This festival season, the bolo tie is getting a makeover. The bolo tie gained immense popularity throughout the southwest in the early 30s and became the official neckwear of Arizona in 1973. The accessory was made famous by Westerners and cowboys, specifically in Wickenburg, Ariz. According to Mary Ann Igna, curator at the Arizona Bolo…
Kayla Belcher is a reporter for Arizona Sonora News, a service from the School of Journalism with the University of Arizona. Contact her at krb97@email.arizona.edu.
Ed Keeylocko, 85, is living his legend of the Wild West. With cactus green eyes, red hair and black skin, Keeylocko is a minority of minorities, but he never let this stop him from pursuing his dream of becoming a cattle rancher in the Southwest….
Humans are notorious for their insatiable desire to ride off into the sunset. And there’s one vacation just over the hillside that gives greenhorns and tenderfoots alike the chance to and rope and ride for real. The guest ranches—also known as dude ranches—popped up during the Westward expansion days and have since become a refuge…
Walk into Tombstone Old West Books and sense years of cowboy history. Stroll toward the back. Past the many rust-colored saddles with detailed designs of flowers, stars and other intricate patterns. Listen as the wooden floor creaks when passing by the shelves that showcase holsters and chaps. Here one finds Geno D’Ambrose, surrounded by various cuts…
