Although born in Pocatello, Idaho, I was raised, and have spent most of my life, in Cache Valley, Utah. This is where I gained a love for the mountains, horses and the history of the West. I have lived near Cincinnati, Phoenix and Dallas, but it is the rural western town for me. I intend to stay put unless things get too crowded.

I am the first to admit an obsession with anything related to the Pony Express. More than once I have been accused of bragging about my ancestor's involvement with the mail line in Utah and Nevada.  My great grandfather,

Howard Ransom Egan, was a Pony Express rider. His father, Major Howard Egan was the superintendent of the section of the line between Salt Lake City and Robert's Creek, Nevada. Most of my poetry is based on true stories recorded by them and others. The poetry is a way to keep alive a short, but great, chapter of the American West history.

I have participated in the Pony Express Re-ride with my brother Jack. It is a chance to grasp a little of the feelings of those who rode the express in 1860 and 1861. We had the opportunity to carry the Oympic torch in 1996 as the National Pony Express Association was responsible to carry the torch over 500 miles of the route to Atlanta.

My other avocation is western landscape painting. I studied painting at Arizona State University and finished at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio back in the 70's, and have never strayed from western landscape.

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