Western and Historical Americana

albumen, photograph shows a sod roof plank house covered with elk skulls and antlers and pelts from small and large animals, including a human skull o

lot of 5, includes one showing a meager camp with three men on horseback, penciled inscription on verso, 5" x 7"; one of a young cowboy on...

portrait of a cowboy with Louis de Manque, Victoria, Tex. imprint below image.  The Thomas Minckler Collection of Western Americana Conditio...

8.25 x 5.75" albumen photograph mounted on larger board, with pasted typed label identifying the scene as having been taken in the Powder River...

anonymous 8.5 x 6.25" albumen image mounted on larger cream mount, with inked manuscript title "Chapeau" The Pride of the 70 Outfit, ...

circa 1880s rich albumen image on yellow card mount showing cowboys with a roped steer. While the photographer is not identified, this image bears a s

lot of 3, all silver gelatin photographs mounted on larger card stock; Harrison Walon/ Old Home Horshoe Ranch/ 1907. Looking N./ Roy V. Walon wri

cabinet-sized, on buff mount, with his imprint, and autographed by Crawford on verso.  The Thomas Minckler Collection of Western Americana C...

and requesting his annual fees, if possible. 1p, on letterhead of Voorhees' company, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska and S. Dakota Mail and Stage Co...

unmounted image 3" x 4.5". Heckle, Robert "Texas Bob". Rymes of the Frontier, Vol. II, 1929, Arizona Printers. 16mo, 16pp and pr...

9" x 6.75" on larger mount with Grabill's Sturgis, Dak. Ter. imprint, and identified in the negative 165 Roundup of Moss Agate ...and ...

written to Alexander M. Fulford, Esq. 2pp, 7.25" x 9.75", on San Rafael Cattle Company letterhead listing Colin Cameraon as General Manage...

first is 2pp, 8 x 12.5" from San Hilano, n.d. but reportedly 1880s, C.W. Browne to his father L.P. Browne in Las Vegas . Letter is in regard t...

lot of 6. All from Walter W. Woodward to Uncle Henry, aka General Henry Goddard Thomas. Letters cover most of 1883 and 1884, apparently from a ranch n

including one with Empire Land & Cattle Co. of Pantano, A.T. in upper right. Upper left has lithograph of ranch with two horses in foreground, r...

lot of 6, including 2p. letter from Sierra Land & Cattle Co., Kingston, NM, 1 Dec. 1889 including cover; receipt from The Stock Grower Co. "...

lot of 4, El Capitan certificate No. 11 and sold to Horace Thurber, signed by C.S. Thurber as Secretary, and M.E. Richardson as President; Lincoln Co.

lot of 3 (4). Includes re-registration certificate for Emil Fritz of Lincoln County, NM, indicating D and D brand on left side of both cattle (left hi

Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Benjamin & Weaver Cattle Company, Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory. Incorporated October 31st, 1885. Sew...

portrait of life in Cheyenne in the 1880s. 1p, 5.75 x 9.5" note on letterhead of Banking House of Stebbins, Post & Co., Cheyenne, Wyo. for ...

both on Jack Creek Land and Cattle Company letterhead, plus one cover. First is 5pp, 8" x 10.5", Saratoga, WY, 27 Apr. 1889; other is 2pp,...

lot of 13. Three are from the Banking House of L.H. Hershfield & Bro. with dates of 1866, 1873, and 1876, with illustrations of "mountain m...

one before, one after statehood. First is for 1891 for Territory of Montana, from the Stock Inspector and Detective Fund; with lithograph of cattle on

Annual Report of the Auditor and Treasurer of the Territory of Montana, for the Fiscal Year 1877. Helena, MT: Independent Steam Power Print. Small 8vo

Helena: printed by Fisk Bros. 8vo with printed paper wraps; 41pp of fiscal report; appendix numbering starts over, with 91 pages of marks and brands...

