The IL Ranch begins where electricity and paved roads end. In this isolated sage country of northern Nevada, IL buckaroos follow a team-drawn wagon that pulls out in the spring and stays out till autumn. Originally published in the November 1980 issue of Western Horseman.

Big-outfit buckarooing in Northern Nevada. Originally published in the December 1980 issue of Western Horseman.

Fall ranch production sales are right around the corner, and these guidelines will help you find the right horse at a reasonable price.

Guests ride in search of horses and cattle on Northeastern Nevada’s vast Cottonwood Ranch, where even a downpour can’t dampen the cowboy spirit.

Since 1941, the Burk family has been moving cattle from their ranch in Squaw Valley, California, to their summer range in the Sequoia National Forest, an area that includes some of America’s oldest and largest trees. Last spring, I got to go along for the ride.