I grew up 150 miles North of Yellowstone Park. The only time I remember wearing a cowboy hat was at rodeos. Hardly anyone wears a cowboy hat in Montana. I also noticed hardly anyone wears a cowboy hat in Texas either. If you're riding a horse, unless you have a chin strap on, chances are you're going to lose that thing the first big cross-wind that comes up.
But people all over the country are starting to go cowboy crazy again and buying up all of the Western gear so they can look like the folks on the show "Yellowstone". (Remember the Urban Cowboy craze?) Being a cowboy isn't what people think. Riding a horse for long periods of time is really hard on more things than your backside. There's a reason why the women at country bars are usually more friendly than women at most urban nightclubs. The people there are more grounded and less swell-headed. I was in a Honky-tonk in Texas that had a dance-floor that reminded me of Daytona. Everyone just seemed to swing around in a circle like a racetrack.
Even though I was born and raised in Montana....I'm never going to say that I'm a cowboy....because even though I know how to ride I've never had to push cattle. I can't rope because I never bought a Lariat lasso. You need to practice to do that right.
Yellowstone is a good show (at times not very realistic)....but it pisses me off a bit....because since the show started...property values in my home state have skyrocketed. I prefer 1883...which is a prequel to Yellowstone...and really gives you a better idea what it took to travel across the country and settle in the West. It also reminds me of why exactly the population in Montana never reached more than half a million. (It's going to be 1.2 million this year)
The Winters are cold.....and they chase away all of the folks from New York or California.
I remember the days when we didn't even have interstates or four-lane highways. I remember the Tee-Pees that were set up by the river in Lolo South of Missoula. They're nothing but a memory now.
But people all over the country are starting to go cowboy crazy again and buying up all of the Western gear so they can look like the folks on the show "Yellowstone". (Remember the Urban Cowboy craze?) Being a cowboy isn't what people think. Riding a horse for long periods of time is really hard on more things than your backside. There's a reason why the women at country bars are usually more friendly than women at most urban nightclubs. The people there are more grounded and less swell-headed. I was in a Honky-tonk in Texas that had a dance-floor that reminded me of Daytona. Everyone just seemed to swing around in a circle like a racetrack.
Even though I was born and raised in Montana....I'm never going to say that I'm a cowboy....because even though I know how to ride I've never had to push cattle. I can't rope because I never bought a Lariat lasso. You need to practice to do that right.
Yellowstone is a good show (at times not very realistic)....but it pisses me off a bit....because since the show started...property values in my home state have skyrocketed. I prefer 1883...which is a prequel to Yellowstone...and really gives you a better idea what it took to travel across the country and settle in the West. It also reminds me of why exactly the population in Montana never reached more than half a million. (It's going to be 1.2 million this year)
The Winters are cold.....and they chase away all of the folks from New York or California.
I remember the days when we didn't even have interstates or four-lane highways. I remember the Tee-Pees that were set up by the river in Lolo South of Missoula. They're nothing but a memory now.
