Writin' for the Brand

For Love of Country – Every year in the Fall issue, the Cowboy Chronicle does a story to highlight the sacrifices and honor of those who have served.

This article is dedicated to the memory of Dora Jane Martell Brockway (1939-2026).

Fourth in the Pioneer Lawman Series Published in the Cowboy Chronicle, Publication of the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame, June 2026 Richard “Two- Gun” Hart walked into a Chicago courtroom in late 1951.

Third in the Frontier Lawman Series Published in the April 2026 issue of The Cowboy Chronicle, official publication of the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Katie Kalinchenko was afraid of this moment.

Americans were fighting for independence from colonial England over a year before the Declaration of Independence was written.

Published in The Cowboy Chronicle, August 2025 The second in a series about frontier lawmen Late afternoon on November 8, 1878, with the sun’s warmth still lingering, two men lay dead in the Pembina, North Dakota post office.

This is the first in a series of stories in the Cowboy Chronicle about pioneer lawmen and law enforcement He fell from grace almost as far as any lawman could.

2025 Great Westerner Inductee North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Dr.

North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Andrew Nohle Inductee 2025 Pre- 1940’s Ranching October 1, 1858 – August 20, 1925 See also: Biography of Andrew Nohle: posted February 28, 2018 Arriving in North Dakota in 1881, Nohle first worked at a Grand Forks hotel.

Life was rugged and the day’s work was never ending for the pioneer families that homesteaded a century or more ago.

Published in the October 2024 edition of the Cowboy Chronicle: For Love of Country with a special dedication to Chief Warrant Officer 2, Shane Barnes Update: On April 26, 2025, Bill Johnson’s name was added to the memorial wall at the Veteran’s Park in Wa…