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[Waddell's Ranch / People in Midland]

Description: Two sets of photographs, one with pictures of Waddell's Ranch (front) and the other with pictures of people around Midland (back). Ranching pictures on the front: (823) A herd of cattle, mostly stationary; (824) Several cowboys on horses grouped together; (825) Several cowboys on horses grouped together near a trough; (826) Cowboys and several women on the porch of a two-story wooden building posing for a photograph. Portraits on the back: (827) Four people standing together outside a house; (8… more
Date: 190X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Waddell's Ranch / People in Midland]

Description: Two sets of photographs, one of ranching activities at Waddell Ranch (front), and the other of people in Midland (back). Ranch pictures on the front: (836) An automobile stuck in a grassland, being moved by a handful of people; (837) A cowboy on his horse stationary in front of a shed, where a handful of people are seated on the porch; (838) Herding or branding inside a cattle pen; (839) A cowboy on his horse standing among a flock of cattle. Portraits on the back: (840) Two men in coats and ha… more
Date: 190X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[C Ranch Cowboys]

Description: Photograph of nine C Ranch cowboys in front of a stable, mounted on horses, wearing hats and equipped with lassos. Four names are identified on the back: first from left is John Aker, second from left is "Fatty" Bill Condell[?], fourth from left is Hayden Miles, and third from right is Charlie Frishoe[?].
Date: 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Scharbauer Horse Ranch]

Description: Photograph of the Scharbauer Horse Ranch, near Pecos, Texas. The ranchhouse is at center right, with stable gates to the right and a pond and a windmill to the left. A man stands in the grass (lower center), wearing work clothes and a hat, looking outwards. A vast expanse of grassland, with shrubs across the landscape, surrounds the ranch in every direction.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Horace Hardin Ranch]

Description: Photograph of the Horace Hardin Ranch in February 1902. The ranch and stable (center right) are covered in snow and ice, with a chicken wire fence in front of the buildings.
Date: February 1902
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Henry M. Halff Roundup, on a Field]

Description: Photograph of a roundup operated by Henry M. Halff, possibly near the Quien Sabe Ranch. According to a note written on the back of the photograph, the roundup occurred when the Jules Drivers took up their homestead. Halff (position unspecified) stands around a loaded chuckwagon with horses grazing the background and other cowboys and women resting in the grass.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Henry M. Halff Roundup, at a Ranch House]

Description: Photograph of a roundup operated by Henry M. Halff, possibly near the Quien Sabe Ranch. According to a note written on the back of the photograph, the roundup occurred when the Jules Drivers took up their homestead. Halff (position unspecified) is mounted on a horse among other cowboys also mounted on horses and a wagon loaded with cargo, all in front of a two-story wooden ranch house. A man at left stands dismounted from his horse, pointing to the left.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[W. B. Preston and Horse]

Description: Photograph of W. B. Preston standing in a dirt field with a saddled horse next to him. A wagon and a roofed canopy lays behind him, in front of a wooden fence. A note on the back indicates: "This is Daddy, probably during Quien Sabe [ranch] days."
Date: 1910~
Creator: Crocker, C. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Hahl Proctor and a Horse]

Description: Reprint photograph of Hahl Proctor petting a saddled horse and holding its reins in front of a wooden gate and several trees. Another person doing yardwork is partially visible in the background at right. Handwritten on back: "Hahl (Mrs Foy) Proctor.}
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Five Wells Ranch, Catching Horses]

Description: Photograph of the Five Wells Ranch remuda—"catching horses." The horses are gathered in a large herd on a vast grass plain, with several cowboys standing among the horses. A note on the back states that "enough farming is now done on Five Wells to produce needed grain sorghums for food, but no cotton is permitted."
Date: 1890
Creator: Hoyt, E. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

Tha Halff Lands, Now Open to Settlers: Farm and Ranch Properties Improved and Unimproved

Description: Booklet advertising 80,000 acres of land in Midland County for sale by Henry Halff with descriptions of the land and potential usage such as specific crops and livestock, brief information about the county and the town of Midland, and statements by various people in the area about their experiences.
Date: 1915~
Creator: Halff, Henry M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Cattle Branding at Five Wells]

Description: Photograph of cattle branding at the Five Wells Ranch. Several cattle are laid on their side , their limbs held, and smoke billowing from the cattle in the middle. Men look at and pose for the camera, some kneeling to hold the cattle down, while others stand or sit along the wooden fences. Several names are identified from a note on the back: Eb Dickson, Wilber Wadley, Ed Rountree, and Millard Eidson.
Date: 1889
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Tom Vest with a Horse]

Description: Photograph of Tom Vest next to a stationary horse and a fallen animal in front of him. He faces the left and lifts a hand, as if to throw something, while standing on a dirt field with several buildings in the far background.
Date: December 28, 1904
Creator: Butler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Views of Midland from the Llano Hotel / Cowboys at Waddell Ranch]

Description: Two sets of photographs, one taken from the top of the Llano Hotel in Midland, displaying different parts of the snow-covered town (front), and the other depicting different activities at Waddell's Ranch (back). Midland pictures on the front: (815) West view along Wall Street, county courthouse (far right) and Henry Halff real estate office (at left, "LAND" sign); (816) North view along Main Street, First Methodist Church (left of center, tower behind two-story building) and Western Windmill Co… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Portrait of M. J. Riggs, 1900]

Description: Photograph of Marie J. Riggs, an important cattle ranch owner based in Midland. She wears an ornate and highly decorated dress while standing and looking forward. A note on the back gives her nickname as the "cattle queen of the West."
Date: 1900
Creator: Evans & Stewart
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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