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Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982
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Item Title
A Buckaroo Conversation after a Morning's Work
Author/Creator
Narrator: Stewart, Fred
Narrator: Winslow, Mel
Smock, William H.
Fleischhauer, Carl, filmmakers
Created/Published
October 04,1979
Notes
In the Bradshaw Cabin, cowboys talk about of the difficulties of chasing cattle out of dense mountain thickets when rounding them up.
This conversation between Fred Stewart and Mel Winslow on the subject of rounding up cattle was filmed in the Bradshaw cabin just after lunch on the final day of gathering. Clay Taylor was also in the cabin, sitting opposite Fred and Mel; he is seen in a cutaway shot near the end of the film. In the final shot, Tex Northrup arrives, heralded by Mel saying, "Here comes the foreman."
The exchange portrays the camaraderie between the cowboys and suggests the difficulties connected with pushing cattle out of the dense mountain thickets. Note the word used by Tex Northrup when he joins the conversation, saying, "You've really been buckarooing." The film ends as Mel tallies each man's catch, calculating a total of fifty four animals.
Subject
Activities
Buckarooing
Cattle movement
Line camps
Trail Drive (1979)
Ethnography
Motion Pictures
Ninety-Six Ranch
Bradshaw Cabin
Object Type
Medium
16mm film
Language
English
Call Number
NV9-VT3
Digital ID
afc96ran v007
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc96ran.v007