Horse Dance, Pine Ridge Fair

[Joseph Medicine Crow and Crow dancer]

Bar W remuda (band of horses) moving out from a watering place. Horses string out in this characteristic fashion on the trail. Rosaka Lake, New Mexico.

A trail herd stringing out on the Matador range, moving either to market or to better grazing to fatten out for market. Matador range, Texas.

OR boys hit town. After a long period of work on the range the general merchandise store of the Greene Cattle Company is a welcome sight to the cowboys.

[Four cowpunchers shooting craps on a saddle blanket in roundup camp, including B. Crawford (Silverton, Texas) and George Pattullo (right). JA Ranch, Texas.]

A Shoe Bar wrangler on his mount, a white mule, overlooking the river bend where a single whiteface wanders. Shoe Bar Ranch, Texas.

A Matador remuda on the move, these horses have been working a month, and they make every step count with little or no "horse play." Matador Ranch, Texas.

The Spur outfit is entertaining a gentleman and a lady at the noonday meal. An unusually elaborate spread to have a table as well as a tent. Spur Ranch, Texas.

A herd of "cattalo" grazing on the Texas plains. This animal was developed by Colonel Goodnight by crossing cattle with the American buffalo (bison). Goodnight Ranch, Texas.

"Pink" Murray, famous gunfighter and wagon boss of the OR outfit in southern Arizona. He was later killed in a saloon gunfight in Hermosillo, Mexico. OR Range, Arizona.

The Greene Cattle Company chuck wagons followed by their hoodlum wagon and remuda moving across the flat country, with the Huachuca Mountains in the distance. OR Ranch, Arizona.

The chuck wagon is "out" and three Block cowpunchers are getting an early start. This is dry country, and the water barrel is a necessity. Three Block Ranch, New Mexico.

Cowpunchers standing around the camp fire at night under a sheltering tree for a final smoke and story before getting into their bedrolls. JA Range, Texas.

"Little Joe," the wrangler, and his mount. Little Joe wears concho-decorated chaps. Three Block Ranch, New Mexico.

Spur cowpunchers of the Spur outfit planning the work ahead and starting out. Spur Ranch, Texas. [George Pattullo is second from left.]

A watering place on the SMS Ranch, near Stamford, Texas. Formerly holdings of the old Espuela (Spur) Land and Cattle Company. SMS Ranch, Texas.

Starting a trail herd near the southern Arizona border. Cattle are allowed to graze slowly, never driven fast except to meet exigencies. OR Ranch, Arizona.

Part of a herd of 2,500 steers grazing on the Bar W Range. These Mexican cattle are the predecessors of the so-called Texas longhorns. Bar W Range, New Mexico.

A cutting horse and rider "holding" a calf while another cowpuncher flanks it down. Two more cutters are working the herd. Spur Range, Texas.