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Postcard showing cows in a wooden corral with three men working on a tied-down cow, one is holding a branding iron. A man on horseback in the background. Charles C. Myers notes that the men are branding cattle in Punta Arenas, Chile.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Branding cattle on one of the ranches near the city.”
Charles C. Myers Collection
Handwritten draft of chapter two of The Wilderness Hunter.
1893
Theodore Roosevelt’s branding marks for Chimney Butte Ranch (“Maltese Cross Ranch”) and Elkhorn Ranch illustrated and described in the Stockgrowers’ Journal in Miles City, Montana.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1884
Photograph of Leo Ray (standing left), Steve Moelyo (seated left), Leo Roberts (seated right), Clifford Greggs (walking), and John Reily (branding) branding cattle at the Maltese Cross Ranch located several miles south of Medora, North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1954-05-01
Photograph of John Hild (standing left), Charles McCutchen (branding), Leon Helleckson (on horseback), and Leo Roberts (kneeling right) branding cattle at the Maltese Cross Ranch located several miles south of Medora, North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1954-05-01
Overview of cattle herding and the operations of a cattle ranch.
Dickinson State University
1887