Frances’ poems capture 75 years of experiences gained while living on the family ranch northeast of Steamboat Springs. Her poetry is filled with humor, wisdom and experience. She now lives in Fruita, Colorado where five generations of her family also live.
Frances is the author of several books including From the Pages of her Heart, [...]
Tom was born and raised in Trinidad, Colorado and spent much of his youth riding day labor and breaking colts for area ranchers. After graduation from college in 1971 with a degree in Animal Nutrition and Reproduction, Tom drifted across the country working cattle in 10 states. Fluctuations in the cattle market caused [...]
Terry was raised near Idalia, Colorado on a farm/ranch operation. In the late ‘60’s, after the farm was lost in an estate battle (the subject of one of his poems) Terry drifted into a thirty-five year career trucking, although never getting too far away from farming and raising beef.
Today, the horses, cattle and [...]
Peggy is a member of the Western Music Association (WMA) and deeply involved in preserving Western Music. She has been a featured performer at numerous Cowboy and Poetry Gatherings/Western Music shows throughout the U.S.A., has been on television and radio, and performed for a variety of entertainment venues. In 2000 she sang at the [...]
Ray was born and raised on a farm in the Missouri Ozarks at a time and place where horses or mules were about the only source of power and transportation. They raised cattle and hogs and feed for them. There was an “Open Range Law” in effect so their cattle had a lot [...]
Susie has been writing cowboy songs and poetry since age 15. True-life experiences are her source for story-like cowboy poetry and western songs. Inspired by rodeo legend, Chris LeDoux, Susie’s style captures a woman’s perspective on rodeo, ranch life, and horses.
Raised in the Chicago suburbs, Susie Knight was a “cowgirl” from age three when [...]
Chris is a poet/storyteller who has lived the life that he tells about. He has Cowboy’d for most of his 60-plus years, and his poems and stories are alive with the heart and humor of life from a cowboy’s point of view. He can usually find the funny side of any situation, and is considered [...]
Tom and Donna own and operate The Hatton Ranch located between Denver and Colorado Springs. They recently protected their historic ranch with a Palmer Land Trust conservation easement.
“This ranch is the place where Tom came as a child and brought me as a bride; we raised our kids on it. Our hearts and [...]
Slim is rapidly becoming a household name in the world of cowboy poetry. Slim paints a vivid picture of the west and the ornery characters who live there. His stories range from rural directions to CPR on mangy old heifers. If you want to laugh ’till yer innards hurt, Slim is your [...]
Nona was born in Colorado, and lives in the beautiful Grand Mesa area of Western Colorado. During part of her early years, she lived well beyond the electric lines in a cabin built of logs. She learned to read by the light of a kerosene lamp and rode horseback to school.
She married Alfred [...]