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1. 2007.1.25 - Print, Photographic

   This photo appears to be an arial photo most likely taken high on a mountain of a herd of cattle on the open prairie

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2. 2007.1.26 - Print, Photographic

   This Picture shows the cattle drive back home from Brazos. This was most likely in the latter half of the year when the cattle were being driven back to the Medano ranch to be fed on hay grown during the summer.

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3. 2007.1.27 - Print, Photographic

   This picture is captioned as "Trailing Cattle from Brazos to Zapata Ranch" however the picture shows horses.

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4. 2007.1.28 - Print, Photographic

   Tihs Picture is of a very well proportioned horse noted to be Howard K. Linger . It is standing in front of his log home with a full work attire of saddle, bridle, and breast collar.

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5. 2007.1.29 - Print, Photographic

   This Picture shows the many corrals at the Medano-Zapata ranch. Located in the picture is a butchering wheel used in the proccess of Butchering Cattle

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6. 2007.1.30 - Print, Photographic

   This Picture displays a horse and in the backgroung there is what appears to be a grassroof shed and a shed that houses cars/

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7. 2007.1.31 - Print, Photographic

   This picture shows four men branding a calf in front of a truck filled with logs. One man has two seringes in his hands, Two of the men are pinning the calf down, and the other man has an iron in his hand. They are warming the iron up in a half cut barrel.

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8. 2007.1.32 - Print, Photographic

   This Picture shows a man on a large wagon drawn by two horses carrying a load of hay. It was estimated that 10,000 tons of hay were grown every year to feed the estimated 1500 head of cattle during the winter.

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9. 2007.1.33 - Print, Photographic

   This picture shows 5 men branding and one man on a horse roping the calves to be branded.

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10. 2007.1.34 - Print, Photographic

    This picture shows two men. One is saddling a horse the other appears to be smoking a cigarette next to a truck. There are other saddled horses tied up along the fence.

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11. 2007.1.35 - Print, Photographic

    This Photo is Captioned as "Feeding Cattle" The man in the photo appears to have a sack in his hand and is putting it into some wooden device. Behind him there are two horses.

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12. 2009.16.107

    Students were given names of people to interview as a school project. Hazel Petty was in charge of the students. She voices her dos and don'ts for those thing about doing it in the future. The results of the interviews are written in "Our Roots" for the Historian. They are older poeple remembering the "Old Days" when they were young and new to the family, farming, ranching and the trials and tribulations of working the land.

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13. 2009.17.4A - Print, Photographic

    Picture of the Norton Ranch HQ in Conejos County, Colorado. The ranch was a pig farm as well as producing hay and cows. There were so many workers on the ranch that they had their own school.

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14. 2009.17.4B - Print, Photographic

    Picture of the Norton Ranch HQ in Conejos County Colorado. The ranch was a pig farm as well as producing hay and cows. There were so many workers on the ranch that they had their own school for the children. Print #2

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15. 2009.17.5 - Print, Photographic

    Picture of the A.O.Norton Ranch from a different view. Shows barns, housing for farm families and the area for storing grain, probably to feed the pigs. The open range would support cattle. As some alfafa is show, may be a field later used for planting hay.

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16. 2010.3.183

    Pictures of the San Luis Valley taken by O.T. Davis

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17. 2010.3.188 - 2010931921

    Poetry from a real country girl writing about the west, the land, family and her life in the country.

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18. 2010.3.189

    Cowboy stories about everything. Most are funny.

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19. 2010.3.4 - Print, Photographic

    Long picture of Geo. H. Adams' Cattle Ranch named Cattle Ranch in the San Luis Valley. Pasture with several trees, Cattle and a cowboy on a horse. Wooden Frame with raised scupltered on frame

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20. 2011.4.3

    Is about the History of Peter Hansen & Emilie Tessendorff-Hansen. It gives a briefing of their history in Germany their venture to America. It talks about the exploits of Peter Hansen and the inner family members of Emilyn Tessendorf as well as their direct progeny . There is a passage about Hope's Castle.

    Record Type: Library