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...