Roy Rogers Riding "The Happy Trails"

Great Video of Roy Rogers riding Trigger singing Happy Trails- watch for the traditional western leather horse tack-

Great to see the old fashioned western riding gear-

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Old West Mail Order Catalogs for American Made Horse Tack

A true conversation between myself and a customer, a true western cowboy-

Customer- "Hello this is Dennis from billings Montana do you have a catalog ?"

John Brand- "Why yes I do sir. Appreciate your interest and I will send right up. But it's only about 1/3 of what we sell. Most is on our website."

Customer- "Well I'm just a cowboy with no access to a computer. Don't know how to turn it on anyway."

John Brand- "I understand. How did you find out about us?"

Customer- "I am sitting here in the bunkhouse reading Cascade Horseman and saw your article."

John Brand- "I thanked him."

With all our computers, laptops, and blackberry's we forget about the real life and the true cowboys who still work the range today!

Which made me start to think about all the old west cowboys, miners, and frontiersmen that purchased their goods and western gear via a catalog....

In 1896 the United States Congress authorized Rural Free Delivery and by 1911 there was a local U.S. Post Office at nearly every crossroads in America... almost seventy-seven thousand of them!
(pictured here-Terry, Montana Post Mistress Susie Snow and her husband in front of their combination log house and post office in the summer of 1899.)

Cowboys, ranchers and farmers no longer traveled to the general store or the livery for their goods and horse tack, they could just order through a catalog and get it by mail.

There was the Sears, Roebuck and Co., the Montgomery Ward & Co. and other catalogs that specialized in just American made horse tack, saddles and cowboy gear.

The Sears Catalog was referred to as the Farmer’s Bible or The Wish Book. The 1897 catalog, available in reprint, shows what new and established residents of rural America needed to live and prosper, and it lives up to its Wish Book nickname. There were groceries, including long lists of flavoring extracts. Drugs follow, offering a wide range of homeopathic as well as conventional patent medicines; those living in rural isolation often coped with illness and injury alone and a full cupboard of remedies increased the chances of survival. Rural doctors also surely ordered from the catalog.


Tools of all kinds comprised a large share of catalog pages, including well, wagon and domestic hardware as well as tools needed for home-building and farming. Both stoves, wood- and coal-fired, required serious consideration and expense; before a customer laid out $10 to 15 for a stove, he wanted to know about it in detail!


In the 1900’s along with the Sears catalog, there was the Hamley & Co, the Fred Mueller Catalog, and the N. Porter Catalog. They offered the old time cowboy saddles, boots, western cowboy gear, and American made horse tack.

The mail order catalogs allowed the frontiersmen and cowboys to live their life on there own land away from the big city and have access to all their goods and western tack.


To receive a copy of the Buckaroo Leather catalog with our American made western horse tack you can email me at buckaroojohn@sbcglobal.net or call (800) 873 0781.





Our family has been dedicated for 30 years in serving
the Western Horseman the safest most durable Quality
American made leather horse tack.......Buckaroo John Brand
Buckaroo Leather, The Brand to Demand
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Buckaroo Leather's Favorite Cowboy Websites

Since I have started my own Blog, I have encounter a vast world of Cowboy/Cowgirl and horse related websites. Here are a few of those websites, I would encourage you to visit. Enjoy!






Info Horse- http://www.infohorse.com/



The #1 Horse Industry Advertising Directory. Looking for a great horse trainer? or used horse trailers? This website is the place to check. Not only horse, but dogs too! Anything horse related is on this site.





Equine Source- http://www.yourequinesource.com/


Looking for a horse to buy or sell?Come straight to the Source for Equine Classifieds!
Your Equine Source specializes in bringing you a wide variety of Horses for sale, Tack, Trailers, Trucks and so much more.



The Horse Network- http://www.horse-networks.com/



The Horse Network is the ultimate social networking resource for all things equine. Horse lovers can create their own personal profile, blog about their experiences with horses, browse events in their area or add their event to the public calendar, befriend other horse lovers, set up their own stable group, or add videos and pictures of their horse to the gallery features.




