Riding & Outdoors

Cowgirls Historical Foundation members talk to C&I about horses, riding, and looking good doing it.

Whether they were constructed or altered, as small as an obscure waterfall or as monumental as an entire mountain, these sacred places are the other part of identity for people who knew the land, respected it, and loved it as a relative.

What lesson can you learn from both Marilyn Monroe and the legendary Brewster ranching family in Kananaskis County, Alberta?

The 17th annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta seals the city's position as "Hot Air Balloon Capital of the World."

The adopt-a-horse day will take place at 25 sites around the country, as well as at a number of Bureau of Land Management facilities open for education.

Each of three different series of stalls are made with tradmarked hardwoods and powder-coated steel grillwork.

Because of their rarity, white buffalo have a mystical place in Native lore and have been revered by many Indian cultures through the ages.

It turns out the night sky really is more spectacular in Western states than anywhere else in the country.

After surviving Hurricane Katrina and a dog attack, Molly now helps others overcome obstacles.

The 3,000-acre dude ranch outside Tucson, Arizona, has served as the set for dozens of movies and television shows over the years.

The renowned clinician, whose half-hour Chris Cox Horsemanship show airs three times a week on RFD-TV, talks to C&I about his background, family, and horses.

His pieces are known for their artfulness as well as their quality.

Program director Chad Isham says, "Ranches are where my roots are, and I feel strongly about sharing that experience in a way that also honors our cowgirl inductees."

This Orvis-endorsed lodge, located on a ranch in south-central Montana, offers fly fishing, horseback riding, and guided birding trips.

Arguably Hollywood's top horse trainer, Rex Peterson has trained horses for many hit movies and shares the secrets of his craft when he's between films.

It's been some 20 years since devastating fires consumed Yellowstone National Park in 1988, burning 36 percent of the land — 794,000 acres. Today, the nation's first national park thrives.

An afternoon on this Wyoming river is a prescription for invigorating relaxation.

Few figures of the Old West are as endlessly fascinating as Billy the Kid. This year the trail ride that bears his name backtracks the better than 125-mile route that Billy took when he escaped from the Lincoln County Jail and ran to Fort Sumner.

From ancient times, cattle and horses have been a part of life on the Iberian Peninsula.

The three-year-old facilities include a beautiful sandy arena and a tack room with tack handmade in the owner's saddle shop.

More than 20 horses were transported from the Houston SPCA stables to Tres Niñas Ranch in September — with much-appreciated help from Sandy Currie of Hempstead's Currie Equine Clinic — shortly after Hurricane Ike battered the Gulf Coast region.

Shiloh Rifle is the only company in the world whose parts interchange with the original Sharps rifles used by buffalo hunters in the 1800s.