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Episode 101: Cody Wyoming’s Rimrock Ranch; Stoecklein Western Photo Seminar; Peace Pipes of Pipestone National Monument

A visit to Rimrock Dude Ranch in Cody, WY; Learning cowboy photography from the pros at a Stoecklein Western Photo Workshop in Mackay, ID; and making peace pipes, at Pipestone National Monument in Pipestone, MN.

Episode 102: Hollywood’s Western Film Location – The Lone Pine Film Festival

On location at the Lone Pine Film Festival, in Lone Pine, CA, where Hollywood’s been shooting Westerns – and lots of other movies – for nearly a century; plus, a visit with Rifleman star Johnny Crawford and a tour of America’s Best Movie Museum

Episode 103: The Reno Rodeo Cattle Drive; Western singer-songwriter Dave Stamey

Living the dream on a cattle drive, through picturesque Nevada, with the Reno Rodeo Cattle Drive; plus – ride the Cattle Drive Wagon Train; And Western singer-songwriter Dave Stamey.

Episode 104: Western Wickenburg, AZ

Ride the Arizona desert with the Desert Caballeros Trail Ride; Custom Cowboy hat maker Jimmy the Hat Man; plus, Wickenburg’s Flying E Dude Ranch.

Episode 105: The Ghost Train of Ely Nevada; Building Stagecoaches for Wells Fargo; The Bank Where Jesse James Met His Match; Rawhide Braider Whit Olson; Historic Virginia City

Take a ride – or take the controls – of the century old Ghost Train in Ely, NV; Meet the builders of authentic stagecoaches at South Dakota’s Hansen Wheel & Wagon; The Minnesota bank where Jesse James met his match; South Dakota Rawhide Braider Whit Olson; and the historic mining town of Mark Twain fame – Virginia City, Nevada.

Episode 106: Chief Joseph Trail Ride

Ride the 1877 trail of the Nez Perce Indians flight to freedom – and meet their descendants – on the Chief Joseph Trail Ride in Montana; plus, Montana’s Mystical Deer Medicine Rocks, of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and Custer.

Episode 107: McGarry Ranches; Custom Bootmaker; Shiloh Sharps Rifles

The real-deal cowboy life at McGarry Ranches in Rexburg, Idaho; Custom boot maker Seth Teichert; and recreating the rifles of the Old West at the Shiloh Sharps Rifle Company in Big Timber, Montana.

Episode 108: White Stallion Ranch; Western Artist Loren Entz

Learning to ride horses – and a lot more – at the White Stallion Dude Ranch in Tucson, AZ; Plus, acclaimed Western painter and sculptor Loren Entz.

Episode 109: Bonanza Creek Ranch; The Bair Family Museum / Montana’s Missouri River Ferries; The Homestead cabins of Virgelle, MT; Plus, s-s Barb Wire Buckles

Fast rides and cattle drives at Montana’s Bonanza Creek Ranch; The West’s “Hearst Castle” -The Bair Family Museum in Martinsdale, MT;Crossing the Missouri on Montana’s River Ferries; The homestead cabin B&B in Virgelle, MT; plus, the Bozeman artist who make buckles from barb wire.

Episode 110: Ride with the Mustangs; Mule Days; Sage-rock Singer-songwriter Brenn Hill; The Western Art of Olaf Weighorst

A wilderness horseback adventure to visit the wild mustangs of California’s Eastern Sierra; Celebrating all things mule at Mule Days in Bishop, CA; The music of Western “sage rocker” Brenn Hill; and The Dean of Western Artists – Olaf Weighorst.

Episode 111: Tombstone Monument Ranch; Old Tucson Movie Studios; And the Rillito Park – the race track that gave birth to American Quarter Horse Racing>

Historic Tombstone Arizona; Riding the desert trails of Tombstone Monument Ranch; Geronimo’s hideout at Arizona’s Cochise Stronghold; A tour of John Wayne’s Old Tucson Movie Studios; Plus – rescuing Tucson’s historic Rillito Park Race Track from the wrecking ball.

Episode 112: California’s Rankin Ranch; The Cowboy Lawyers Association; Riding the Pasadena Rose Parade; The Autry Museum’s American Indian Arts Marketplace

Meet the family working cattle and welcoming guests since 1863 at California’s Rankin Ranch; The Cowboy Lawyers Association; Behind the scenes with the horses at the Pasadena Rose Parade; and the Native artists of the American Indian Arts Marketplace in Los Angeles.

Episode 113: Deep Canyon Ranch; Making magic with Montana Sweet Grass; The Monterey Cowboy Music Festival; Renaissance Cowgirl Tammy Pate

A Montana dude ranch with a mission of healing – Deep Canyon Ranch;The art of the custom hat at Law Dog Hats in Billings, Montana; the Native American woman harnessing the power of Montana Sweet Grass; California’s Monterey Cowboy Music Festival; and Montana artist, boot maker, horse trainer, and true Woman of the West – Tammy Pate.

