Bunkhouse Culture

Cowboy Books

[warning] THE HORSE LOVER: A COWBOY’S QUEST TO SAVE THE WILD MUSTANGS by H. Alan Day Published by the University of Nebraska Press, 2014 Alan Day already owned and managed a ranch in Arizona and another one in Nebraska and needed a third about as much as he needed a permanent migraine. That’s what he said every …

Cowboy Code of Conduct

The Cowboys’ Code of Conduct The lack of written law on the frontier made it necessary for the cowman to frame some of his own guidelines on how to conduct himself, thus developing a rule of behavior which became known as the “Code of the West.” These homespun laws were not written into statutes, but …

Cowboy DVDs

[warning] HOW TO SPIN TOY GUNS – Hotshot’s Gunslinger School GUN TRICKS FUN AND EASY TO LEARN – A fun and instructional DVD for kids as well as adults, Hotshot Johnny shows how to perform over twenty gun tricks in detail. It features a cap-gun safety lesson, two mini-movies, a special action-packed stunt-filled shoot out, …

Cowboy Western Photographers

[warning] Todd Klassy Todd Klassy is a cowboy photographer located in Montana. He has been creating western photography and photographs of cowboys and cowgirls for many years. His cowboy photography won the International Federation of Agriculture Journalists (IFAJ) Star Prize for Photography for the second year in a row and he has won several awards from …

Event Possibilities List

We’ve been collecting activities over the years on what you might want to include in your National Day of the Cowboy celebrations. If you come up with some we’ve missed, please send them our way. In the meantime, here’s a list to help get you started on a great event or celebration. A potluck featuring ranch recipes …

Fine Art

[warning] Joelle Smith’s life and work revolved around her love of horses. She lived with her mother, Sally, and seven horses, on twenty acres in Alfalfa, Oregon. Joelle spent her mornings with the horses and painted in the afternoons and evenings. Horses came first in her life, just as they came first in her daily …

Read ‘Em Cowboy©

Read ‘Em Cowboy© Read ‘Em Cowboy© is a literacy project of the National Day of the Cowboy 501c3 organization. This program was established to encourage young people of all ages to read and write western literature and cowboy poetry. This project is a natural extension and expression of the National Day of the Cowboy mission. …