Charlene Raddon's Blog: Historical romance - Posts Tagged "magazines"

Has anyone ever heard of RANCH ROMANCES? I bought five of these magazines a few years ago at an antique store in Phoenix and just got around to looking at them today. What fun. A column entitled "Trail Dust" begins with this solicitation: PARDNERS! Here's an open invitation to you to cut sign on colorful happenings of today's West. Send clippings to us, and include the name and date of the paper where you found them. We'll send you one dollar per usable item; in case of duplicates, first come, first served! I love it. Simple, folksy and down to earth. Several brief articles follow the announcement. My favorite in the First October 1953 issue is this one: "In Henryetta, Okla., a disgruntled farmer came to town and dumped two loads of debris on the main street--retaliating for all the refuse left on his property by city residents."