Episode 201: U.S. Cavalry School

Today’s Wild West takes you to Montana for an eight-day horseback immersion into the life of a U.S. Cavalry soldier, at the site of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Episode 202: The Great American Horse Drive

We’ll ride one of the greatest adventures in Today’s Wild West, as we drive a herd of 500 horses for two days over sixty grueling miles, outside Craig, Colorado.

Episode 203: Hunewill Ranch; 49er Wagon Train; Ricotti Saddle Co

Ride at the base of the towering Sierras at California’s historic Hunewill Ranch; roll through California’s gold country with the Days of 49 wagon train; and meet the Western artisans of Ricotti Saddle Company.

Episode 204: Nine Quarter Circle Ranch; Red Ants Pants Festival; Custom Buffalo Coats; The Quigley Shoot

On the doorstep of Yellowstone Park, ride the appaloosa horses of the Nine Quarter Circle Ranch; Montana’s Western Woodstock – the Red Ants Pants Music Festival; Making buffalo coats at Merlin’s Hide Out in Wyoming; plus, the Montana target shooting match inspired by a Tom Selleck Western.

Episode 205: Chuckwagon Ride; Rawhide Ranch; Artist Echo Ukrainetz

New Mexico’s Chuckwagon Trail Ride; Horseback lessons of life at California’s Rawhide Ranch summer camp for kids; and the unique “batiks” of Montana artist Echo Ukrainetz.

Episode 206: Rancho de la Osa; Native Artist Birdy Real Bird; Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival

Arizona’s historic Rancho de la Osa; Montana’s award-winning Crow Indian artist Birdy Real Bird; Plus, Cowboy music and much more at California’s Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival.

Episode 301: The Western Side of Denver

The Denver Western Stock Show & Rodeo; Restoration of historic Union Station; WESA – where Western retailers go to shop; Buffalo Bill Gravesite and Museum.

Episode 302: The Miles City Bucking Horse Sale; Mojave Desert Wagon Train

A Wild West weekend at the Miles City Bucking Horse Sale; Plus – the Mojave Desert Wagon Train.

Episode 303: A Desert Dude Ranch in Summer; Carver Family Cattle Drive

Tucson’s White Stallion Ranch in summer; Growing up horseback on the Carver family cattle drive.

Episode 304: Western Lander, Wyoming; Montana’s Sweetgrass Ranch

Native American Pow Wow Dancing; Lander’s historic Mill House B & B; South Pass City ghost town; Sculptor Richard Greeves; Montana’s Sweet Grass Ranch.

Episode 305: Death Valley National Park; Autry Western Art Show

Death Valley 20 Mule Team reenactment; Death Valley Wagon Train; Exploring Death Valley National Park; plus – The Autry Masters of the American West Art Show.

Episode 306: Montana’s Dryhead Ranch: Western Artist Charlie Russell; The Colorado Railroad Museum

Dryhead Ranch cattle drive; The home, studio and work of legendary Western Artist Charlie Russell; The Colorado Railroad Museum.

Episode 307: Montana Horse Drive; Cattle Rancher Movie Star Joel McCrea; Preserving ranches with the California Rangeland Trust

Montana’s Hells-a-Roarin’ Horse Drive; Cowboy actor Joel McCrea’s historic California cattle ranch; Saving ranches from development – the California Rangeland Trust.

Episode 401: Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad; Rainbow Trout Ranch

All aboard for 1880 – Colorado’s historic Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad; Plus – Rainbow Trout Ranch – A Colorado Rocky Mountain dude ranch that’s a blend of the Old West, a fishing retreat, and a summer camp, for both kids and adults.

Episode 402: Wylie Gustafson; Riding the Blackfeet Indian Reservation; Windrift Hill; Ron Ukrainetz

Award-winning Western singer-songwriter, Montana rancher and horseman Wylie Gustafson; Riding the Blackfeet Indian Reservation with Tribal Member Chuck DeBoo; Windrift Hill lotions and soaps – harnessing the healing power of Montana goats; Mountain Man artist Ron Ukrainetz.

Episode 403: Lone Pine Film Festival; The Quebe Sisters; Bridgeport Ranch

The Lone Pine Film Festival: On location with John Wayne in California’s Eastern Sierra; Horseback ride where Hollywood’s Western heroes rode in Lone Pine’s Alabama Hills; and a look at the daring and dangerous world of Hollywood stuntmen. Plus – The music of The Quebe Sisters, and a music venue like no other – Bridgeport Ranch at the foot of the High Sierra.

Episode 404: Nate Wald; The Barnsion; Montana-made The Cowboy Cereal

Acclaimed Rawhide Braider, horseman and Montana rancher Nate Wald; A most unique wedding venue in the middle of Montana – The Barnsion; and, Made in Montana – The Cowboy Cereal.

Episode 405: Paradise Ranch; historic Occidental Hotel; Cheyenne’s Nelson Museum of the West

Wyoming’s aptly named Paradise Ranch; Butch and Sundance slept here – The historic Occidental Hotel; plus Cheyenne’s Nelson Museum of the West.

