cowboys

In a small workshop behind his Eureka, Kansas, home, a master shoemaker from Italy is quietly pursuing his craft. "I think you really have to like the culture to really understand how to make a proper cowboy boot," cobbler Sam Vasta says.

The longest-run Black rodeo in the nation, the Roy LeBlanc Okmulgee Invitational Rodeo takes place every year in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. This year, hundreds of spectators and competitors from across the country celebrated the rodeo’s 69th anniversary.

Ivan McClellan's new photobook, “Eight Seconds,” documents the Black riders, ropers and rodeo queens encountered in dusty arenas around the United States. McClellan's love for the sport and subculture led him to start his own rodeo in Portland, Oregon, where he lives.

Robert "Cowboy" Culbertson owns American Frontier Production, a set where artists can imagine life on the prairie as it once was.

Trae Q.L. Venerable is a lot of things: a horseman, a houndsman, a writer and an educator, for sure. But foremost, he’s a real-life cowboy who doesn’t fit…

Segment 1: As the tourism industry grows, so do questions about the impact of travel.Are there ways to enjoy greater acess to travel while also treading…

Segment 1: The story behind a cowboy music band from Kansas City. Cowboy music is not the same as country-western. We speak with two of the musicians of 3…

Segment 1: How long does it take to make a friend?According to a KU professor, it takes 50 hours to make a casual friend (though that's not always…

This Saturday, Antioch Park in Johnson County, Kansas, will reopen its western-themed playground named "Dodge Town."Complete with a general store, smithy…

Segment 1: Memories of the wild west are kept alive in Johnson County park.For many kids who grew up near Antioch Park, 'Dodge Town' has been a place to…

Dannette Ray is standing inside a re-created train depot, wearing cowboy boots, leather chaps and two six-shooters in holsters at her waist. Before she…

The worn-slick saddle encased in Plexiglas is not a standard fixture of the Kansas City Public Library’s grand, marbled entry hall. But it's not out of…