Johnny Reedy, left, and sister Brigid Reedy dance together at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nev., on Feb. 4. (Bridget Bennett / For The Times) In a high school gymnasium, three hours ...

REXBURG — For 30 years, the annual Teton Western Music and Cowboy Poetry gathering has brought together musicians, poets, and storytellers to celebrate the rich heritage of the American West. After ...

The 34th annual Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade drew about 1,500 people to downtown on Saturday, Pam Jacobs, parade coordinator, said. About 200 people and at least 100 horses, plus many mules ...

Carin Mari is bringing some high-country music – and perhaps even a yodel or two – to the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering this weekend. A gifted singer and guitar player from Buena Vista, this is her ...

Terry Nash’s most requested poem is “A Cowman’s Lot.” “I can never do a gathering without reciting that poem,” Nash said. It’s about a heifer giving birth to her first calf and the cowboy watching ...

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ELKO, Nev. — In a high school gymnasium, three hours from Salt Lake and seven from Las Vegas, the throaty warble of a fiddle competed with the sound of cowboy boots squeaking on wood. Men ...