Heres an event that you don’t get to see at many rodeos. From over a century ago reminiscent of the Texas Cattle drive era and the Chisholm trail where the millions of Texas Longhorns were herded on 3-4 month trips to the railheads in Kansas by cowboys.

Of course, the cowboy’s horse following along in the remuda was the prime tool to get the job done. There was no corrals along the way in the mesquite and sagebrush terrain prior to the invention of barbed wire (devils rope).

So once a horse was needed or a change of a mount, the cowboy threw a loop over the selected horse and saddled up. Easier said than done. Here is a glimpse back in time of what might of been experienced in the now tamed west.

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