The Brazilian Dominance of the American Professional Bull Riders Circuit
If you’re a rodeo fan, the first thing to catch your eye about Brazilian-born bull rider Silvano Alves is his ... Read More »
The Cowboy Spirit Is a Way of Life for These Texas Jews
I’m out at Charles B. “Chuck, the Wrangler” Hart’s 36-acre property in Temple, where he leads me to the barn to ... Read More »
Cowboy Poets Immortalize Texas Ranching Life
Other states were carved or born,Texas grew from hide and horn.Other states are long or wide,Texas is a shaggy ... Read More »
The Panhandle Town of Childress is a Rancher’s Paradise
Jared Session is a man of the land—specifically, the Rolling Plains of the southeastern Texas Panhandle. Born and ... Read More »
Vaqueros: The Original Cowboys of Texas
Samuel Buentello was 14 years oldwhen he left the Rancho Nuevo in South Texas, the only home he’d ever known. In ... Read More »
Inside the Ring With Rodeo Clowns
A National Magazine Award finalist To ward off cowardice, never wear yellow or eat chicken on the days you ... Read More »
The Unconventional and Idyllic Life of Lipscomb’s 44 Residents
Ben Bussard is a happy kid.Age 11, he bursts out the door, BB gun in tow, and scrambles down the hill to Wolf ... Read More »
Lubbock Winemaker Kim McPherson Puts Texas Wine on the World Stage
After studying grape-growing and winemaking in California, Kim McPherson returned home to Lubbock in 1979 and ... Read More »
Growing Up and Growing Old in Ysleta
Open Road | August 2021 Dust to Dust A mother's hope binds her ... Read More »
College Sweethearts Serve Up Tex-Mex Comfort in Leakey
The year was 1991. At the Purple Sage Dance Hall in Uvalde, Jimmy Albarado asked Alma Alaniz to dance. He’d ... Read More »
Boerne’s Flashback Funtiques Brings a Dose of Humor and Whimsy to Antiques
With the smell of freshly popped popcorn wafting from the door and buzzing neon lights hanging in the window, ... Read More »
A Texan by Way of Oklahoma Shares the Unexpected Enchantment of Traveling I-35
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