Photograph of C.S. Branum of New Mexico on his 5 year old paint horse, which was a cutting horse, in 1896.

Photograph of two individuals identified as George W. Coe and Nan Hillary Harrison standing by the old Lincoln County courthouse, which was turned into a museum. Several handwritten notes on the back read: "Old Lincoln County [C]ourt House Recentl[y] [R]estored as a Museum [by] the Pioneers of Linco[ln C]ounty", "Billy the Kid", "Georgia Redfield", and "Lincoln Co. Courthse. made into museum."

Photograph of the Chisum Ranch. The ranch house is shrouded in trees and has a large front porch and tall chimney. In the front yard is an electric pole and wires. The property is surrounded by a picket fence. Printed below the photograph is, "The Old Chisum Ranch below Roswell, New Mexico".

Photograph of a deer standing at the edge of a pond at the Muleshoe Ranch Headquarters. On the right side of the frame is a two-story house and on the left are several log buildings and a wooden fence. There are mountains in the background.

Photograph of the Muleshoe Ranch Headquarters. In the center of the frame is a white building and to its right is a small log building and wooden fence. In the background is a mountain and surrounding the ranch are several trees.

Photograph illustrating the effect of an herbicide treatment on a patch of snakeweed on Bob Henard Ranch near Tatum, New Mexico.

Cowboy Ray Wharton on a horse named Rusty at a calf roping contest at Clovis, New Mexico.

Photograph of J.E. (Shorty) Northcutt, on the far right, watching several ranch hands earmark a calf. All of the men are wearing cowboy hats, chaps and cowboy boots.

Photograph of a corral full of dark horses, including foals. Behind the group of horses is a barbed wire fence, a house and a windmill.

Photograph of the living room of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Kuhns. In the center of the frame is a window with blinds and white curtains. The room is wood-paneled and on the bottom-half the panels have cattle brands burned into them. On the right side of the frame is a newspaper holder and a shelf with a large Native American doll on a shelf. There are photographs framed on the walls and a rug on the floor. On the right side of the frame is a large old radio and on the left is a rug, leather chair and Native American doll on a shelf. Imprinted in the bottom right-hand corner is, "Wheatley Photo, Clqyton, N.M."

Photograph of Kuhns and Kuhns home and store. A sign on the modest white building reads, "Kuhns & Kuhns, Branding Irons, Calf Dehorners". The building has a garage door on it's right side and a gated area on it's left. Printed in the bottom right-hand corner of the frame is, "Wheatley Photo, Clayton, N.M."

Photograph of three cowboys leaning over a branded cow. The brand looks like the roman numeral III.

Handwritten directory of brands associated with ranches mainly located in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Directory is arranged alphabetically by brand. Volume one covers A through T.

Handwritten directory of brands associated with ranches mainly located in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Directory is arranged alphabetically by brand. Volume two covers U through Z, and the numerical brands.

Photograph of cowboys branding cattle on the Half Circle 84 Ranch in New Mexico during the 1890s.