REE HEIGHTS, S.D. - Lonnie Smith's duplicator saw screamed as it trimmed an 8- by 4-foot cut of wood. This process created three wooden bars to be used to create a saddle tree, or a frame around which ...

REE HEIGHTS, S.D. - Lonnie Smith's duplicator saw screamed as it trimmed an 8- by 4-foot cut of wood.This process created three wooden bars to be used to create a saddle tree, or a frame around which ...

TOWNER, N.D. (AP) — The skill and craftsmanship is evident in every saddle he builds. Not only must a custom-made saddle from Sandhills Saddlery be as comfortable as possible for both cowboy and horse ...

Richard Gillham didn’t intend to become a saddle maker; like many turning points in people’s lives, it just sort of happened before he knew it. Gillham, who farms and ranches the Gillham’s Rim Ranch ...

HOUSTON — When Julio Peña quit the third grade in Monterrey, Mexico, he knew exactly what his next move was. Peña, then a 13-year-old, was fixated on an old shop near his home. When he walked in, the ...