cattle

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Caryn

When I think of an island, exotic animals and birds everywhere. I might also think of snakes and other predators in the forests. It occurs to me that these things were not native to the area but were rather brought in by some ship. Continue reading →

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The 84-Hour Blizzard

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Caryn

As the United States is in the grip of a fierce snow storm, I am reminded of another snow storm that happened February 21 – 23, 1971. The storm is considered Oklahoma’s extreme storm. This blizzard buried northwestern Oklahoma under as much as three feet of snow, and that doesn’t include the drifting. Continue reading →

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Cattle And Sheep Wars

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Caryn

In the early years of Wyoming’s history, there was contention between cattle ranchers and sheep ranchers. The cattlemen thought the land was theirs, and they thought the sheepmen were invading their domain, and they weren’t going to allow it. Continue reading →

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Family Business

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Caryn

Not having had anything to do with the business end of ranching, I find myself fascinated when I look at the pictures of branding, and hear about calving. While others who have been around it for some time, might just think of those … Continue reading →

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Blizzards And New Beginnings

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Caryn

A few days ago, my father-in-law received a phone message from an old family friend. She was calling to wish my mother-in-law a belated happy birthday, and to ask my father-in-law what he remembered about the 1949 blizzard in reference … Continue reading →

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