Born & raised in South Dakota, Karlee Petersen has a natural passion for agriculture and the western way of life that’s been instilled from a young age. With appreciation for the sport of rodeo and putting it into play on screen, Karlee has used her skill set learned at school and various roles throughout the industry to capitalize on television production and bring rodeo to the major platform. With education being a major focus for Karlee, she takes any opportunity to learn from others.

Karlee spent time with Bass Pro Shops producing photoshoots & national commercials to expand her knowledge, and recently brought that back to the western world, becoming the Executive Producer of Cowboy Channel. Karlee shares what’s possible with positive thinking, hard work and a little fatherly advice!

On this week’s edition of the Cowboy Up podcast we welcome Jana Earp. Before you ask, the answer is yes… She is part of the famous family from Tombstone, Arizona. A little more than two years ago, Jana took a chance and jumped on social media to share her story from life as a corporate cowgirl to owning her own ranch while pursuing her love for the western lifestyle and the outdoors.

That single decision has opened so many incredible doors and she’s gone on to build a community of over 30,000 and been invited to speak, be a guest on podcasts, host networking events, travel to conventions, and, most importantly, build a network that supports women, small businesses, agriculture and celebrates the western way of life.

Jana says it’s been an amazing journey so far, and she’s just getting started. Jana has a lot of tips and a few surprises on this edition of the Cowboy Up podcast.

The historic Empire Ranch has been a working cattle ranch for almost 150 years. Its rich history includes successive ownership by two prominent ranching families, two corporations, and finally by the federal government on behalf of the general public.

Originally established in the 1860’s as a homestead ranch of 160 acres with a flat topped four-room adobe ranch house and adjoining adobe-walled corral and finally the BLM took over in 1988 with a commitment to preserve the historic Empire Ranch buildings and interpreting them for future generations.

Television series like Bonanza were filmed at empire and movie stars like John Wayne and Barbara Streisand filmed movies here. Sit back and enjoy the story of Empire Ranch as told by Empire volunteers Rick and Marti.