ranching Archives - Wide Open Country

Actress Cybill Shepherd as Jacy Farrow in a scene from the Columbia Pictures movie 'The Last Picture Show ' in 1971 in Archer City, Texas. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Archer City: The Texas Town That Inspired 'The Last Picture Show'

By Courtney Fox

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The 10 Biggest Ranches in Texas

By Elizabeth Abrahamsen

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15 Places in the U.S. Where Cowboy Culture Is Alive and Well

By Wide Open Country Staff

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'Yellowstone' Gifts for the Biggest John and Beth Dutton Fans

By Allison Johnson

photo of Four Sixes Ranch in Texas

This Enormous Historic Texas Ranch is the Setting for the 'Yellowstone' Spinoff

By Courtney Fox

Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean Filmed 'Giant' in a Small Texas Town

By Courtney Fox

Who Invented Barbed Wire and How Did It Tame The Wild West?

By Darby Sparkman

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How Much Do Real Ranch Hands Make?

By Courtney Fox

Mary Ann Goodnight

Mary Ann Goodnight: the Texas Woman Who Saved Buffalo From Extinction

By Bobbie Jean Sawyer

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This Colorado Ranching Company is Keeping the West Wild

By Bobbie Jean Sawyer