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Photo of Triangle X wrangler
Bill Andreen taken by Frederica Agins along the Snake
river at a Triangle X steakfry.
Dude Ranches
Singin' Sam's song City Boarders describes
the transition that many working ranches made back in the hay day of
the dude ranch. Where once the cowboys on the ranches wrangled
cattle and horses now they wrangled dudes. It also reflects
the context in which he performed. In it we find the clash of
cultures that marked the transition of the "Old West." Singin'
Sam also wrote a cowboy poem entitled Dude
Roundup which appears in his book of poetry Ramblers Notebook, 50 years of
Scriblin'.
If you've met or heard of Singin' Sam it's very
likely you met him at one of a number of these guest "dude"
ranches that he played at. As early as 1939 Singin Sam
had started traveling around the Western United States playing
and singing at dude ranches. He played and sold his jewelry at these ranches all the way into
the late 1980's.
Unfortunately many of these ranches are gone but several still
remain. Some of the existing ranches have changed into tennis
resorts with 5 star restaurants and swimming pools and others have
barely changed at all.
Some of these ranches Sam played at are listed below.
Wyoming Guest
ranches
CM Ranch - Dubois -
800-455-0721
Triangle X Ranch -
Moran
Turpin Meadows Ranch
- Moran
Block S Ranch - Moose
Teepee Ranch - South of
Sheridan
 Holzworth's Never Summer Guest
ranch
Eaton's Ranch - Wolf
Horton's Ranch - Wolf
IXL Ranch - Dayton
Hart 6 Ranch - Moran
Montana Guest
Ranches
Elkhorn Ranch - Gallatin Canyon
Nine Quarter Circle Ranch - Gallatin Canyon
Flathead Lake Lodge - Flathead
Lake
Lone Mountain Ranch - Gallatin Canyon,
MT Dude
Ranches Out West: Then and Now video
Arizona Guest
Ranches
Desert Willow Ranch - East of Tucson
Double U Ranch - A Jewish guest ranch near Sabino Canyon
Rancho Del Rio - Tucson. Current site of
The Tack Room - The
personalized ties were made by Singin' Sam who came by each week to
make personalized leather belts, buckles, bola ties and anything
else a guest might want in leather or silver. He would remain that
night and sing cowboy songs by the fire.
Saddleback - Tucson
Tanque Verde Guest Ranch -
East of Tucson
White Stallion Ranch -
Tucson - 888-977-2624
Elkhorn Ranch - Sasabe
Lazy K Bar
Ranch - Tucson -
800-321-7018
Little Outfit Ranch School
White Sun Guest Ranch
Colorado Guest
Ranches
Drowsy Water
Ranch - Granby
Holzworth's Never Summer Guest Ranch - Grand Lake, (now part of
Rocky Mountain National Park)
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