Len King, Hubby Woodard, and G.Bruckner (J Diamon Bar) photographs from old scrapbook, 1936, 1942
Scope and Contents
Man trailing the herd
Eagle Springs (?) headquarters with caves in bluffs on one side and picket fence
(2) Scattered snow on rolling pastures
Steers
Howard Pickard (cook for Dana then Sr. then Jr.) sitting by wagon (c. ’42)
Sr. and Jr. on horseback with pack train about to descend into canyon
Buffalo descending the canyon trail to the river
Dipping cows at Spear Siding
Grapevine headquarters
Sr. on horseback
(3) Aerial and Sideviews of Hardin by the Big Horn River
Shipping out Mexican steers
Branding herd at Woody (*holding herd on horseback – no fences)
Heifers in corral
Ferry on the Yellowstone
Herd grazing in Bozeman pasture with Limekill in background
Branding at Foggy Place (Doc Logan “good hand”/roping, Shorty Bliss “always wore Cal. Pants”/vaccine, Glen, Jim Kincaid/knife, Boddy Sadder, George Buster/iron, ?
E.L. Dana wagon camp on Grapevine
Trailing herd up Hoodoo Gap (lt to rt: George Buster, HWW, Vic Pipion – bulls from Lazear’s Wyoming Hereford Ranch
Trailing herd near Buster Creek slope (“maybe coming from Dryhead on Rotten Creek)
Dryhead – Old Phelps Place
Cavvy, wagons, and hands headed through Buster Creek (picture looking toward wild horse divide)
Counting cows and calves through gate out of Gold Hill and into Willow Springs (F- horse, Len Barton and HWW)
Cows and calves lying in the field
Dana roundup between Pitchfork and Dryhead in the Dryhead (1936)
Saddling from the cavvy around forks of Grapevine looking toward the battlegrounds (Vic Pipion, Bill Scruggs, and Claybark (buckskin horse)
Sandy R., Marvin Stedman, Vic Pipion, and Shorty Bliss standing in front of herd
(8) rodeo scenes
Calves lying in the grass
(4) EMW and Sr. at home with the flowers
(4) Man and woman at their home
(10) Indians (and Chief) with the Army on horseback
(14) Eagle Springs (misc. of home, pens, herd, cowboys (Sr. included), and cavvy)
(24) HWW Jr. growing up
(18) HWW Sr. and EMW (misc. home, family, friends, snows, hunting)
(4) Dana roundup (“3,000 head ready to work”)
(7) Ranch work (misc. saddling, roundup, camp in winter)
(6) Big Horn Canyon (misc. fishing, pack train, and hands
(7) Ranchwork (misc. shipping on train, camp wagon set-up and take-down, and branding)
(5) Branding
(7) Roundup (misc. camp, cavvy, crew, and herd)
(8) Home, family, friends, and deer hunting
(4) Fish catch and pack train
(4) HWW Sr. and E.L. Dana
(5) Fording cavvy and herd across the river
(7) Animals (misc. of Sr., bear rummaging through cans, Yellowstone Falls, dog licking lamb, bighorn sheep, moose, and Hereford calf)
(3) Fording the herd across the river
(2) Lamedeer/Rosebud (on one photo “Mimi tied Daddy to clothesline on Rosebud below Lamedeer – gone now”
(2) Mill Iron herd
Cavvy
(2) Trailing herd through valley
Jr. on "Ap" in pen going through herd
Bringing herd down out of Bull Pasture of Krone’s to Mountain Pocket
Bringing herd by Limekill across from Grapevine
Jr. on Tijuana cutting steers in the fall (fence in background is between Bozeman Coulee Pasture and Spotted Rabbit Pasture)
Trailing herd on the heights of Lodge Grass Creek of E.L. Dana Ranch at Chicken Crossing
Steers
E.L. Dana wagon camp (Westside) – bed wagon (Youst), mess wagon (Ollie Coast, Shorty Wolf, Alvin Shafer, Johnny Shreeves, Bill Scruggs, Jim Lemon, ?, Vic Pipion, Bert Elliot, Irish, Walt Swank, Jack Stovall (Jay’s uncle), George Buster, Harley Falwell, ?, ?
(3) Dana herd at mouth of Big Horn Canyon (2-2,500 head)
Dates
- Created: 1936, 1942
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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