Ellis, George F.
Bell ranch as I knew it George F. Ellis; Overview by Donald R. Ornduff; Illustrations by Robert Lougheed - Kansas City, Missouri Lowell Press 1973 - 153 p.
My first days on the Bell --
The land, the brand, the name --
Bell headquarters --
People of the Bell --
The year's work --
Chuck wagon routine --
Summer branding work --
Selling the cattle --
The fall work --
The cattle breeding program --
Raising cow horses --
Good horses I have known --
Days I remember --
Bronc riders --
Cowboy equipment --
Ranch improvements --
Ranch roads --
Cactus control --
Cow ranch dictionary.
Traces the ownership of the Bell Ranch, beginning in the early 1800s with Pablo Montoya, who was first granted title by the Mexican government to the 655,468 acres comprising the original ranch, to 1973. George Ellis managed the Bell Ranch for almost a quarter century and was one of but six men who served as general manager in its 150-year history. Donald Ornduff, well known cattle editor, writer and researcher sets the historical stage for the story, and Robert Lougheed provides the illustrations.
40240
0913504157
--New Mexico
917.8955 Ell 48
Bell ranch as I knew it George F. Ellis; Overview by Donald R. Ornduff; Illustrations by Robert Lougheed - Kansas City, Missouri Lowell Press 1973 - 153 p.
My first days on the Bell --
The land, the brand, the name --
Bell headquarters --
People of the Bell --
The year's work --
Chuck wagon routine --
Summer branding work --
Selling the cattle --
The fall work --
The cattle breeding program --
Raising cow horses --
Good horses I have known --
Days I remember --
Bronc riders --
Cowboy equipment --
Ranch improvements --
Ranch roads --
Cactus control --
Cow ranch dictionary.
Traces the ownership of the Bell Ranch, beginning in the early 1800s with Pablo Montoya, who was first granted title by the Mexican government to the 655,468 acres comprising the original ranch, to 1973. George Ellis managed the Bell Ranch for almost a quarter century and was one of but six men who served as general manager in its 150-year history. Donald Ornduff, well known cattle editor, writer and researcher sets the historical stage for the story, and Robert Lougheed provides the illustrations.
40240
0913504157
--New Mexico
917.8955 Ell 48