Ep. 117 - Rebranding the American Cow Boy

When it comes to the history of the American Cowboy, modern media has painted the picture to look one way when the reality shows that enslaved African Americans known as "Cow Boys" were truly the icons that changed the west, creating a unique equalizer post Emancipation Proclamation. Katie Surritt & Katie Schrock take a deep dive into the history of African American cow boys and the impacts they have had on the west, cattle drives, and rodeo as we know it.

Advocacy, Rodeo, Western Lifestyle, Western History, RanchingKatie SchrockFebruary 15, 2023Cowboy, cow boy, Katie Surritt, Katie Schrock, Fred Whitfield, history, slavery, African American, Yellowstone, Gunsmoke, Beth Dutton, Dutton, Gambia River alley, Africa, cow hunters, cowpunchers, cattlemen, drovers, ranchers, plantations, civil war, Yellowstone 1883, Johanna July, Army, emancipation proclamation, emancipation, Abraham Lincoln, Disney, Pendleton, Washington, Oregon, KKK, segregation, cowpunchers association, punchy, world war II, Matthew Bones Hook, black cowboys in the american west, the black west, Guts: legendary black rodeo cowboy bill pickett, Black women of the west, black frontier: a history of african american heroes in the old west, Lesser known history of African American cowboys, Spanish Louisiana land policy, Library of congress colectionComment

Ep. 65 - Staying True to Your Country Music Roots with Olivia Harms

Join host Katie Schrock as she chats with Canby, Oregon, country music star Olivia Harms about her life on a cow-calf operation, moving to the Cowboy Capitol of Oregon (that's Prineville for the non-Oregonians), commuting with Nashville, her album debuting later this year AND, as if that wasn't enough, all about her time spent internationally playing country music with her legendary 2020 Western Music Hall of Fame inductee mother, Joni Harms!

Ep. 49 - Chelcie Cargill; Advocate, Communicate, Educate

Living in the cowboy country of eastern Oregon by way of Montana, we are excited to showcase Celcie Cargill of the Montana Farm Bureau to chat about how we can use the COVID-19 lockdown to become stronger ambassadors for the western lifestyle. From advocating to communications, Chelcie has been involved in policy work as the Director of State Affairs for the Montana Farm Bureau. She’s also founded the year-long ACE program that stands for advocate, communicate and educate that is in its third-rotation. Learn how to have empathetic conversations that are applicable in all aspects of life in this episode with co-hosts Katie Schrock and Rachel Owens-Sarno.

Ep. 18 - St. Paul Rodeo General Manager Cindy Schonholtz

October 2, 2019 (St. Paul, Oregon) - Cindy Schonholtz is the General Manager of the largest 4th of July rodeo, the St. Paul Rodeo in the small town of St. Paul, Oregon. An amazing speaker, she has worked with a variety of groups such as 20 years with the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, former Executive Director of the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund, worked with drug testing for the canine contestants of the Iditarod in Alaska, Ringling Brothers Circus, Sea World and more!

Advocacy, Youth Development, RodeoKatie SchrockOctober 2, 2019St. Paul Rodeorodeo, St. Paul, Fourth of July, Columbia River Circuit, Animal Welfare, Policy, Politics, Iditarod, Ringling Brothers Circus, Sea World, Cindy Schonholtz, OregonComment

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