Ogden • At 14 years old and 5 feet 5 inches tall, cowboy poet Thatch Elmer may have to physically look up to many of his cohorts, but there are plenty who admiringly look up to him.
His young age is an attention-getter in a genre most followed by cowboys older than 55, followers say. But Thatch also holds his own when called upon to perform his classic poetry.
The Harrisville cowboy travels throughout the country to cowboy poetry events each year, causing him to miss about a month of school days this year at Wahlquist Junior High where he’s an eighth-grader.