REE HEIGHTS, S.D. - Lonnie Smith's duplicator saw screamed as it trimmed an 8- by 4-foot cut of wood. This process created three wooden bars to be used to create a saddle tree, or a frame around which ...

HOHHOT -- Sanding pieces of wood, cutting leather, and carving delicate patterns, Qinggltu, 39, makes saddles in his workshop in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

Exhibits at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum are in galleries, hallways, outdoors, and even in barns. Inside the towering Horse and Cattle Barn on the southern edge of the 47-acre campus is ...

BARNESVILLE, Minn. – People are often surprised by what Cliff Langerud does for a living. The Barnesville man is a saddle maker. He's made more than 550 saddles by hand. "They're absolutely wonderful, ...

BELGRADE, Mont. — Passing on life lessons are time-honored ways of keeping essential professions healthy and vibrant. They are especially relevant when one generation gifts its knowledge and passion ...

When you run your hands across one of Chas Weldon's custom-made saddles, you're handling a practical, functional work of art that's meant to be used, not propped up in an art gallery or displayed in a ...

Sept. 12, 2013: For one Loveland cowboy, it was the day he watched as his life floated down the river. But with the flood he also saw his community and his nation shine with love and generosity. Rusty ...