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Cowboys.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

A chuck-wagon supper. N. Howard Thorp, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-3 5
Scope and Contents

Description of the preparation of a meal on the open range.

Dates: 1936-1940

A day on the round-up. W.M. Emery, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-1 10
Scope and Contents

A tale of the branding procedures on a ranch near the New Mexico/Colorado border.

Dates: 1936-1940

Cowboy music. Kenneth Fordyce, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-3 4
Scope and Contents

Brief history of cowboy music.

Dates: 1936-1940

Cowboy sentiment. Belle Kilgore, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-3 3
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Verse about Cowboy life.

Dates: 1936-1940

Cowboys and their customs. Katherine Ragsdale, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-4 4
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Brief discussion of customs peculiar to the cowboy.

Dates: 1936-1940

Cowboy's dictionary in detail. Alice M. Crook, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-22 7
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Cowboy antedotes and a brief glossary of cowboy terms.

Dates: 1936-1940

Cowland glossary. N. Howard Thorpe, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-3 6
Scope and Contents

A listing of Cowboy words and their meanings.

Dates: 1936-1940

His last wishes. Belle Kilgore, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-4 2
Scope and Contents

A short anecdote about a Boston Cowboy.

Dates: 1936-1940

No labor trouble! Kenneth Fordyce, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-55 5
Scope and Contents

Tale of a cowhand's working hours.

Dates: 1936-1940

Pioneer story - Sam Jones. Katherine Ragsdale, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-5 2
Scope and Contents

A Cowboy's recollections of a prank played on a construction crew near Artesia, N.M.

Dates: 1936-1940

Sheridan on cowboys. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-58 12
Scope and Contents

Article gives reasons why General Sheridan thinks cowboys would not be good at fighting Apaches. (June 7, 1939).

Dates: 1936-1940

Tales of old timers, - Blazing cattle trails in the early days. Carrie L. Hodges, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-1 11
Scope and Contents

Personal recollections of early trail blazing in Texas and New Mexico.

Dates: 1936-1940

Tales of old timers - dragging the big loop. Carrie Hodges, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-1 13
Scope and Contents

Discussion on the term "Maverick" and how the term was used for all unbranded calves. Also discusses the agreements between cattle companies regarding Mavericks.

Dates: 1936-1940

Tales of old timers, the Staked Plains. Carrie L. Hodges, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-1 12
Scope and Contents

A description of early cattle drives crossing the Staked Plains. Also a group of cowboy tales.

Dates: 1936-1940

The annual round-up of the No-Cow Cattle Company. W.M. Emery, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-3 1
Scope and Contents

The citizens of Clayton, N.M. organized this cattle company in order to plan the annual round-up.

Dates: 1936-1940

The Indian fight at Loving. W.E. Wheeler, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-1 17
Scope and Contents

A former cowboy recalls frontier tales and relations with Indians on the Plains.

Dates: 1936-1940

Told around the camp fire., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-58 23
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Tales of cowboy experiences. Part typescript and part hand written. (Jun 1, 1937).

Dates: 1936-1940

Uncle Bill Jone's trail story. H.P. Collier, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-1 8
Scope and Contents

Cowboy humor.

Dates: 1936-1940

Uncle Jimmie. Joyce Hunter, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-61 5
Scope and Contents

Tragic tale of a cowboy being tied to a tree by other cowboys and left for 3 days. (July 6, 1937).

Dates: 1936-1940