Annual Report of the Auditor and Treasurer of the Territory of Montana, for the Fiscal Year 1885 with appendix of brands. Helena, MT: Fisk Bros. print

submitted by J.P. Woolman, Territorial Auditor. 8vo, paper wraps, 244pp. Appendix with brands covers pp. 86 - 232.  The Thomas Minckler Colle...

Helena, MT: Independent Publishing, 1899. Narrow 8vo, red cloth with decorative cloth pastedowns, 16 pp members listing, 207 numbered pages, plus 6 bl

4 x 7.25", stapled with paper self-wraps, 42pp, Montana Stock Growers' Association, Helena: Independent Publishing Co. Update to communicat...

leather-bound "checkbook" size, 3.5" x 7". Inside front cover is John Nelson. Foreman and on first page, Prairie Cattle Co. Ltd....

folio Certified Copy of Stock Brand for N.B. Adsit and John A. Porter, San Miguel County, Colorado. 24mo, red leather, 40 numbered pages plus several

Bent and Prowers County Cattle and Horse Growers' Association, compiled by M.J. McMillin, secretary. 12mo, leather covers, 132 numbered pages. A...

narrow 12mo, red leather with cover embossed in gilt Murdo MacKenzie, Trinidad, Colo.. Ffep has MacKenzie's stamp and complementary card from Ja...

United Cattle and Horse Growers' Association of Central Idaho, Mackey, ID. First edition stated on cover. 24mo, red leather covers, 228 numbered...

Cattle Sanitary Board of New Mexico. Printed by Albright and Anderson, Albuquerque. 8vo, red cloth covers, 508 numbered pages with about 50 brand and

24mo, 100 numbered pp, plus a page of ads in rear. Kansas City (MO): Ramsey, Millett & Hudson, 1882. Paper covers printed with ads front and bac...

including certification for registered brand in Kendall County, Texas for Matthew Schwarz recorded 8 December 1868. Also certification of registered b

8.5" x 11" folded to 5.5" x 8.5". Front with steer head and Benj. McLean and Co., Kansas City and New York City. Prices Current ...

lot of 5. Price list flyer, 5.5 x 8.5", 1888-89, E.F. Wilt, Byron, IL. The first page notes that Mr. Wilt had just purchased the business of Ge...

1p, 4.5" x 8.5", Cheyenne, WY, 28 Aug. 1884. Frank Meanea began as a saddler's apprentice in the 1880s and made his reputation with un...

all but one from Cheyenne, and related to Lemuel Smith, Jr. Includes six drafts from Stebbins, Post & Co. Bankers, five made out to Smith or int...

lot of 5. Four are checks: one dated 11 Oct. 1884 with notation on end for Hay, signed by Henry G. Williams, Supt.; one with Hurlbut-Conrad Land and C

albumen photograph, 8.75 x 6.75" on gilt ruled mount with imprint of Bundy and Train Helena Montana, 10 x 12" overall, ca 1879. With penci...

all from Helena. Includes eight checks, six on accounts of L.H. Hershfield's "banking house," 1866-1877. Also included are 4 state war...

for 1886 (2), 1887 (2) and 1891 (2). One is for Support of convicts in the N.D. Penitentiary for January 1886; remainder are for killing what were con

lot of 5, all from the Maverick Bank, Fort Fetterman then Douglas, WY, Aug.-Sept. 1886 and Oct. 1887. Fort Fetterman was established in 1867 to guard

1p, ALS by Geo Sykes, Las Vegas(?), NM, 18 July 1850. Docketed on verso Certified?? of Capt. Sykes In relation to lumber. Sykes asserts that a qu

incomplete, 5" x 7.75", signed Z.M. Pike. Thought to be part of a letter to MD Congressman John Montgomery, who headed the committee consi...

