Pioneer Cattleman In Montana. The Story Of The Circle C Ranch

WALT COBURN

Publication: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968, Norman

First edition. 8vo. Brown cloth, title stamped in gold gilt on the spine, xii, 338 pp., preface, illustrated, appendices, index. With one full color foldout painting by C. M. Russell. Good account of the range cattle industry of Montana in the late 1800s to early 1900s, with information on Charles M. Russell, Granville Stuart, Chief Joseph, Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, railroads, etc. Includes information on the founding of the Circle C Ranch, located at the foot of the Little Rocky Mountains; challenges of frontier ranching to include the hardships of early ranch life ... devastating winters, encounters with Native American groups, and the lawless nature of the open West; daily life and ranch operations to include cattle drives, roundups, hiring cowhands and sheepherders, etc. Very good in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends, corners an with a small closed tear to the bottom of the front panel.