Are Old West Bankers and Today’s Bankers Different? Today, when I think of banks and bankers, I think of Wall Street, my home mortgage, and the banker that I used to deal with on a frequent basis to retain a line of credit for my dad’s business, Big Sky Horse Leasing. I have to say […]
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cowboys and Cowboys!
In the west there are cowboys and then there are Cowboys! Let me explain what I mean. The men that I consider to be true western Cowboys have a desire that they are born with to be on a horse for the rest of their life. They feel that any excuse they can […]
The Young Western Hero
I don’t know about you, but I love to hear stories of a brave western hero, whether they ended good or bad. Just the other day, I was talking to my grandpa and he was telling me about his family and some of the stories that he remembered from his youth. To me, it is […]
Homesteads Joined in Marriage
I live in western Montana and have always been intrigued by old abandoned homes and building that I see all over the state. One of the things that always comes to my mind when I see one of these old homesteads is the thought that someone worked very hard to try to make that place […]
The Home That was Built to Last
There is a stone house that stands by itself in a cow pasture along highway 12/287 near Winston Montana that has intrigued many. In a time period when life in the west was a remote adventure and homestead structures were thrown together with logs, and don’t last long, the stone house stands just as straight […]
True Cowboys of the West
The title of Cowboy can mean many different things in this day and age. We think of a cowboy as someone who trains horses, or rides in the rodeos, or maybe a cattle rancher who still uses horses to work cattle, but being a cowboy was something different a 100 years ago. When someone talks […]