A Texan named David Guion, who also wrote Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie and The Yellow Rose of Texas, popularized the song in the 1920s. It has been called the Cowboy’s National Anthem. Few people ...

In 1872, what's perhaps the world's best-known folk song was written in a tiny cabin in Smith County, Kansas. On a tiny patch of land in Smith County, Brewster Higley wrote a six-verse poem in 1872 ...