After nearly five decades of ownership, longtime stewards Chuck and Sharon Blixrud have handed the reins to a new family ...

While many Southern Arizona dude ranches are now gone, the White Stallion Ranch near Marana has bucked the trend, surviving ...

A ranch vacation means shedding your cares — and your “g”s — as country hospitality and wide-open spaces often stir up a hankerin’ for fishin’, shootin’, ridin’ and ropin’. A newfound dialect and ...

One hundred horses and a lone donkey clattered from the corral. Behind them, cottonwood trees burned egg-yolk yellow and the mountains blurred to silhouettes. Hooves drummed and dust scattered. I had ...

Republished from Western Confluence, which covers natural-resource science and management in the West. Western Confluence is published by the University of Wyoming Institute of Environmental and ...

When you think of the Dutton family ranch, peaceful might not be the first word that comes to mind amid the murders, deceit and missing cattle—and yet, doesn’t it still look dreamy? Lucky for us you ...

Tucked into the foothills west of Loveland sits the Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch. While many people have become enamored with the Western lifestyle and culture, thanks to shows like “Yellowstone,” ...

“Next up is the team from Chicago,” crackles the disembodied voice over the speaker system mounted above the arena. A genuine “Yee-haw!” is heard across the dusty corral, as two men and a woman ride ...

While many Southern Arizona dude ranches are now gone, the White Stallion Ranch near Marana has bucked the trend, surviving ...

The origin of the dude ranch vacation is a fascinating story. Back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, “dude” was the name given to “big-shot city slickers” by Western cattle ranchers (or cowboys).

A ranch vacation means shedding your cares — and your “g”s — as country hospitality and wide-open spaces often stir up a hankerin’ for fishin’, shootin’, ridin’ and ropin’. A newfound dialect and ...