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[Photograph of Juana Dawson at La Mora]

Description: Photograph of Juana Dawson at a ranch called "La Mora," feeding a cow from a bucket. More cows can be seen in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Longhorn cattle in Big Bend]

Description: Photograph of three longhorns in Big Bend ranch, standing in a fenced area in front of a desert area with a mountain in the background. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "His [Don Milton Faver's] entire herd of three hundred cattle was run off by the Indians, leaving him with only thirty or forty calves which were in a corral. From this meager beginning, he built a second herd of ten to twenty thousand" (p. 6).
Date: 1969~
Creator: Edwards, Nancy
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Head of cattle in a field near Marfa]

Description: Photograph of a herd of brown-and-white cattle in a grassy field; there are mountains in the background. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Cattle ranching is the primary industry of this country. The major breeds raised are Hereford, Brahmas, Angus, and Charolais" (p. 11).
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Two heads of cattle behind barbed wire]

Description: Photograph of two large brown-and-white cattle behind a barbed wire fence in the Big Bend area. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Cattle ranching is the primary industry of this country" (p. 11).
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Jess Evans Rides a Bull]

Description: Jess Evans, a seventeen-year-old cowboy, is riding in a bull-riding competition. One man to the left is watching Jess ride. Other people behind a wooden slat wall are also watching the competition.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Picture of a steer]

Description: Side view of a steer outdoors, in a cattle stall.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Highland Cows]

Description: Large enclosed wooden pen of Highland cows on the Crosson ranch. The cows accompanied their calves to town. The calves were shipped to feed lots while the cows were returned to the Crosson ranch.
Date: 1940~
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Dipping Cattle on the Bogel Ranch

Description: This photograph shows a vat for dipping cattle and many people standing around it. The people are all wearing light colored shirts, dark pants, and cowboy hats. According to the related report, the people are Graves, Woodworth, and Sarah Bogel (left to right) with Mexican cowhands. The foreground is focused on the dipping vats which is a canal of concrete with wooden gates and filled half-full with water. In the background, there are some other fences, what appears to be part of a wagon to … more
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Cattle at a Watering Trough]

Description: This photograph shows a group of black and white cattle standing around a watering trough that seems to be made of concrete. The ground at the front of the picture is bare and covered in large stones.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

LC Brite with Cattle Going to Nebraska

Description: Photograph of L.C. Brite viewing some of the cattle he sold to A.E. Dixon of Blair, Nebraska. Photo taken on September 7, 1923 at the Brite Ranch.
Date: November 7, 1923
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Branding a Calf

Description: Photograph of Juan Morales, Oscar Wells, and Clint Holden branding a calf in a corral on the Brite Ranch in 1941.
Date: 1941
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Carolina Palomo Borunda on her Farm

Description: Photgraph of Carolina Palomo Borunda with a calf on her farm east of Marfa. She wears a long dress.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Carolina Borunda and Her Cows

Description: Photograph of Carolina Borunda in 1936 after coming home from the hospital. She is doing her daily chores. This photograph was part of a report done for a history class at Marfa High School in 1975.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Carolina Borunda Feeding Her Cows

Description: Photograph of Carolina Borunda in 1913 feeding her livestock by hand in the old style method on their family farm near Marfa, Texas. This photograph was part of a report done for a history class at Marfa High School in 1975.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Lucas Brite and Cattle, c. 1930

Description: Photograph of Lucas Brite looking over bull calves at the Brite Ranch headquarters in the 1930s. He wears a suit and tie with a hat. This photo was included in a report by Andrew Wells for an American History class at Marfa High School on January 13, 1975.
Date: 1930~
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Cattle Grazing in West Texas

Description: Photograph of cattle grazing in West Texas. To the right are the rimrock cliffs and to the left are some rocky hills. This is near the Big Bend area of Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Cattle in Corral

Description: Photograph of cattle in a corral near a hill in West Texas. The fence is made from tree limbs.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library
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