Scenes From the Rodeo Circuit

A Western tradition, in photos. Photo via Lawson Chapman. Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. Montana, like many Western states, comprises far more rural and agricultural land than the West or East coasts. Connecting these sparse rural areas are long, narrow highways snaking through vast open lands, themselves formed of forests and prairie. And in areas not growing crops, in addition to open range, you find cattle. Lawson Chapman is a writer, photographer, and coffee entrepreneur with a background in geography. Lawson’s work is a mix of travel, photography, cultural writing, and fiction. Find more at The Lawson Atlas on substack.com/@lawsonatlas. More We Think You’d Like