FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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An Ol' Cowboy Still Remembers?and Other Cowboy Poems
FC 11 E-12
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Glen Enloe
They'll Never be a Last Cowboy
They'll never be a last cowboy; As long as there's still some ole cows.
An Ol' Cowboy Still Remembers?and Other Cowboy Poems
FC 11 E-12
52
Glen Enloe
The Last of the Wannabe Cowboys
There's lots of derision about some folk's meek decision.
Frontier Ballads: Heard and Gathered by Charles J. Finger
Charles J. Finger, compiler, woodcuts by Paul Honore
FC 11 F-02
The Real Book About Cowboys
FC 11 F-14
Michael Gorham
Gathering Remnants: A Tribute to the Working Cowboy
FC 11 F-15
Felicitas Fieuki-Reihle and Kendall Nelson
Elmer Kelton: One Collector's Bibliography
FC 11 H-26
Jerry E. Hunt
Old Hands and Old Brands
Frances Fitch
FC 11 H-05
1
Herbert N. Handley
Only a Few
Just how many are left; I cannot say.
Old Hands and Old Brands
Frances Fitch
FC 11 H-05
2
Herbert N. Handley
Old Hands and Old Brands
The memory's these words bring back -- I see the old campfires, where the "wagon" is camped in the draw near a clump of willows?
Old Hands and Old Brands
Frances Fitch
FC 11 H-05
7
Herbert N. Handley
Pool Outfits
A word here to explain about "Pool Outfits", a "Pool Outfit" were several cattle & horse owners banded together, to operate a round-up wagon.
Old Hands and Old Brands
Frances Fitch
FC 11 H-05
8
Herbert N. Handley
The Lime Kiln Pool
The Lime Kiln Pool was organized at an early date by a group of cowmen on the Cheyenne River and tributary creeks, in the vicinity of the mouth of Deep Creek.
Old Hands and Old Brands
Frances Fitch
FC 11 H-05
19
Herbert N. Handley
One Moon Night Light
It was a full moon night, "first guard" had just rode out to the herd to do their two hours.
Old Hands and Old Brands
Frances Fitch
FC 11 H-05
20
Herbert N. Handley
Brands
Who first burned a brand on a cow, horse, or donkey?
Old Hands and Old Brands
Frances Fitch
FC 11 H-05
27
Herbert N. Handley
Old Timers
The pioneers who built their homes in the West River land, before the coming of the home-homesteaders soon got the name "Old Timers."
Old Hands and Old Brands
Frances Fitch
FC 11 H-05
31
Herbert N. Handley
Indian Cowboys
In Range Days, in West River Land, there were several Indian Cowboys.
Old Hands and Old Brands
Frances Fitch
FC 11 H-05
33
Herbert N. Handley
Snow Down Your Coat Collar
I remember now -- "standing guard" at night.
Old Hands and Old Brands
Frances Fitch
FC 11 H-05
34
Herbert N. Handley
Norwegian Cowboys
Looking back over my limited cowboy days, two cowboys stand out -- "Big out."
Old Hands and Old Brands
Frances Fitch
FC 11 H-05
35
Herbert N. Handley
Texas Old Style
Last few years we got Texans up here, good buys all of them, mostly they buy land and pay good prices.
Old Hands and Old Brands
Frances Fitch
FC 11 H-05
37
Herbert N. Handley
Trailing Horses to Iowa
When out "West River Land" was big and wide.
Old Hands and Old Brands
Frances Fitch
FC 11 H-05
38
Herbert N. Handley
Sammy Swenson "King of the Night Hawks"
In a round-up outfit, the "Night Hawk" was the rider who herded the Remuda at night.
Old Hands and Old Brands
Frances Fitch
FC 11 H-05
41
Herbert N. Handley
Cowhide Gal
One spring way early I rode up North stopped about noon at a place, just new built, you could see that for sure.
Old Hands and Old Brands
Frances Fitch
FC 11 H-05
44
Herbert N. Handley
King of the "Wolfers"
West of "The Big Muddy" in the days of few people, and less fences, where many big cow out-fits, and also many grey wolves.
Old Hands and Old Brands
Frances Fitch
FC 11 H-05
47
Herbert N. Handley
Gathering Saddle Horses
Gathering saddle horses was an April chore, for Reservation cow-boys in the days of yore.
Old Hands and Old Brands
Frances Fitch
FC 11 H-05
48
Herbert N. Handley
Spurs and Bits/Boots and Saddles
A cow-hand just had to have a saddle, he could get along without boots, some of them did for awhile, in a pinch.
Old Hands and Old Brands
Frances Fitch
FC 11 H-05
52
Herbert N. Handley
"Henry kertzman": A Cow Boy of the '90s
Spring of 1901 at Leslie up North on Cheyenne River, the Leslie Pool held a meeting, as usual.
Old Hands and Old Brands
Frances Fitch
FC 11 H-05
53
Herbert N. Handley
Yak
He was an Indian cowboy, far from his Home Range.