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The humble Pelican Club Cabin at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment in Carbon County, Wyoming

The humble Pelican Club Cabin at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorad...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First photographed in 1919, the building was originally built and used by the U.S. Forest Service, likely as an out station where rang... More

Pastoral scene beside an irrigation ditch at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Pastoral scene beside an irrigation ditch at Big Creek cattle ranch on...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Ranch manager Mark Dunning oversees a roundup at the Big Creek cattle ranch near the Colorado border in Carbon County, Wyoming

Ranch manager Mark Dunning oversees a roundup at the Big Creek cattle ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

It's spring calving, or birthing, season at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming. One heifer, a young female cow that had not previously produced a calf, is beginning the process of doing just that, delivering the amniotic sac or "bag of waters" protecting the fetus. She would immediately be surrounded by other cattle, who formed a protective ring around her (and hiding her from intrusive photography) during the rest of the birth

It's spring calving, or birthing, season at Big Creek cattle ranch on ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Inside the Pelican Club Cabin at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment in Carbon County, Wyoming

Inside the Pelican Club Cabin at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorad...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First photographed in 1919, the building was originally built and used by the U.S. Forest Service, likely as an out station where rang... More

Cow skull against a barn at the Hadley SY cattle and horse ranch in Crook County, Wyoming, near Sundance

Cow skull against a barn at the Hadley SY cattle and horse ranch in Cr...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Large horse barn at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch near the Colorado border in Carbon County, Wyoming

Large horse barn at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch near the Colo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Cattle pause from their feeding as a thunderstorm brews near the town of Rand in Jackson County, Colorado

Cattle pause from their feeding as a thunderstorm brews near the town ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Sign outside the cook house where cowhands get hearty meals at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Sign outside the cook house where cowhands get hearty meals at Big Cre...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Ranch buildings at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Ranch buildings at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Stream that gives the name to the Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Stream that gives the name to the Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colora...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

It's Spring calving, or birthing, season at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming. The field is full of young ones, some a few days or even hours old

It's Spring calving, or birthing, season at Big Creek cattle ranch on ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Cowgirl Agusta (Gussy) Keetch on horseback at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch near the Colorado border in Carbon County, Wyoming

Cowgirl Agusta (Gussy) Keetch on horseback at Big Creek Ranch, a vast ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

A pretty horse grabs a bite at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

A pretty horse grabs a bite at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

The Radiana Guest House at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

The Radiana Guest House at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado bord...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Before calves are branded and vaccinated on branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming, they must be lassoed

Before calves are branded and vaccinated on branding day at the Big Cr...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Animal bones in the back country at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Animal bones in the back country at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Before calves are branded and vaccinated on branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming, they must be rounded up

Before calves are branded and vaccinated on branding day at the Big Cr...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Tater the ranch dog has the run of the Big Creek cattle ranch, a huge spread just above the Colorado line near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

Tater the ranch dog has the run of the Big Creek cattle ranch, a huge ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

A day the herd would dread if they could: the big cattle-transport trailers have arrived to take steers to market at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

A day the herd would dread if they could: the big cattle-transport tra...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Big Creek Ranch; a vast cattle ranch near the Colorado border in Carbon County, Wyoming

Big Creek Ranch; a vast cattle ranch near the Colorado border in Carbo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Sorting of the cattle for branding will soon begin at Big Creek Ranch, a Carbon County, Wyoming, cattle ranch near the Colorado border

Sorting of the cattle for branding will soon begin at Big Creek Ranch,...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Scene at the Ladder Livestock Ranch, on the Colorado border near Savery, Wyoming. The ranch operates in both states, running sheep in Wyoming and cattle in Colorado. Squaw Mountain, a local landmark, dominates the landscape across the road in the latter state

Scene at the Ladder Livestock Ranch, on the Colorado border near Saver...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Riders on horseback at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch near the Colorado border in Carbon County, Wyoming

Riders on horseback at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch near the C...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Peek inside an old, now roofless, cabin at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

Peek inside an old, now roofless, cabin at the Big Creek cattle ranch,...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Corraled cattle at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch in Carbon County, Wyoming, close to the Colorado border

Corraled cattle at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch in Carbon Coun...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

The ranch's working horses get a bite to eat at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

The ranch's working horses get a bite to eat at Big Creek cattle ranch...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Cowhand Bob Souza administers antibiotics at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch in Carbon County, Wyoming, close to the Colorado border

Cowhand Bob Souza administers antibiotics at Big Creek Ranch, a vast c...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Dawn in a corner of Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch near the Colorado border in Carbon County, Wyoming

Dawn in a corner of Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch near the Colo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

A calf snagged for branding at Big Creek Ranch, a Carbon County, Wyoming, cattle ranch near the Colorado border

A calf snagged for branding at Big Creek Ranch, a Carbon County, Wyomi...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Cowhand Conor Dwyer, at work at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch in Carbon County, Wyoming, close to the Colorado border

