The Sweet Smell of Sagebrush

The tables have turned and the fate of the cattlemen lies with the jury. Does justice prevail or does the influence of the Wyoming Stockgrowers again save the day?

The Sheepmen made one last camp just 4 miles from their home and as they slept, seven masked raiders approached their camp.

After years of conflict between Sheepmen and Cattlemen over the range, it came to a head the moonlit night of April 9th, 1909 when masked raiders attacked the sheep camp and killed three sheepmen.

I was asked to speak at a National Day of the Cowboy event a few years back and wrote a poem about the kind of Cowboys that I have been fortunate to know. The American Cowboy magazine published it and I'm happy to bring it to you.

After Belle Drewry was killed, the town of Arland dried up and became a ghost town. But a chance discovery in 1978 led to William Gallagher, Blind Bill Hoolihan, and Belle Drewry to live again and have their stories told.

Follow the lives and deaths of William Gallagher, Blind Bill Hoolihan, and Belle Drewry as the drama unfolds in the 1890's Wyoming Cowtown of Arland.

Arland, Wyoming, was established in 1884 on Meeteetse Creek, 20 miles south of present day Cody, Wyoming by Vic Arland at the request of neighboring ranches to supply them with goods and merchantile. It became one of the wildest and lawless Cowtowns of it's day. Join me in Part 1 and learn about the man and his town.

Chief Joe Medicine Crow was the last remaining chief of the Crow Indian tribe. I spent a day with this extraordinary man at a Crow camp outside of Meeteetse, Wyoming in 2011. He told me his remarkable story on how he became a chief of his tribe. Joe was the first Crow to obtain a Master's degree in anthropology, and he enlisted in the Army in 1943 and fought the Germans in France. This is his story as he told it to me.

The Big Horn Basin in northern Wyoming is a very special area, completely surrounded by mountains, it is the largest amphitheater in the world! It's prehistory researched by Dr. George Frison, a world renowned archeologist and native to the basin, makes it one of the most important archeological sites in North America. Find out why, and listen to Buffalo Bill's comments about this magnificent place.