Episode 406: Western Durango, Colorado

Today’s Wild West explores Western Durango, Colorado: We’ll ride spectacular Durango to Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad; Check into the Historic Strater Hotel; Visit the Toh-Atin Native American Art Gallery; and meet Western Photographer Christopher Marona.

Episode 501: The Rock Creek Spring Horse Drive; John Wayne’s costume man; LA Buffalo

Ride the California desert and the High Sierra on the Rock Creek Pack Station Spring Horse Drive; Luster Bayless, costumer for John Wayne, Lonesome Dove, and other classic Westerns; The Los Angeles area buffalo herd on the former estate of Hollywood’s first cowboy movie star.

Episode 502: Circle Bar Ranch; Charlie Russell Art; $10K Cowboy Boots

Where legendary cowboy artist Charlie Russel once rode – Montana’s historic Circle Bar Ranch; The Mackay Gallery of Charlie Russell Art at the Montana Historical Society; The $10,000 handmade cowboy boots of Lisa Sorrell.

Episode 503: Triple J Ranch; Artist Tucker Smith; The Single Action Shooting Society

Ride the Rocky Mountain Front at Montana’s Triple J Ranch; Western Wildlife Artist Tucker Smith; California cowboy fun with The Single Action Shooting Society.

Episode 504: An Oklahoma Episode – The Last Stockyard; Shorty’s Hattery; Cowboy sculptor Harold Holden; The National Cowboy Museum

Today’s Wild West travels to Oklahoma: The nation’s last stockyard – the Oklahoma National Stockyards; A visit to Stockyard City, and custom cowboy hat maker Shorty’s Caboy Hattery; The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City; Acclaimed Oklahoma Western sculptor Harold Holden.

Episode 505; A covered wagon ride on the Oregon Trail; Historic Ft. Caspar; Nine Floors of Western Wear; Moccasin art of John Murie

A covered wagon ride on Wyoming’s Oregon Trail with Historic Trails West; The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center; The Old West lives again at historic Fort Caspar; Nine floors of Western wear – Lou Taubert Ranch Outfitters in Casper, Wyoming; The beautiful beaded moccasins of Montana Chippewa-Cree artist John Murie.

Episode 506: Western Wickenburg – Team Roping Capital; Kay El Bar Ranch; Stoney Saddlery custom saddles; Buffalo Horn Art

Western Wickenburg, Arizona – the Team Roping Capital of the World: Saddle up at historic Kay El Bar Guest Ranch; Team roping at Rancho Rio; The custom saddles of Stoney Saddlery; Plus Lakota Buffalo Horn artist Kevin Pourier.

Episode 601: New adventures on the Custer Battlefield at U.S. Cavalry School

Today’s Wild West returns to U.S. Cavalry School for brand new horseback adventures, as we live the life of a U.S. Cavalry solder, and learn the history, of Montana’s historic Little Bighorn Battlefield.

Episode 602:The real deal at Rowse’s 1+1 Ranch; Custom leather at County Line Saddlery; Following John Wayne’s footsteps at the Lone Pine Film Festival

The real-deal cowboy life at Rowse’s 1+1 Ranch in the Sand Hills of Nebraska; The craftsmanship of Nebraska’s County Line Saddle Shop; Meet John Wayne’s son, walk where classic Westerns were shot, and much more, at the Lone Pine Film Festival.

Episode 603: Spring branding in Montana; Restoring historic wagons; Indian art at Custer Battlefield Trading Post; The Quigley shoot

****Spring roundup and branding at Montana’s Wald Ranch; Brining historic wagons back to life at Montana’s Engel’s Coach Shop; the 30th annual Matthew Quigley Buffalo Rifle Shoot.

Episode 604: The Grand Tetons at Red Rock Ranch; Fine art spurs; Gentling mustangs

See the Grand Tetons horseback – and much more – at Wyoming’s Red Rock Ranch; Turning bits and spurs into fine art – cowboy craftsman Ernie Marsh; gentling mustangs with Wyoming horse trainer Steve Mantle.

Episode 605: Medicine Bow Lodge; Artist Morgan Weistling; The living legacy of Will Rogers

Escape to Wyoming’s Medicine Bow Ranch; Western Artist Morgan Weistling; The historic home, polo field, and treasured California State Park left by the legendary Will Rogers.

Episode 606: Arizona advengture at theSprucedale Ranch Spring Horse Drive

****Saddle up for adventure, as we drive 85 horses 60 miles over three days through spectacular eastern Arizona – at the Sprucedale Ranch Spring Horse Drive.

Episode 607: The historic OTO Ranch; Mad Hatter Custom Cowboy Hats; Cowboys, Indians & 100 years of California’s Ramona Outdoor Play

Closed for nearly a century, the historic OTO outside Yellowstone – Montana’s first dude ranch – rides again; The fine custom cowboy hats of Montana Mad Hatters; Cowboys, Indians, romance and tragedy, as Ramona – California’s official outdoor play, celebrates 100 years.