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Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982
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Item Title
Wrangling Horses and the Bell Mare
Author/Creator
Narrator: Stewart, Leslie J.
Fleischhauer, Carl
Wilson, William A., interviewers.
Created/Published
April 09,1981
Notes
Les Stewart explains the role of the horse wrango, or wrangler in buckarooing and the tradition of the "bell mare," a designated mare wearing a bell to keep the horses together and to alert buckaroos as to their whereabouts.
The horse wrango, or wrangler, and the bell mare hark back to an earlier time. Les explains that, if the ranch crew were big enough, one man would be designated wrango or cavvy-wrango. When we filmed the Ninety-Six, the task was rotated among the members of the small roundup team. Similarly, there is little need for a bell mare today. Smaller fenced areas mean that the horses are unlikely to stray very far. Buckaroos on the neighboring Circle A ranch said their outfit had quit using a bell mare in 1959. But the tradition is important for men like Les, who once quoted a friend as saying, "It's not a cow camp without a bell."
Subject
Activities
Wrangling
Horses
Buckaroos
Ethnography
Interviews
Ninety-Six Ranch
Object Type
Medium
Audio
Language
English
Call Number
NV81-CF-R5
Digital ID
afc96ran 027
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc96ran.027