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I turned on the tv to watch the Rose Parade this morning just in time to hear an Ariz. marching band playing Ghost Riders. It was a favorite of someone now passed, so I decided to do some research on it and this is what I found. _________________________________________________ Texas is full of lore, legends, and ghost stories. The tale of the Ghost Riders is by far the saddest, most evil, not to mention, the most famous one in the country. This legend is sadly true, a senseless ghoulish tragedy which took place in Crosby County, Texas. You may know it...

Threatening floodwaters in Texas prompted the rescue of at least 200 cattle Sunday as cowboys and law enforcement led the herd on a 9-mile journey described by residents as a “once-in-a-lifetime” spectacle. In Liberty County, outside of Houston, the animals were stranded for days on a 50-acre piece of land in the Liberty Bell Ranch that had become a shrinking island as the Trinity River flooded. More than 10 inches of rain has fallen during the last month over eastern Texas, with some areas receiving up to 20 inches, KHOU reports. So local rancher Pat Henscey rounded up 150 cowboys,...

CAMERON – The rest of the United States should realize that rebuilding southwest Louisiana after Hurricane Rita is crucial to the nation’s economy, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Saturday. Southwest Louisiana processes much of the nation’s oil and gas, catches a large share of its seafood and exports the nation’s goods to the rest of the world through its ports, Blanco said. America’s WETLAND and the Southwest Louisiana Chamber of Commerce staged a symbolic cattle drive Saturday to demonstrate that the region is recovering and also to commemorate the first anniversary of Rita. “We have so much value here in Louisiana....

Annual cattle drive goes off without a hitch 650 steers moved through town to unofficially kick off CFD By Cara Eastwood rep4@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - Like a scene in an old Western movie, a herd of cattle suddenly poured over the horizon on Sunday morning, in a pasture on the north side of Horse Creek Road. The smell of campfire biscuits and eggs still hung in the air as the steers approached, trotting in the center of a loose circle of cowboys and cowgirls who guided them slowly toward a small opening in the barbed wire...

Cattle drive kicks off Frontier Days By Juliette Rule Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE – In her pink hat and pink cowgirl boots, 7-year-old Kari Webb fit the part of a Cheyenne Frontier Days spectator to a T. The rising mercury, a grumbling tummy nor the 90-minute wait deterred her excitement at spotting the black-hatted Dandies crest the hill near her perch at Vandehei Avenue. But when the 500 or so corriente steers made their way by, Webb’s eyes grew large, and she hopped around excitedly as she translated the braying. The steers, she said, were saying “Get outta...

An unprecedented trial took place in a regional court in the Russian republic of Chivashia. A cow belonging to a citizen from the village Lipovo stood trial. The cow was charged with a traffic accident that occurred on the Moscow – Kazan highway 1.5 years ago