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The Cowboy Up Podcast with Russell True & Steven Clauson from The White Stallion Ranch
Release Date: 03/30/2025
The Cowboy Up Podcast with Russell True & Steven Clauson from The White Stallion Ranch
Bill Markley is a long-time friend and guest at White Stallion Ranch and a long-time member of Western Writers of America and a current member for the Will Rogers Medallion Awards One of Bill’s most recent books on the Legendary West Series is Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody: Plainsmen of the Legendary West was wildly successful. Bills love of history and travel were instilled in him as a young boy growing up on the family farm in Pennsylvania. Bill has been in the films Dances with Wolves, Son of the Morning Star, Far and Away, Gettysburg, and Crazy Horse. Bill's soon to be released...
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Brian Wong is the owner of a third-generation family farm first established in 1939. Brian in the second youngest of 40 grand children and was willing to stay around to do the hard work and preserve the family legacy. Today BKW Farms, in Marana, Arizona employs organic farming methods and they grow a Heritage variety of wheat. BKW Farms is a supplier of grains to Arizona breweries, different types of wheat to Arizona bakeries and locally grown mushrooms. In a state where water supply is a day-to-day issue, Brian has learned how to manage this precious resource with a goal of sustainability....
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Greg Laird is a practicing attorney in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has represented numerous defendants in every stage of death penalty jurisprudence, including two victories at the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals thereby saving his clients from the Oklahoma death chamber. He wrote this book so readers could experience the twists, turns and inner turmoil that comes from representing people on death row. He is the founding partner of the Laird Group where he represents clients in a multitude of legal areas including criminal defense. In his spare time he likes to read, attend sporting events and spend...
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Alex La Pierre first arrived in southern Arizona to work for the National Park Service. He wanted to focus on the historic preservation and interpretation at Tumacacori National Historic Park. His goal included creating and leveraging nonprofit cross-border work experience in project management and program development. It was then when Alex founded became the director of Borderlandia which has become a bi-national organization committed to building public understanding of the borderlands. Alex works every day to build something positive that impacts this world by connecting people across...
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Born & raised in South Dakota, Karlee Petersen has a natural passion for agriculture and the western way of life that’s been instilled from a young age. With appreciation for the sport of rodeo and putting it into play on screen, Karlee has used her skill set learned at school and various roles throughout the industry to capitalize on television production and bring rodeo to the major platform. With education being a major focus for Karlee, she takes any opportunity to learn from others. Karlee spent time with Bass Pro Shops producing photoshoots & national commercials to expand her...
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On this week’s edition of the Cowboy Up podcast we welcome Jana Earp. Before you ask, the answer is yes… She is part of the famous family from Tombstone, Arizona. A little more than two years ago, Jana took a chance and jumped on social media to share her story from life as a corporate cowgirl to owning her own ranch while pursuing her love for the western lifestyle and the outdoors. That single decision has opened so many incredible doors and she’s gone on to build a community of over 30,000 and been invited to speak, be a guest on podcasts, host networking events, travel to...
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The historic Empire Ranch has been a working cattle ranch for almost 150 years. Its rich history includes successive ownership by two prominent ranching families, two corporations, and finally by the federal government on behalf of the general public. Originally established in the 1860’s as a homestead ranch of 160 acres with a flat topped four-room adobe ranch house and adjoining adobe-walled corral and finally the BLM took over in 1988 with a commitment to preserve the historic Empire Ranch buildings and interpreting them for future generations. Television series like Bonanza were filmed...
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The Roaming Hillbilly started down the path of hillbilly music a decade ago with high energy, San Francisco Peninsula-based Americana Bluegrass. After teaming up with the Edgewood Mountain Boys, Hillbilly (as his friends call him) quickly discovered his new passion that included roaming through the crowd playing music while the band performed on stage. The rest is history! His current mission in life is as a solo musical entertainer to energize folks while sharing his boot stompin hillbilly music. Whether he's greeting folks with music as they first arrive at...
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On this edition of the Cowboy Up podcast, we introduce TJ Jones, a real-life rodeo announcer with the Tejas rodeo near San Antonio, taxes. TJ’s mom was showing horses while he was growing up and his father was on the Sul Ross State Rodeo in Alpine, Texas so his rodeo roots run deep. TJ NEVER starts a rodeo without speaking to our Creator who blessed us with the ability to do what we do. With Christ, all things are possible. According to TJ, whoever said a dog is a man’s best friend, never owned a horse. Good ol Buster has really turned into a great announcer’s horse and he’s the best...
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BaseCamp for Veterans, Inc. ("BCI") was founded by life-long friends Deborah Plum & Theo Windish, who each have experience in both the private and public sectors. Theo has a degree from Penn State University and is a behavioral analyst and he uses that education and experience to serve some of America’s returned veterans at Basecamp. Theo has spent a significant portion of his professional life connecting people, being a part of charitable groups, and has invested his time in projects that served a variety of communities.
info_outlineBill Markley is a long-time friend and guest at White Stallion Ranch and a long-time member of Western Writers of America and a current member for the Will Rogers Medallion Awards
One of Bill’s most recent books on the Legendary West Series is Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody: Plainsmen of the Legendary West was wildly successful. Bills love of history and travel were instilled in him as a young boy growing up on the family farm in Pennsylvania. Bill has been in the films Dances with Wolves, Son of the Morning Star, Far and Away, Gettysburg, and Crazy Horse.
Bill's soon to be released book on Jim Bridger promises to take you to the next level. After two years of research his respect for him has grown. He accepted all people no matter who they were and only when they turned on him would he treat them as enemies. He tried to stay out of fights, but if one was unavoidable, he was in the forefront. He was like many of us, in love with the West.