When the new California Rodeo queen is crowned this month, she will receive many gifts. One of them is a hand-braided rawhide hackamore made by Brad Tarp of Pine Canyon. Tarp has been braiding rawhide ...

All Whit Olson really needs to create something truly functional, and intricately beautiful, is a piece of rawhide, a sharp knife and nimble fingers. The Salem-area farmer hand-builds elegant tools ...