Howdy! Glad you stopped by.
Issue #31 of our periodic newsletter, dated May 12, 2009, has been posted for your enjoyment. Just click HERE to read some of the latest cowboy news.
CowboyDirectory.Com is the world's largest internet database of Western writers and entertainers. You'll find biographical sketches on hundreds Western writers, cowboy poets and cowboy poetry, singers, musicians, trick ropers, bullwhip artists, movie stars and more.
Plus you'll find hundreds of photos, old movie posters, book covers, andmuch more. Our files, including graphics, now number over 2,400 and climbing each month. Some pages take a while to load just because they do have so many graphics, but it is well worth the wait.
CowboyDirectory.Com is designed to provide a wide range of information about cowboy poets, movie stars, storytellers, novelists, journalists, singers and musicians, trick ropers and riders, and many more. These are the people who have written about the America West or who have done something to keep its Spirit alive for future generations.I dedicate these pages to all those who have a deep love of the America West. That includes working cowboys and "wannabe's" alike. Whether you live in the God-made canyons of Colorado or the man-made canyons of New York City, you are welcome to sit down around our little campfire.
My thanks goes out to my wife and best friend, Peggy. More than anyone else, she knows the thousands of hours of work that I have put into researching and writing these pages. I thank you, dear, for understanding my own compulsion to write about the West I love.
In my research, I have gathered the following photos and images from here, there and everywhere. My intent is not to violate any copyrights or trademarks. I believe my usage for this essentially personal site is well within the "fair use" guidelines of the U.S. copyright law. However, I will promptly remove any item if anyone with legal standing regarding a certain item objects to its use and provides written notification to me at the address below. Rustlin' just ain't the cowboy way, ya know, and I don't want to be guilty of that.
Please be advised that, since about spring of 2007, I have not been able to add new material or to make changes or corrections to previously posted items. The problem is, like many of you, I work full-time at a regular job to make a living. And this web site is way down the pecking order from that. But in the next year or two I hope to be in a position to spend more time on it. And please keep your letters coming in, as I will keep them on file for future reference.
Enough of that. Kick off your boots, lean back and enjoy yourself.
Oh, just one more thing. If you like what you see, would you please e-mail your friends and tell them about it? Muchas gracias.
Just go to the MENU to browse through the areas of interest to you. Happy reading, partner.
Stan Paregien Sr
P.O. Box 3937,
Edmond, OK 73083
United States of America
Stan Paregien, Sr. is the ramrod of this shirttail outfit. He grew up on the famous Newhall Ranch, north of Los Angeles. And he has been writing and performing cowboy poetry since 1990.
"I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it,
for I shall not pass this way again."
-- Mahatma Gandi
This is the virtual home of Western writers and entertainers like Gene Autry, John Wayne, Roy Rogers, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Duvall, Tom Selleck, Susan Hayword, Elmer Kelton, Larry McMurtry, Louis L'Amour, Bob Wills, Spade Cooley, Cindy Walker and hundreds more. This is an internet "Who's Who" in the areas of Western movies, Western swing music, Western music, and cowboy poetry and storytelling. So spread the word, would ya?
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