Cowhand Conor Dwyer, at work at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch i...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Writer, storyteller, and mustang rancher Alan Day relaxes on the porch during a visit to the historic Lazy B cattle ranch on the New Mexico border near Mooresville, Arizona (In fact, one reaches the ranch from a road in New Mexico.) There, he, his sister Sandra (who would become U.S. Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor), and their sister Ann grew up The ranch, now in other hands, has kept its iconic cattle brand, which gets its "lazy" name from the prone position of its letter

Writer, storyteller, and mustang rancher Alan Day relaxes on the porch...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

A full pen at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

A full pen at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colora...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Cowhand Conor Dwyer, at work at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch in Carbon County, Wyoming, close to the Colorado border

Cowhand Conor Dwyer, at work at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch i...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

It's Spring calving, or birthing, season at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming. The field is full of young ones, some a few days or even hours old

It's Spring calving, or birthing, season at Big Creek cattle ranch on ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

The ranch's working horses get a bite to eat at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

The ranch's working horses get a bite to eat at Big Creek cattle ranch...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

A calf is roped on branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

A calf is roped on branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

A horse cools down after a hard day's work at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a huge spread just above the Colorado line near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

A horse cools down after a hard day's work at the Big Creek cattle ran...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Ranch buildings at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Ranch buildings at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Before calves are branded and vaccinated on branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming, they must be lassoed

Before calves are branded and vaccinated on branding day at the Big Cr...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

An animal bone in the back country at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

An animal bone in the back country at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Co...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Horse barn at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Horse barn at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Before calves are branded and vaccinated on branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming, they must be lassoed

Before calves are branded and vaccinated on branding day at the Big Cr...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

An animal bone in the back country at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

An animal bone in the back country at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Co...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Cattle pen at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

Cattle pen at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colora...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

It's Spring calving, or birthing, season at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming. The field is full of young ones, some a few days or even hours old

It's Spring calving, or birthing, season at Big Creek cattle ranch on ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Cowhand at work at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

Cowhand at work at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the C...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

It's spring calving, or birthing, season at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming. One heifer, a young female cow that had not previously produced a calf, is beginning the process of doing just that, delivering the amniotic sac or "bag of waters" protecting the fetus. She would immediately be surrounded by other cattle, who formed a protective ring around her (and hiding her from intrusive photography) during the rest of the birth

It's spring calving, or birthing, season at Big Creek cattle ranch on ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Cowgirl Cricket Keetch on horseback at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch near the Colorado border in Carbon County, Wyoming

Cowgirl Cricket Keetch on horseback at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Road to the cattle pasture at the Big Creek cattle ranch, near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

Road to the cattle pasture at the Big Creek cattle ranch, near Riversi...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Warming stall for newborn and other young calves that may be in trouble in the cold early days of Spring at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Warming stall for newborn and other young calves that may be in troubl...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Cowhands of all ages pitch in on branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming. The day that calves are captured, branded, and vaccinated is one of the longest and most complex on the spread

Cowhands of all ages pitch in on branding day at the Big Creek cattle ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Inside the Pelican Club Cabin at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment in Carbon County, Wyoming

Inside the Pelican Club Cabin at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorad...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First photographed in 1919, the building was originally built and used by the U.S. Forest Service, likely as an out station where rang... More

Brief cowboy conference at Big Creek Ranch, a Carbon County, Wyoming, cattle ranch near the Colorado border

Brief cowboy conference at Big Creek Ranch, a Carbon County, Wyoming, ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Just about all day, every day, is feeding time at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Just about all day, every day, is feeding time at Big Creek cattle ran...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

The stream that gives the name to the Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment in Carbon County, Wyoming. Big Creek is a tributary of the North Platte River

The stream that gives the name to the Big Creek cattle ranch on the Co...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

A calf is roped on branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

A calf is roped on branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Ranch buildings at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Ranch buildings at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Corral and barn at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Corral and barn at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Corral fencing and ranch buildings at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Corral fencing and ranch buildings at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Co...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Ranch buildings at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Ranch buildings at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Cowhands prepare for a busy branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

Cowhands prepare for a busy branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

The humble Pelican Club Cabin at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment in Carbon County, Wyoming

The humble Pelican Club Cabin at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorad...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. First photographed in 1919, the building was originally built and used by the U.S. Forest Service, likely as an out station where rang... More

Sheds at the Hadley SY cattle and horse ranch in Crook County, Wyoming, near Sundance

Sheds at the Hadley SY cattle and horse ranch in Crook County, Wyoming...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Sunset approaches at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a huge spread just above the Colorado line near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

Sunset approaches at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a huge spread just ab...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Cowhands of all ages pitch in on branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming. The day that calves are captured, branded, and vaccinated is one of the longest and most complex on the spread

