Jim is a third generation cowboy,
and followed his family’s heritage and tradition at various ranches in the West Texas region,
from San Angelo to Del Rio and Kerrville to Ozona. He is a cowboy poet who entertains and
performs throughout the state at various gatherings, functions, events and institutions. Jim
owned and published, "Encino Magazine", one of the first magazines to cover the cowboy
cultural movement and authored, "The Art and Drama of Cowboy Poetry", which was available to
schools, arts and humanities groups.
Jim received a gubernatorial
invitation to perform at the state capitol in Austin to welcome Texas veterans returning from
the middle east. He has performed on numerous occasions at the National Cowboy Symposium in
Lubbock, the Cowboy Poetry gathering at Alpine, the YO Ranch, Alamo Village at Brackettville,
and various other venues. Partnered with his brother, Cecil, the duo performed
for a short time in the Corpus Christi area sharing their avid
interest and knowledge of Texas, cowboy and southwestern history. Jim is presently preparing his first literary offering
about a little known Texas Revolutionary War veteran and hero for publication.
Jim is presently employed in the
West Texas oil fields in a petroleum production career and lives in Ozona, Texas. He is a Viet
Nam veteran, having served almost eight years as a communications specialist in the US Army
Intelligence and Security Command. Upon being honorably discharged, he returned to his family's
ranches in West Texas. Jim served as president of the Covered Wagon Dinner Theater, after three
years of volunteer service to that community organization and is experienced in coordinating and
producing traditional cowboy entertainment events. He wrote and published two columns
simultaneously in each of the two local weekly papers in Sonora, and has also been employed as a
county jailer and a dispatcher at the Edwards and Kimble County Sheriffs Departments.
and may be contacted at:
(325) 226-1920
or email:
ramrod@usa.com
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