A deep look into the cowboy saddle development, types and different styles. A deep look into the cowboy saddle development, types and different styles. A current day saddle craftsman walks us through ...

From inside his small workshop in the unincorporated community of Marvel, horse trainer Orly Valencia has been perfecting the craft of making saddles intended for the long-haul cowboys on the range.

One side of a saddle is made for the rider and the other side for the horse, says Billings saddlemaker Ben Swanke. To make the horse happy, Swanke pads the underside of his saddles with real sheepskin ...

For more than 200 years, the company now known as the Smith-Worthington Saddlery Co. has been making and repairing fine saddles. But the days are gone when the business thrived as Smith, Bourn & Co.

Q A friend got a saddle at an auction, and I got the saddle in trade. It is a Bools & Butler saddle made in Reno. The large plate on the back is engraved: “Buck Bucko From Will Rogers, Sept 15, 1915, ...