The lone cowboy with his companions, his mount and pack horses, venture into the Rocky Mountains in early spring before the snow is completely melted.

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Just the thought of starting out early in the morning with little more than his bedroll, beans for dinner, a slicker to keep him dry and his best friend, his horse, would put fear into many city dwellers.

Andy Thomas painted this piece specifically for the 2008 C.M. Russell Museum Show and Auction. The painting (a 36" x 48" oil on canvas) sold for a record $180,000 at auction and was the "talk" of the show.

Who do former presidents hang out with? Wouldn’t it be just a great time if they could “let their hair down” together and just have a time to laugh and remember? Can you imagine that?

Republicans (Counterclockwise around the table beginning in lower left): GHW Bush, Lincoln, Ford, Nixon, T. Roosevelt, Eisenhower, GW Bush, Reagan

Who do former presidents hang out with? Wouldn’t it be just a great time if they could “let their hair down” together and just have a time to laugh and remember? Can you imagine that?

Democrats (Counterclockwise around the table beginning in lower left): Carter, F. Roosevelt, Jackson Truman, Johnson, Wilson, Kennedy, Clinton

Missouri artist Andy Thomas captures perfectly the excitement of the Buffalo Hunt! He loves to paint the Old West and does so in the manner of Charles Russell - lots of action and narrative.

This painting was based on the account of a "Mesenero" family, which was taken from "Pardner of the Wind", a book by N. Howard