Another case of a vintage thread revived in an off-the-wall way, but I really enjoyed reading through this. A lot of songs I love were cited. I don't know that anyone mentioned "Colorado Trail"; Anne Hills, Cindy Mangsen, and Priscilla Herdman have a recording that I consider just achin' beautiful.

The first time I ever fell in love with a song, it was "The Strawberry Roan" as sung by Gene Autry. About 1969, I discovered Cisco Houston's recording of "Zebra Dun". A few years ago THIS came together in my head.