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COLORADO BRAND BOOK, 1914




	THE COLORADO BRAND BOOK, 1914. Colorado Stock Brands and Live Stock Statutes, 1914. This book contains a complete transcript of the Live Stock Brands and Marks on record in the office of The Colorado State Board of Stock Inspection Commissioners at Denver, August 15, 1914. Authorized by the State Board of Stock Inspection Commissioners of Colorado. Published and For Sale by The Denver Record-Stockman, Official Live Stock Newspaper, Denver, Colorado. Edwin McCrillis, Secretary. Original red cloth covers with black print on front; 697 pages, complete. Condition: covers show some bending, also a moisture ring on front cover; spine has 1/2 inch chipping at head of spine; previous owner's signature on front endpaper.

TEXAS CATTLE RANCHING

ORIGINAL PORCELAIN SIGN. MEMBER TEXAS & SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS ASS'N. INC. Dimensions: 20 inches across by 10-1/4 inches in height. Blue porcelain. Small chips on lower and upper right-hand corners. Overall: very good plus to near fine condition. Circa 1920s.

COLORADO BRAND BOOK, 1894

THE OFFICIAL STATE BRAND BOOK OF COLORADO. Containing all the Brands filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Colorado to January 1st, 1894, together with a Digest of Laws concerning Stock Growers, printed in English and in Spanish. Compiled by The State Brand Book Publishing Company, Under the Auspices of The State Cattle Growers' Association, Denver, Colorado. Denver, Colorado: The Merchants Publishing Company, Printers, 1894. Original printed gray-cloth covers; 367 pages, complete with regional advertisements. Covers are lightly worn; corners somewhat curled; very light soiling. Internal pages are clean, somewhat toned, but overall bright, with no damage. Previous owner's address written in pencil on top of Page 366. Steel-engraved images for advertisements; several photographic images.

This Colorado Brand Book may be even scarcer than the 1887 edition.

SOLD

COLORADO BRAND BOOK, 1887

COLORADO BRAND BOOK AND STOCKGROWERS AND BREEDERS READ REFERENCE WITH INDEX OF BRANDS AND INDEX OF OWNERS

Containing All Stock Brands on Record in the Office of Secretary of State of Colorado

S.H. Standart, Publisher and Proprietor, Denver, Colo., 1887

317 pages; plus, 2 pages of Distances by Rail from Denver, Denver & Rio Grande; plus, 4 pages of advertisements in front of book and 4 pages of advertisements in back.

Binding is a period leather. Dimensions: 7-1/2 inches in height and 4-1/4 inches in width. Condition: very good; shows use. Appears to have had professional conservation work done to binding.

Interior pages: advertisement pages have had some light damp-staining which has resulted in modest wrinkling and discoloration; this affects the first 4 pages of the front of the book and the last 4 pages of the back of the book. However, all pages are highly readily and have not lost any content.

Interior pages description continued: majority of interior pages are in very good plus condition; there is some light wrinkling, but typical for a handbook that was used in the field by cattle-owner and cowboy alike. All information is present, readable, and suitable for researcher and collector alike.

Conservation work performed on front and back endpapers.

In 1883, the Colorado State legislature passed an act making recorded brands legal evidence of ownership of cattle or other livestock.

In 1885, the Colorado State Legislature passed an act that made it the duty of Secretary of State to procure a suitable reference book to be known as the State Brand Book.

By 1887, the State had passed a law wherein it was required that all Colorado livestock brands be recorded with the County Clerk and Recorder.

This Colorado State legislation became the impetus for Colorado Brand books; and, in 1887, S.H. Standart compiled and published the first privately printed Colorado State Brand reference. Original copies of this book are extremely rare, especially given the fact that they were to be literally used on the open range by cattle owners and cowboys. There are only 8 copies listed in national institutions. This is a key book for researchers and collectors of cattle ranching in the American West, livestock and cattle growers, Western Americana , and cowboy history. Reference: Graff 814.

If interested in more information on this very rare book, please inquire:

$6,500.00

THE LINDAUER CATTLE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO

Issued April 4, 1889, uncancelled, near fine condition. Western Banknote and Engraving Company, Chicago. Price: SOLD

THE LARIMER COUNTY STOCKGROWERS ASSOCIATION, 1884 – 1956.

