Category: Western History
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Breaking Trail: Jackson Sundown
*Originally written for the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum blog series “Breaking Trail.” Did you know the cowboy in the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s logo is based on an ACTUAL cowboy?! That’s right, his name was Jackson Sundown and today I’m going to tell you about his…
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Breaking Trail: Bill Pickett
*Originally written for the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum blog series “Breaking Trail.” Would you ever bite a bull on the nose? Would you wrestle a steer? No…? What if I told you this was an actual event in every rodeo called, “bulldogging” invented by the great cowboy Bill…
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A Short History of Dogs in the American West & Their Role in Rodeo
Hey, friend! Welcome back to another post! Today, we’re exploring a couple of questions that were posed to me a few months ago: What role did dogs play in the American West? What kind of dogs were most common in the West? Do dogs have a role in rodeo? These…
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Welcome to the Active Historian Blog!
Hey there friend! My name is Kaitlyn Weldon. I am so glad that you found my blog. I hope that you will find something useful here that you can apply to your own life. This is my first blog post and I thought I’d introduce myself and tell you little…
The Active Historian 