History of the Prairie View Trail Riders: Resources

Blake, Jeff. (2017). The Boss: Myrtis Dightman, Jr. on Preserving the Tradition of Black Cowboys in Texas. Houstonia Magazine. https://www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-city-life/2017/01/myrtis-dightman-jr-trail-boss-prairie-view-trail-riders-association

Chadwick, Susan. (1985). Texas Primer: The Trail Ride. Texas Monthly. https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/texas-primer-the-trail-ride/

Insiders: Wagon wheels, clopping heels, AND a hog roast; Here's a glimpse inside life on the Prairie View Trail Ride (2022). click2houston. https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/02/23/insiders-video-photos-wagon-wheels-clopping-heels-and-a-hog-roast-inside-life-on-the-prairie-view-trail-ride/

KHOU 11 News. (2023). Live look at the Prairie View trail riders heading into Houston [Video]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/KHOU11/videos/live-look-at-the-prairie-view-trail-riders-heading-into-houston/1776168752783603/

KPRC-TV. Prairie View Trail Ride (1989) [Video].Texas Archive of the Moving Image. https://texasarchive.org/2020_01647

Momodu, Samuel. (2022). BLACK COWBOYS IN THE 19TH CENTURY WEST (1850-1900). BlackPast.org. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/concepts-african-american-history/black-cowboys-in-the-19th-century-west-1850-1900/#:~:text=Over%20the%20decades%20the%20cattle,Texas%20in%20the%20early%201850s.

Prairie View A&M University. (1982). Pantherland 1982. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/yearbooks/20

Prairie View Trail Riders journey to Houston (2019). Fox 26 houston. https://www.fox26houston.com/houstons-morning-show/prairie-view-trail-riders-journey-to-houston

Ritchey Lith. Corp. (n.d.). "The Bull-dogger" poster. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/92500459/?loclr=blogloc

Short Documentaries. (2013). African-American Cowboy: The Forgotten Man of the West" Documentary about Black Cowboys [Video].Youtube.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jwlMtg4ts8

Texas trail riders saddle up ahead of Rodeo Houston; See where they’re headed.(2023). click2houston. https://www.click2houston.com/rodeo/2023/02/19/mapped-texas-trail-riders-saddle-up-ahead-of-rodeo-houston-see-where-theyre-headed/

THE BLACK HISTORY OF COWBOYS AND COWBOY MUSIC (n.d.). Black Music Project. https://www.blackmusicproject.com/exhibit/the-black-history-of-cowboys-and-cowboy-music

The Prairie View Trail Riders, UA0086, Special Collections/Archives Department, John B. Coleman Library, Prairie View A&M University. 

Trail Rides. Rodeo Houston. https://www.rodeohouston.com/Visit-the-Rodeo/Pre-Rodeo-Events/Trail-Rides

Witte Museum. (2022). Black Cowboys: A Campfire Conversation ~ 4/14/22, Witte Museum [Video].Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoNV40Hk5o8