Here’s another of Merle Aus’ stories written exclusively for HorsesOfTheWest.com. Keep checking back, and he’ll write more! For more information about Merle, check out his page. Howdy Folks.. I used to sort of enjoy winter. When I was still in school we used to go ice skating and of course basketball season was on. I […]
Western History
Oldtimers Stories
This is the first of Merle Aus’ stories written exclusively for HorsesOfTheWest.com. Keep checking back, and he’ll write more! For more information about Merle, check out his page. Howdy Folks: Well here it is spring again. The birds are back from their winter feeding grounds. The grass is green and some of the wild flowers […]
Welcome Author Merle Aus!
Today HorsesOfTheWest.com is pleased to announce the addition of Merle Aus to our line-up of bloggers! Merle wrote the his autobiography, I’d Rather Be Lucky Than Good and has a page here on the site: http://horsesofthewest.com/western-artists-authors/2010/03/merle-aus-western-author/ Merle will be writing more charming western stories from his recollections for HorsesOfTheWest.com over the next several months. Check […]
Welcome John Moore
Welcome to John Moore, noted Montana author and western historian! We are excited to have him on board as a contributor to our blog. Miles City, Montana is home to John and his wife, Debbie, and it is from this western environment and culture that he draws the subject matter for his many books and […]
Horses Of The Big Dry by John Moore
What a country it must have been! From the 1890s until the 1940s, Miles City, Montana was indisputably the Horse Capital of the World. Generals from the world’s armies came here to buy warhorses; draft horses were raised for southern farms; polo horses were exported to England; and coach horses were sent to bustling city […]