Montana Stockgrowers Association 1884 -1984 Special Centennial Edition

JOHNSON, TORREY B. [ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, 1982-1983]

Publication: Montana Stockgrowers Association, 1984, Helena

First edition. 4to. Gold colored stiff wrappers, die-cut window to reveal a color C. M. Russell painting, 132 pp., introduction, foreword, illustrated mostly from photographs, portraits, Association Presidents and membership. This is Montana Stockgrower publication Volume 55, Number 6, June, 1984.

First edition of this scarce Special Centennial Edition of the Montana Stockgrower including the extended history of the Montana cattle industry assembled by Vivian A. Paladin, as well as reports on the growth of the Montana Cowbelles, the women’s auxiliary to the Montana’s Stockgrower’s Association who lobbied for the beef industry, education opportunities, and education fundraisers. Of particular interest are the reproductions of photographs shot by Jessamine Spear Johnson (1886-1977), granddaughter of Willis Bradford Spear who founded the historic Spear-O Ranch in Big Horn Country, providing an essential visual documentation of ranching in the West.

Fine, bright copy.