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Buckaroo Leather Black Friday Special
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Go to Buckaroo Leather, shop the special Pre-Christmas Discounts on select American Made leather Horse Tack and Use the discount code xmas15 at the shopping cart to receive an extra 15% off -including gift certificates.

Sale starts Nov. 25th 2010 at 6 AM Pacific ends on Nov. 29th at 11:30pm

Special Pre-Christmas Deals- Use the code xmas15 and receive an additional 15% off!!

Martingale Pulling Breast Collar
Reg. Price: $151.50
Sale: $131.50
You Save: $20.00

Hand crafted from the finest Hermann Oak single ply heavy harness leather, Oiled Golden Bridle Leather w/ chap lining, or NEW ROUGH OUT G. Bridle Med. oiled this Old Martingale style shaped breast collar features an over the shoulder fit for a better pulling position. Also featured is the adjustable neck strap and billet. The breast collar is hand edged, rubbed and finished with nickel hardware. For pleasure or show, the hand craftsmanship and attention to detail will make you proud to use this breast collar on with your favorite horse. Center Option of Traditional Heart Concha!

Professional Heavy Harness Leather Split Rein
Reg. Price: $61.50
Sale: $51.50
You Save: $10.00

These TOP OF THE LINE Quality Pro Harness Leather Split Reins are for everyday use by the Professional Horseman! These are heavy hand picked uniform harness Split Reins with Hand Beveled edges and rubbed with extra oil for a soft supple feel-Providing the Best ready to use Feel!

Made with Hermann Oak Heavy Harness leather. They have the uniform balance through out the complete length. When cut side by side they are PAIRED together, BORN together for that exact same feel and weight for the ultimate signal and communication! Ends are extra heavy for the correct drape!! Reins are available in 1/2" , 3/4" , 5/8" and 1" widths with 8' length. Great for reining, training, Cutting, etc.

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The Women of the 1800's-Life on the Frontier

Women in the 1800’s took part in all facets of Frontier Life. The hardship of frontier life required that all members of the family take part to make ends meet. So, 1800 women mounted their horses to hunt with their husbands and also camp out for days. Some women even became cattlewomen. One such cattlewomen was Elizabeth E. Johnson.

*Elizabeth E. Johnson was born in Missouri in 1843. She moved to Hays County, Texas soon after her father had established the Johnson Institute there in 1852. Lizzie began teaching at the school when she was sixteen. Later she left to teach in schools at Manor, Lockhart, and Austin. Quietly she saved her money and added to her income by writing stories for Frank Leslie’s Magazine. As she accumulated money, she invested it. At one point she purchased $2,500 worth of stock in the Evans, Snider, Bewell Cattle Co. of Chicago. She earned 100 percent dividends for three years straight and then sold her stock for $20,000. On June 1, 1871, she invested the money in cattle and registered her own brand (CY) in the Travis County brand book along with her mark.

Lizzie Johnson’s wealth continued to grow. So did her responsibilities. In the summer of 1879, at the age of thirty-six, she married Hezkiah G Williams, a preacher and widower with several children. She continued to teach school in Austin, write magazine articles, and invest in cattle. She maintained control over her wealth, having had her husband sign a paper agreeing that all of her property remained hers. On his own, Hezkiah entered the cattle business in 1881, but he was a poor businessman who also liked to drink, and Lizzie had to keep pulling him out of financial trouble. At least twice Lizzie and Hezkiah traveled up the Chisholm Trail to Kansas. They rode behind the herd in a buggy drawn by a team of horses. This was about 1879, and Lizzie was the first woman to drive her own herd up the trail. For several years she and her husband, after coming up the trail, spent the fall and winter months in St. Louis, where Lizzie made extra money by keeping books for other cattlemen. When she died in 1924, at the age of 81 (her husband had died on 1914), Lizzie Johnson’s estate totaled more than $200,000, including large holdings in Austin real estate.

(*An excerpt from Emily Jones Shelton, “Lizzie E Johnson: A Cattle Queen of Texas” Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Vol L (1947) pp 349-366)

The old west is filled with stories like this of men and women and their adventures on the trail. They worked hard for a living and expected their horse tack to work just as hard and last.

The styles of the old west tack and durability can be found at Buckaroo Leather. Buckaroo Leather carries old cowboy tack like, the Old West Bridle, Old Cowboy Style Headstall, Old West Martingale Breast Collar, and the Old Time Breast Collar/Choker.

The styles of the old time horse tack are not only appealing to the “old time cowboy” but like the horse tack of the 1800, the durability and quality is essential to the cowboy and the horse.

Check back for more stories from the 1800’s on women, cowboys, horse tack and saddles.

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the Western Horseman the safest most durable Quality
American made leather horse tack.......

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