1p, 11 Nov 1884, Bordeaux, WY. Account from Lemuel Smith, Jr. to John Hunton & Co. detailing payments for meals, lodging, and forage for horses....

first is ALS, 1pp, 7.25" x 9.25", n.d., Lake Beulah, WI. To Mr. Shaffner of the Wyoming Pioneer Association requesting a new membership ca...

each circa 9 x 7" unmounted albumen prints, identified and copyrighted in the negative. Includes No. 1891. Freighting through Cold Run Homestak...

4.5" x 8" albumen print mounted on larger board, partial mat with inked identification, and attribution of W. J. Collins, photographer, an...

6.5 x 4.75" warm-toned gelatin silver print mounted on larger grey card, with manuscript title Coaching ore on the Miz pah during leasers (?) 1...

lot of 7, includes one silver print mounted on original card stock (5" x 7.5") showing mule pulled early stage coach with pencil inscripti...

albumen photograph, with imprint of F.A. Hartwell of Phoenix, and identified in the negative 819 Mule Train. C. Mine. A.T. '89.  The Thom...

circa 1900-1910, 5 x 7" silver gelatin image mounted on larger grey cardstock, with pencil/ink inscription on verso: Mr. Jean on Sweeny's T...

6 x 10" warm-toned silver gelatin image, tacked to larger grey paper backing, with manuscript title Six Mule Team Army Wagon used in the Civil...

includes a 2.5" x 7.5" silver gelatin photo with pencil inscription on reverse Sign Talk-"The Old-Line Freighters"; and two real...

a view of a bull train with the manuscript title below image Bull Train Wyo Terr and T. Dalgleish's Buffalo, Wyo. imprint on verso. A great imag...

anonymous 4.5" x 7.75" gelatin silver print mounted on larger cream board, identified in the negative. With extensive annotations in penci...

all 3.5" x 5.5" silver gelatin prints with penciled inscription on reverse: a freight bound for Bullfrog; a freight pulling out from camp ...

anonymous, circa 1910 8 x 6" silver print on larger grey mount, identified in pencil on verso Frank Kelsey's Freight Outfit and in later in...

4.5" x 7" albumen on larger cream mount; with Louis Monaco's Eureka, Nevada imprint below image; 24 horses are shown hitched to four w...

9" x 6.75" unmounted silver gelatin image, ca 1903, identified in the negative as No. 1 Bullfrog Discovery. An impressive image, showing a...

8.5 x 6.5" unmounted silver gelatin image, identified in the negative Goldfield, Freight Team En Route to Bullfrog Nev. No. 481. Larson Phot. c...

albumen, with manuscript caption below image William Pearson Freight Team Laden with 40,000 lbs of Freight for Silver Peak, Nevada; in the background

a detailed view of oxen teams taking a break in front of loaded freight wagons, titled in negative Freighting Out-fit, Rico, Colo. - 1890., photograph

anonymous albumen image, showing wagons, including a sheep-herders rig.  The Thomas Minckler Collection of Western Americana Condition:

9.5" x 7.5" warm-toned silver gelatin print, mounted on larger gilt bordered cardstock, with Grabill's 1891 copyright in the negative ...

8 x 5.75" albumen photograph on larger cream mount, with printed caption Hauling Grain, Reedley, Fresno Co., Cal. 18 mules 5 wagons, 225 Sacks ...

lot of two silver gelatin images of pack trains, the first initialed and dated on recto CEOH, 1920, with the handwritten caption on verso Pack train g

circa 1885, with imprint of O.P. Haines, Chadron, Nebraska on verso, along with inked manuscript identification Freighting outfit. It belongs to a man

ca 1890-1900. Silver gelatin image, 9.5 x 7.5" mounted on larger cream board 9 x 12" overall, with imprint of Saunders Bros. Woodward, Okl...

10 x 4" silver gelatin image mounted on larger grey board, identified in negative 2'-0" X 2'-0" X 20 ft. from F.W. Norton'...

including a terrific cabinet-sized view of Freighting Teams at Casper, Wyoming; cabinet-sized view by Thurlow of Manitou, titled Indian Supply Train i

ranging from 3.5" x 5.25" to 4" x 8", all from Lincoln Co., NM, 1881. Two from January, two from May. All paid out by Sue Barber...

includes telegram on United States Signal Corps "Form 125B", 5.25" x 8.25". Dixon to Halet at Ft. Apache. Freighters Walters and...

