When grass was king : contributions to the Western Range Cattle Industry Study
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Author: Frink, Maurice, 1895-1973.

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Frink, Maurice, 1895-1973.

Contributors

Jackson, W. Turrentine 1915-2000.
Spring, Agnes Wright, 1894-1988.
Eggenhofer, Nicholas, 1897-1985.
Barthelmess, Christian, 1854-1906.
Glen, Hugh T.

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Published

Boulder : University of Colorado Press, 1956.

Edition

Edition limited to 1500 copies.

Physical Description

xv, 465 pages, [26] pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.

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Wyoming State Library - Main Collection
HD 9433 .F74 1956
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When grass was king: building the business

Will it pay?

Before the fences came

Profits and pirates

Great American test / M. Frink

British interests in the range cattle industry : British-American cattle boom

Overexpansion and overcapitalization : 1883

Mounting problems : 1884

Crisis : 1885

Depression : 1886-1888

Liquidation or adjustment : 1888-1895

Glance at twentieth century developments / W.Turrentine Jackson

"Genius for handling cattle" : John W. Iliff : early years

Launching a cattle career

Big contracts in beef

Profits rather than pleasure

King John ate chestnuts

Where the cattle grazed

Roundups and brands

Centennial year and 1877

End of the trail

Settling an estate / A.W. Spring.

Illustrations: JO roundup wagon, Montana, 1894 / Christian Barthelmess

Buffalo, longhorn, Hereford / State Historical Society of Colorado

Texas trail herd reaches water / William H. Jackson

Amache, Indian wife of John Wesley Prowers, 1870

Cowhands on the William E. Bayless Car Link Ranch, in Arizona, in the 1880's, near adobe corral

William H. Bayless converses with William F. Cody

Bayless Car Link Ranch in the 1880's

Antoine Janis IV and first herd of cattle he trailed into Dakota Territory, 1879

Addison A. Spaugh, Wyoming cowman, 1883

OW Ranch on Lance Creek, Wyoming, in 1883

Addison A. Spaugh as a young cowhand

"Largest hay barn in Wyoming, " on J.L. Torrey M Bar Ranch

Branding time at the Cross Hammer Ranch of Ben Tibbitts, Pine Ridge, Dakota Territory, 1884

Cowboys of the open range days, with the horse band for a roundup, somewhere near Sheridan, Wyoming / Locke & Peterson

Page 1 of Colorado Brand Book and Stockgrowers and Breeders Ready Reference, 1887

Roundup on Conrad Kohrs Ranch in Montana in the 1880's / Thompson

Cattle trailed north from Texas are held in corral on Grand River, Dakota Territory, in 1889, for issue to reservation Indians, encamped in distance / Christian Barthelmess

Prairie Cattle Company expense and payroll book page, 1882

Ranch on the Cimarron, in New Mexico / William H. Jackson

$100-share stock certificate of the Ell Seven Cattle Company, Wyoming, 1884, in the name of W.F. Swan, one of the company's founders

John W. Iliff, Colorado cattleman; the Iliff home of the 1870's, Denver

Three generations of Wyoming cattlemen : Group containing Tom Sun who started ranching on the Sweetwater River in 1872. His son, current owner of the ranch

brand, the Hub and Spoke. Tom Jr., working cattle

Brand advertisements for the Prairie Cattle Company, Arkansas, Cimmaron, and Canadian River Divisions; J.W. (Captain Jack) Crawford; Pat Garrett; and J.H. Hampson, from "The Stock Grower, " Las Vegas, New Mexico, Sept. 4, 1886

Prior to 1881, a favorite stopping place in Cheyenne was the Railroad House, owned by the Union Pacific Railroad

E.A. Logan, an open-range-days cowhand of 71 Quarter Circle Ranch, near Three Crossings of the Sweetwater, Carbon County, Wyoming

Henry Swan, one of the founders of the Swan Brothers Cattle Company, 1884

N.K. Boswell, early-day Wyoming rancher, one-time brand inspector-detective for the Wyoming Stock Growers Association

Directors of the Powder River Live Stock Company : James L. Marston, George R. Buckman, James A. Brown, William L. Hallett, and Joseph L. Hallett

Headquarters of JJ Ranch, in Smith Canyon, near Las Animas, Colorado

Early-day ranch houses : D and D, in New Mexico; Houghton sketch of the John Reid Ranch on the Little Laramie River, Wyoming, 1896; Headquarters of the Sturgis and Lane Ranch on Horse Creek, Wyoming, 1884

Visitor at the JJ chuck wagon in 1907 joined in the roundup chores

Hard-looking men

these were the ones who ruled the ranges in the days when grass was king.

Subjects

Library of Congress Subjects

Cattle trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Cattle trade -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Iliff, John W. -- (John Wesley), -- 1831-1978.

Local Subjects

Nick Eggenhofer Collection.

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Published

Boulder : University of Colorado Press, 1956.

Format

Book

Edition

Edition limited to 1500 copies.

Language

English

Notes

General Note

"There are many photographic illustrations, two maps by Hugh T. Glen and sketches by Nick Eggenhofer." -- Dust jacket front blurb.

General Note

Dust jacket illustration: Beyond the river / Irvin Shope.

General Note

Map on lining papers.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p.124-131), (p.322-330), and (p. 442-450) and index.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Frink, M., Jackson, W. T. 1., Spring, A. W., Eggenhofer, N., Barthelmess, C., & Glen, H. T. (1956). When grass was king: contributions to the Western Range Cattle Industry Study (Edition limited to 1500 copies.). University of Colorado Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Maurice Frink et al.. 1956. When Grass Was King: Contributions to the Western Range Cattle Industry Study. University of Colorado Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Maurice Frink et al.. When Grass Was King: Contributions to the Western Range Cattle Industry Study University of Colorado Press, 1956.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Frink, Maurice, et al. When Grass Was King: Contributions to the Western Range Cattle Industry Study Edition limited to 1500 copies., University of Colorado Press, 1956.

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