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VIDEO: Steve White, Renderbrook Manager
This video is the first part of a two-parter interview with Steve White, manager of the Renderbrook Spade Ranch, Colorado City, Texas. For more on

VIDEO: Renderbrook Spade Ranch Hands / Cutting Cattle
This 3-minute clip shows hands on the Renderbrook Spade Ranch doing some cutting and continues with them working cattle. For more in this vein, see

VIDEO: Spade Ranch Cowboys at Work
Some footage showing hands on the Renderbrook Spade Ranch at work. Steve White, Marty Daniel, Kaleb Jackson, and Wichita Falcon go about their duties. October

VIDEO: John Welch / The Ranch That Barbed Wire Built
The accompanying video is a chat with John Welch of Spade Ranches, at the historic Renderbrook Spade Ranch south of Colorado City, Texas. Filmed near

VIDEO: Brood Mare Herd, Spade Ranch
This is a video snippet I shot during my two days on the ranch. See text below. – JFM . . . . The Best

Quips and Quotes
First my own sayings. Then some favorite lines from some of the greats. I know better than to FOLLOW those acts! (That’s ACTS, not CATS.

God Blessed America
God Blessed America In a world where the mere mention of God in a public setting or context can draw more concern and dismay than

Assorted and Sundry
Just added a link to the website “Always Cowboy,” which is home to some great content by cowboy poets Debra Coppinger Hill and Robert Keene.

It Just Gets Better
Here you go… you’re in! And I’m glad. Thanks for being an active reader of Something Solid. You’ll find all the same links here that you saw highlighted on the

Welcome, Neighbor!
Welcome, friend and fellow pilgrim! From this page you can access anything in this edition of Something Solid. Browse around and make yourself at home.

Souvenirs of a Cowboy Journalist
Just Sayin’s… ~ What I’m calling “souvenirs” are just some original sayings I concocted over the years. This is what you get when you

Under the Spade Brand
By Jesse Mullins, editor and publisher, Something Solid [Editor’s Note: As my May cover story on the Spade Ranch for Texas Co-op Power Magazine hits