Melody Hale has been coming to the St. Paul Rodeo for decades. Despite being a competitive roper with 30 years of experience, her trips from her home in Tenino, Washington, to the big rodeo in the ...

PERKINSTON, Miss. (WLOX) - The Coast Life has turned into the rodeo life for a cowgirl from Stone County, as Summer Williams is quickly roping her way up the ladder of professional rodeo. “Roping ...

At Daniel Bey’s ranch house, in the heart of Kansas City, Kansas, the 41-year-old cowboy and horseman readies his nylon and polyester rope with practiced ease. Surrounded by a barn, a workstation ...

In the Texas Firsts series, old and new residents alike experience linchpins of Lone Star State life and culture. It started a few months ago, when an editor handed me a seemingly simple assignment: ...