Willcutt Films - 1/2" editing copy - 60 minutes - copy of tape marked 8957 (5-22-89), 1950, 1962
Scope and Contents
Start of spring branding – changing horses at noon – herd coming in – cutting the herd by brand – taking one cut to horse pasture and other to branding corral – crossing coulee – new herd – cutting – in corral – letting out some cows – making wood fire – changing horses at lunch – branding
Cutting hay at Grapevine – side delivery rake – field of oats beyond alfalfa - ringing dinner bell – hands coming from bunkhouse to chow hall – baling hay – stacking – fields and pasture – houses – spring wheat – swathing oats – combining spring wheat
Cavvy out for branding
Fall shipping – Elsie on horse – camp – steers getting ready to corral – men coming back for lunch - weaning calves – about 3,000 coming into corral – trucks for shipping – bringing herd into corral for shipping
Construction of Yellowtail Dam
Moving cattle – wagons pulling out from back of cookhouse – shipping – inside cook tent – cavvy – branding – propane fire – turning loose – new bunch for branding – going back to camp
Winter feeding – calves going to feedlot – feeding calves oats – late calves - artesian well #6 – going to hay – new bunch eating oats – calves drinking from well
Mares and colts (June and July) – Kyak (stallion) – cows in Muddy Canyon – branding (1962)
Dates
- Created: 1950, 1962
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Extent
From the Collection: 13.00 boxes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Willcutt (Family)
Repository Details
Part of the McCracken Research Library Repository