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Oh Give Me A Home Where The Buffalo Roam

Oh Give Me A Home Where The Buffalo Roam

By on Jun 23, 2016 in Blog | 3,804 comments

Did Ya Know… On the open prairies, meals were often cooked over fires made of old buffalo or cow chips.  This “prairie coal”as it was know , burned with a fine, hot flame, and the peculiar aroma helped keep bugs away from camp. The great bison herds of the early frontier were often recorded moving in masses that extended more than 50 miles in width...

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Get Along Little Doggies

Get Along Little Doggies

By on Jun 23, 2016 in Blog | 131 comments

Did Ya Know… While on long and dusty cattle drives, range cattle could smell a watering hole from as far away as 10 miles. When startled, stampeding cattle might cover distances of 20 miles before coming to a rest. On average a cow produces 65 lbs of manure daily

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