Cowhands of all ages pitch in on branding day at the Big Creek cattle ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Cowhand Conor Dwyer, at work at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch in Carbon County, Wyoming, close to the Colorado border

Cowhand Conor Dwyer, at work at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch i...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

It's Spring calving, or birthing, season at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming. The field is full of young ones, some a few days or even hours old

It's Spring calving, or birthing, season at Big Creek cattle ranch on ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Cowhand Bob Souza stalks a calf on branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

Cowhand Bob Souza stalks a calf on branding day at the Big Creek cattl...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Ranch buildings at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Ranch buildings at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Corral at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch near the Colorado border in Carbon County, Wyoming

Corral at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch near the Colorado borde...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming, lies in a long, wide valley surrounded by low mountains

Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of River...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

A coyote surveys the scene from a hillside at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

A coyote surveys the scene from a hillside at Big Creek cattle ranch o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Corral fencing and ranch buildings at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Corral fencing and ranch buildings at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Co...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Sign ("Wagon Wheel") for one of the cottages at Big Creek Ranch, a Carbon County, Wyoming, cattle ranch near the Colorado border

Sign ("Wagon Wheel") for one of the cottages at Big Creek Ranch, a Car...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

A day the herd would dread if they could: the big cattle-transport trailers have arrived to take steers to market at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

A day the herd would dread if they could: the big cattle-transport tra...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Cattle ranch and distant mountains in Jackson County, Colorado

Cattle ranch and distant mountains in Jackson County, Colorado

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

It appears, probably incorrectly, that ranch manager Mark Dunning is trying to reason with his horse at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

It appears, probably incorrectly, that ranch manager Mark Dunning is t...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Jamie, the ranch manager's Llewellin setter, a breed of "field dogs" traced to England, at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Jamie, the ranch manager's Llewellin setter, a breed of "field dogs" t...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch, near the town of Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

Branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch, near the town of Riverside...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Riders on horseback at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch near the Colorado border in Carbon County, Wyoming

Riders on horseback at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch near the C...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Freshly painted barns at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a huge spread just above the Colorado line near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

Freshly painted barns at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a huge spread jus...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

This great horned owl lives, or at least visits often, right next to the ranch houses and barn at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

This great horned owl lives, or at least visits often, right next to t...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Cowhands prepare for a busy branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

Cowhands prepare for a busy branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

A pause that refreshes for this cow at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming. One can only imagine the use to which the giant tire that encircles the water trough was once put

A pause that refreshes for this cow at Big Creek cattle ranch on the C...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

The horse barn and cattle-loading area, near the corral, at the Big Creek Ranch, near the town of Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

The horse barn and cattle-loading area, near the corral, at the Big Cr...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

A rough Indian wickiup at Big Creek Ranch, a Carbon County, Wyoming, cattle ranch near the Colorado border. Unlike larger, domed wickiups used as several people's shelters, this small assembly of branches was used for short-term stays by nomadic Indian tribes, hunting or hiding high in the hills away from adversaries

A rough Indian wickiup at Big Creek Ranch, a Carbon County, Wyoming, c...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Fall scene at Big Creek Ranch, a Carbon County, Wyoming, cattle ranch near the Colorado border

Fall scene at Big Creek Ranch, a Carbon County, Wyoming, cattle ranch ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

It's Spring calving, or birthing, season at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming. The field is full of young ones, some a few days or even hours old

It's Spring calving, or birthing, season at Big Creek cattle ranch on ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Horse barn at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Horse barn at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Small cattle trucks at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Small cattle trucks at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Irrigation stream at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Irrigation stream at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, ne...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Roundup time nears on branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch, near the town of Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

Roundup time nears on branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch, near...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Break time on branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spread on the Colorado border near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

Break time on branding day at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a large spre...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Scene on the brushy fringes of the pastures at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Scene on the brushy fringes of the pastures at Big Creek cattle ranch ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Cowhand Bob Souza administers antibiotics at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch in Carbon County, Wyoming, close to the Colorado border

Cowhand Bob Souza administers antibiotics at Big Creek Ranch, a vast c...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

A large, multifaceted piece of agricultural apparatus in action at Big Creek Ranch, a vast cattle ranch near the Colorado border in Carbon County, Wyoming

A large, multifaceted piece of agricultural apparatus in action at Big...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Pasture fence at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a huge spread just above the Colorado line near Riverside in Carbon County, Wyoming

Pasture fence at the Big Creek cattle ranch, a huge spread just above ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within ... More

Dirt path through corral fencing at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming

Dirt path through corral fencing at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

It's Spring calving, or birthing, season at Big Creek cattle ranch on the Colorado border, near the towns of Riverside and Encampment, in Carbon County, Wyoming. The field is full of young ones, some a few days or even hours old

It's Spring calving, or birthing, season at Big Creek cattle ranch on ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

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