Author: Julie

Auberry, CA –Ron Good-rich, who qualified for the Nat-ional Finals Rodeo nine times as a team roping header, died Nov. 26 at his home in Auberry,…

Placerville, CA — Byron Gist, father of Gary of Gist Silversmiths, passed away comfortably at his home surrounded by family and friends on Saturday, Dec. 7,…

Ashley Marie Escobar lost her courageous battle with cancer on Nov. 14, 2013 at home. Ashley was born on May 1, 1987 in King City, Calif.…

When I first started learning to team rope I was horrible. Team roping was a difficult sport to begin learning in your late 40s. I had…

Gene O’Brien, stepfather to seven-time World Champion Team Roper Clay O’Brien Cooper, died Oct. 23 from injuries suffered in a highway accident two weeks earlier near…

Dale “Tuffy” Cooper, considered a pioneer in the sport of roping and patriarch of one of the greatest rodeo families in the history of the sport,…

On Oct. 16, 2013, God called home a true cowboy. Abigah Elum Duncan, Sr. was born on Feb. 25, 1920, in York, Ariz., to Gus and…

A friend of mine came riding out to my horse trailer one night as I was just starting to load my horse. He seemed anxious and…