2pp Bill of Lading, quarterfold, 8.5" x 14", Caldwell, KS, 28 July 1876. For "special train" to transport 104 men of Companies G...

2pp, 5" x 8", Monarch, CO, Nov. 2, 1887. D.B. Jared to David Wood. I hurd that you wanted some few mule whackers or Bull Punchers ther is ...

3pp, 8.5" x 14", docketed on 4th page by Saxton. Contract for Route No. 2, for Year ending June 30th, 1877. Agreement between Lieut. Col. ...

lot of 7. TLS by T.P. McDonald, 1p, 22 Dec. 1903, Thermopolis, WY. Letterhead of The Cody-Meeteetse-Thermopolis Stage Line, Thermopolis, WY with wonde

1p, 8.25" x 10.5", on letterhead for Southwestern U.S. Mail Passenger and Express Co., little Rock, AR, 3 March 1885. Cover letter for pay...

1p, 5.5" x 9" on First National Bank of Cheyenne, WY letterhead, 25 July 1880. Recording sale of 30 horses to William Smith. John Sparks...

2pp, 7.75" x 9.5", n.d., n.p. stated. William P. Snell to Father (and Mother) in Oakland, Michigan. He asks that letters be directed to Pl...

most from around the Civil War (1857 - 1867), except one which is an early typed letter. Includes two bills of lading for deliveries in Washington, DC

1p, 7.5" x 9.75", Junction City, KS, 22 Nov. 1866. On letterhead for Nye Forwarding Co. advertising Overland Freight to all the Territorie...

including Wells, Fargo & Co. waybill for $100 package of gold bullion, loaded at Helene, MT, 4 Dec. 1869; receipt for one days forage of fodder ...

lot of 3. Wells Fargo & Company book dated 1 July 1914, New York. 16mo in light cardstock boards with cloth tape spine, 57pp. Some water damage,...

lot of 5, including a Bill of Lading for the Pacific Express Company, El Paso, TX, 14 Aug. 1900. Verso has advertising for Pacific Express Money Order

conflicts between Texans and Native Americans in the area occurred primarily between groups of relative newcomers. The Comanche, a Shoshone offshoot,

7.75 x 5.5" warm-toned silver gelatin image mounted on large cream cardstock with imprint of D(aniel) A. Markey, Fort Grant, Arizona on recto a...

8.75 x 3.5" warm-toned silver gelatin print of a U.S. Mail coach in an unidentified street, with Arizona written in pencil on verso. A fine, ci...

on yellow, cabinet-sized mount, with imprint of the Black Hills View Company. Sherman St. Deadwood, Dakota. Terrific street-level view of two stagecoa

circa 1900-1910, warm toned 5" x 7" silver gelatin image mounted on larger buff cardstock.  The Thomas Minckler Collection of Weste...

on maroon cardstock, each identified in the negative. Includes Northwestern Stage Co. from Pierre to Deadwood, D.T. and Transportation from Pierre to

albumen image, on boudoir style mount 8.5 x 5.5", ca 1885. An anonymous image of the Spring Valley Ranch, an important stage coach stop -- the ...

5.5" x 7.5 albumen image, mounted on 6.5" x 9.5" album page. Penciled identification along margin Black Hills May/86. Scene is of a g...

a boudoir-style image, 7.75 x 4.5" on larger mount with Grabill's Sturgis, Dakota Territory imprint. In addition to passengers, these coach...

includes 4.5" x 7" circa 1890 albumen image mounted on larger cream board of a six horse team with inked identification on verso Lucky Bal...

an anonymous albumen photograph of a group of well-dressed men and women seated in or standing in front of a horse-drawn M.T. Hamilton Stage Coach, wi