Woolf Family Cattle Roundup in Calfax County, New Mexico

Date7/1/1888

ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact

Terms

Catalog number1987.1.100

DescriptionGroup portrait of the Woolf Family Cattle Roundup in New Mexico. Large group of person on horseback, with camp setup in the background. There is some typewritten text above and below the image:
Top:
"Photograph of "Round-up" outfit of the cowmen of Calfax County, New Mexico, taken in July 1888. Location: On Red (Canadian) River, about 18 miles northwest of Raton, NM. Breakfast was over and we were about to start the days ride that would end with our return to camp about dark. While working from this camp I saw near a thicket about a half mile east (to the right) of the camp the first road runner, Chaparrel Cock I had ever seen"
Below:
"1. Me, Chas. Woolf. 2. E.G (Gene) Twitty. 3. My uncle, Tom McConnell. 4. The fellow (don't remember his name) who I always believe stole my new quilt while we were working the Castle Rock Park area later that summer. Tempe, Arizona 6-20-1950"

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