Dallas,

You should contact the Wyoming SHPO. The Jim Gatchell Museum is also an excellent source of information, jimgatchell.com


Chuck


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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of dallas ward
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 2:46 PM
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Subject: Cowboy and Ranching Archaeology

Howdy Fellow HISTARCH listerv members,

     My name is Dallas and I am a graduate student in Heritage Management at Texas Tech University.  I work primarily in Historical Archaeology and am currently working on a west Texas cowboy site.  I have two questions that hopefully some of you may be of assistance with.
     First, do any of you now of any papers or reports related to ranching or cowboy archaeology?  I have only been able to locate a couple and this seems strange to me, am I just missing something or are publications of this sort just rare?  I have the Fontanna - Johnny Ward's Ranch (1962), THC
- Walker Ranch report by Scurlock (1973), and one from U of A McGuire - Rancho Punta de Agua (1979).  I also have a CRM report out of Nevada but it was little help.  If anyone could offer suggestions or assistance with sources I would greatly appreciate it.
     Second, the cowboy camp has a large quantity of 45 caliber cartridges without head stamps.  Does this mean they are loading their own maybe at the headquarters?  If so I have been unable to find a source in support of this theory.
     I greatly appreciate any help or insight.  Unfortunately due to confidentiality issues I am unable to supply any pics or much of a description beyond the vague description of a cowboy camp, possibly a line-camp in western Texas dating to approximately 1890.  Thanks in advance for your responses.

-Dallas Ward





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