Wild West
Food Chain Radio Show #1188
Michael Olson, Author & Urban Farming Agriculturalist
Taming the Wild West
Guest: David Wolman, Co-Author, Aloha Rodeo
As a native son of Montana, I grew up immersed in the cowboy culture that tamed the wild west.
Michael Olson Food Chain Radio – Taming the Wild West – Photo – Walt Linderman and his horse, Scotty
Uncle Walt was the scion of the world champion Red Lodge Linderman clan, a PRCA champion steer wrestler and the owner of the steer wrestling horse Scotty. Scotty won big money by chasing down the wildly fleeing steers of the West’s wrestlers.
And, as a writer in search of a great story, I spent a good solid week interviewing 93 year-old Alice Greenough. Alice was the queen of the American rodeo, who rode the same bucking horses as the men.
And, I watched as daughter Kelsey, as a very tiny toddler, was given her first horseback ride by Turk Greenough. Turk was arguably the greatest saddle bronc rider of all time.
Given proximity to these cowboys and girls, I came to think that it was their incredible toughness of character that enabled them to tame the wild west. But, then I read Aloha Rodeo, and I realized that I was missing what really made it possible for the boys and girls of the west to do their taming…
And so, today we travel up to Portland to ask…
Leave a comment below: How did cowboys and girls use the cow to tame the wild, wild west?
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