A Cowboy's Wife- http://www.acowboyswife.com/



After teaching myself the ropes of the “world wild web,” I now use my sites to reach out to women in various forms including helping others with blogging tips and teaching affiliate marketing at Blogging with Cents. I use my personal blog, A Cowboys’ Wife, to chronicle my reflections about ranch life, kids, marriage, and photography.




Haute Cowgirl- http://www.hautecowgirl.com/


For all you Cowgirls out there! A place to find the latest cowgirl fashions! fun articles, great place to find the latest fashions, plus much more!

Cowboy Showcase-http://www.cowboyshowcase.com/

You can stay in touch with the western spirit, read about, and see the authentic people, places, gear, and traditions of cowboys and buckaroos, past and present, right here on Cowboy Showcase.You can help keep that western spirit alive. Tell a cowboy tale or poem, pass along a favorite recipe, share your knowledge or craft, and make this showcase a more exciting virtual cowboy experience

True Cowboy Online magazine-http://truecowboymagazine.com/

trueCOWBOY magazine was established with the intention to act as a one-stop platform for the various mustang rescue oranizations. Working with the groups to help increase their sphere of influence to a readership that includes not only the horseowner and enthusiast but layman as well, who are not even aware that wild mustangs exist freely on the plains and most definitely not aware of the mustangs plight to remain free.

True West -http://www.truewestmagazine.com/

TRUE WEST relates our history back to the present day, to show readers the important role our heritage plays in keeping the spirit of the West alive during our everyday travels and adventures out West.



If you have any websites you would like to share, please feel free to leave a comment.

Our family has been dedicated for 30 years in serving
the Western Horseman the safest most durable Quality
American made leather horse tack.......

Buckaroo John Brand

Buckaroo Leather, The Brand to Demand
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Growing Demand for Small Horse/Cob Size Tack ....

Demand for small horse and cob (another name for small horse)
size Tack is growing in popularity...



Trail and timed Endurance horses are smaller...
Gymkhana and Pony clubs are exploding in attendance..
Arabian horses are breed for endurance competition..


We are offering many different sizes now on our shopping
site.

Our family has been dedicated for 30 years in serving
the Western Horseman the safest most durable Quality
American made leather horse tack.......

Buckaroo John Brand

Buckaroo Leather, The Brand to Demand
Visit Our Unique Store Today
Buckaroo Leather Shopping Site

Your Horse Tack Lover will Love you for Valentine's Day.....

We are offering the best gift for your Horse Loving
VALENTINE at a 15% discount!!

A Gift Certificate for them to purchase anything they
want on our beautiful Buckaroo Tack shopping site and
save 15% on our Top Quality horse tack.....

On our shopping site we are now offering a wide
variety of tack in every size imaginable....
From pony tack, to cob size tack, and small horse tack..
And all the way up to large horse, mule tack and draft horse tack..
We can make any size western horse tack!! Just ask....

We make just about every style also..
From buckaroo gear, to old vaquero tack, mounted shooting tack,
trail riding tack, barrel racing tack, roping, cutting and reining tack ...
And rodeo to pleasure horseback riding tack..

It is all there for your Valentine.....

Just click here to purchase....



Our family has been dedicated for 30 years in serving
the Western Horseman the safest most durable Quality
American made leather horse tack.......

Buckaroo John Brand

Buckaroo Leather, The Brand to Demand
Visit Our Unique Store Today
Buckaroo Leather Shopping Site

Holiday Gift Certificate for all your Buckaroos....

Don't miss your opportunity to give the best gift
you can, and save 20%, to your horse loving
friends and family. A gift certificate for them
to purchase anything they want from our
new beautiful website......

In addition when redeemed they will not have to
pay any shipping charges. Yes FREE shipping!

What a great Christmas Gift....
Save them and yourself Gas and Time..

Hurry because this discount is only good for the
month of OCTOBER!!!!!




Our family has been dedicated for 28 years in serving
the Western Horseman the safest most durable Quality
American made leather horse tack.......

Buckaroo John Brand

Buckaroo Leather, The Brand to Demand
Visit Our Unique Store Today
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