1890 MALLARD TEXAS COWBOYS PHOTOGRAPH

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April 11, 2010, 11:04:57 AM



PHOTOGRAPH DEPICTS A GROUP OF COWBOYS, ALL ON HORSEBACK, STANDING AMONG A GROUP OF TREES. THERE ARE FIVE MEN ALL DRESSED IN TYPICAL WESTERN STYLE. THE BACK OF THE PHOTOGRAPH STATES THAT IT WAS TAKEN IN MALLARD TEXAS IN 1890.

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April 11, 2010, 02:37:45 PM
Just a side note on some of these pictures.  Are we breeding bigger horses these days or are cowboys from that era taller?

Some of those horses look positively runty.
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April 11, 2010, 06:14:32 PM
Mustang stock from that era was positively runty!

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April 11, 2010, 06:30:01 PM
I did some research on Mallard, Texas. It is still in existence and it is located in the southeastern corner of Montague County. Montague County is a couple of counties north of Fort Worth.
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April 11, 2010, 09:14:33 PM
Quote from: River City John on April 11, 2010, 06:14:32 PM
Mustang stock from that era was positively runty!

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Yeah, but most of them mustangs or cow ponies of that day could out work any horse of todays breeding!!!!
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April 12, 2010, 02:23:05 PM
It looks like they all have their pants over their boots. Does that suggest this was posed rather than impromptu?

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April 13, 2010, 12:52:26 AM
I think those boys are dressed to go to town. No ropes on the saddles.
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April 13, 2010, 06:25:19 AM
It took a bit of breeding to get bigger horses. I've worked cattle from dusk 'til dark on the same pony. Most old time Coiwboys had a string to use. I'm not real sure horses then were any tougher or smarter than today's working horse. 'Scar' is 25 years old and still rides pretty good.
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