Larimer County, Colorado

Bylaws and History of the Association. Brands of the Members. A Brief History of the Ranches. A Map of Larimer County Showing Location of Operation and Headquarters of the Association Members. First printing: July, 1956. Lithographed by Don-Art Printers, Fort Collins, Colorado. Original illustrated covers; spiral bound, with fold-out map; 108 pages. Fine condition.

Price: $150.00

RANGE CALL

(Rio Blanco County, Colorado)

LaRoy H. Purdy, Recreation Supervisor. Publication published with the assistance of a W.P.A. Project and sponsored by the Rio Blanco County Council of Adult Education and Recreation, 1938. Original illustrated wrappers; 32 pages; illustrations; articles. Meeker, Colorado. Dedication to Nathan C. Meeker. The Rangely Rodeo. Range Call Rodeo Program. Rio Blanco County's Ranching and Agriculture. White River Valley.

Very good plus condition. PRICE: $35.00

GUIDE MAP OF THE GREAT TEXAS CATTLE TRAIL from Red River Crossing to the Kansas Pacific Railway. Reprint.

Introduction by Herbert O. Brayer. The Branding Iron Press: Evanston, Illinois, 1955. Number 336 of 750 copies. Portfolio designed by David T. Vernon. One foldout map; six foldout illustrations; 21 pages. Near fine condition.

Price: $30.00

THE POWDER RIVER LIVE STOCK COMPANY

Stock certificate #178, issued December 13, 1884, uncancelled; two folds, near fine condition. Company had ranges near old Forts Reno and McKinney, Powder River, Johnson County, Wyoming. Incorporated in Colorado. In spring of 1886, this Company had 24,000 head of cattle on the Powder River range. This Company was impacted by the "Johnson County War," where Tom Horn gained his notoriety. George Rex Buckman, a noted Colorado Springs promoter, was secretary of the Company and signed this historical document.

Price: $650.00

FOUR JAY CATTLE COMPANY

Stock Certificate Number 8, issued August 20, 1889, incorporated under the laws of the Territory of Wyoming. The Four Jay Company was part of the British investment in the American Frontier, its incorporators being mostly from Scotland and England (re: Page 223, WHEN GRASS WAS KING, by Maurice Frink, W. Turrentine Jackson, and Agnes Wright Spring). Cattle brand of Company in both vignette and corporate seal. Condition: two folds, otherwise, fine condition.
Price: $750.00

AN ECHO FROM THE PAST: A First-Hand Narration of Events in the Early History of the Arkansas Valley of Colorado. By Dr. Warren Edwin Hickman. Printed by The Western Newspaper Union, 1914, first edition. Book in its original tan printed wrappers; square-bound; 179 pages. Condition: wrappers are lightly sunned, a wee bit of aging, otherwise, very good; pages are clean and bright; spine is tight, strong. Hickman relates accounts of ranching in the Spanish Peaks area of Colorado, with locales such as La Junta, La Veta, and Las Animas as some of many places where memorable characters were met. Hickman also recalls many adventures with local Native Americans, many of whom became his friends. An endearing, personal look at the history of the lower Arkansas Valley

Price: $350.00

UNION CATTLE COMPANY

Bond #214, issued November 1, 1886; uncnacelled, several folds, most coupons still attached; very good plus condition. Company organized under the laws of the Territory of Wyoming.

Price: $500.00

THE GRAND VALLEY RANCH AND CATTLE COMPANY

Stock Certificate # 118, issued January 10, 1889, uncancelled; two light folds, near fine condition. Most interests were in control of the Hallett family. Hallett Peak, near Bear and Dream lakes in Colorado, was named after the founders of this Company.

Price: $650.00

RANCH NOTES IN KANSAS, COLORADO, THE INDIAN TERRITORY AND NORTHERN TEXAS, by Reginald Aldridge, with illustrations. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1884. Original blue cloth binding with gold embossing on front cover and spine; 227 pages. Printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street. Plus, 12 pages of advertisements in rear of back. Condition of binding: strong; however, covers show wear; bumped corners. Pages are clean and bright. Overall condition: good plus.

Price: $500.00

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