African American cowboys
Date: Around 1865
This studio portrait from a tintype shows an African American cowboy (left). The ethnicity of the second man (right) is less clear. The location is unknown.

A round-up on Tom Kern's ranch in Coldwater, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: 1897
A round-up herd of about 1,200 cattle on Tom Kerns' ranch south of Coldwater, Kansas, in 1897. Cowboys on horses are visible in the background.

Bob Perry rounding up cattle
Date: October 1958
Bird's eye view of Bob Perry rounding up cattle on his ranch, Saline County, Kansas.

Brad Grimes' beef herd near Ashland, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1912
View of cattle belonging to Bradford Grimes near Ashland, KS. Visible in the photograph are cowboys on horses and a windmill.

Branding calves on the Salt Fork, Barber County, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1903
View of two cowboys branding calves on the Salt Fork in Barber County, Kansas. Four cowboys on horseback are holding ropes attached to the calves, and a herd of cattle is visible in the background.

Branding cattle
Date: Between 1880 and 1890
This is a view of men branding cattle in Seward County, Kansas, or in Oklahoma.

B. R. Grimes' mess wagon, Ashland, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1903
This is a view of cowboys eating a meal by the B. R. Grime's chuck wagon in Ashland, Kansas.

B. R. Grimes' mount and day herd, Woodward County, Oklahoma Territory
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: 1898
View of cowboys on their horses with the mount and day herd. Cowboys changed horses two to three times a day, so the mount and day herd was a supply of rested animals. In the background, is a cattle herd with strays that were gathered up from different pastures. Two chuckwagons are visible in the background.

B. R. Grimes ranch headquarters, Clark County, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: September 1899
A photograph showing B. R. Grime's ranch headquarters camp, Clark County, Kansas. Visible in the foreground are cowboys on horseback.

Cattle branding near Arkalon, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1903
Con Jackson (left) and Lee Larrabee (right) are branding and ear-marking an animal near Arkalon, Kansas. Two horses with ropes tied to the saddles are visible in the photograph. Jackson won the riding contest at the Cattleman's Convention in Wichita, Kansas, in the spring of 1901. A horse soon learns to keep the rope stretched tight so the animal has no ability to use the rope to jerk the horse.

Cattle branding on the Garst ranch south of Coldwater, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1903
This is a view of a cowboy branding an animal on the Garst ranch south of Coldwater, Kansas. Two cowboys on horseback are holding ropes attached to the animal, and a herd of cattle is visible in the background.

Cattle drive
Date: Between 1870 and 1899
This black and white photograph shows a cattle drive at the 101 Ranch in Hunnewell, Kansas.

Cattle drive of Longhorns
Creator: Baker-Co
Date: 1874
"Midnight Storm and Stampede" copied from Joseph G. McCoy's Historic Sketches of the Cattle Trade of the West and Southwest, 1874. The illustrator is Henry Worrall.

Cattle grazing in Comanche County, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1895 and 1900
Cattle grazing and people fishing on a ranch in Comanche County, Kansas.

Cattle herd at St. Jacobs Well, Clark County, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: 1897
Cowboys standing on a ledge above St. Jacobs Well in Clark County, Kansas. Henry Mull's herd of cattle and horses is visible in the background.

Cattle herd near Englewood, Clark County, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1895 and 1900
A photograph showing a cattle herd and cowboys on the ^c ranch owned by C. E. Doyle near Englewood in Clark County, Kansas.

Cattlemen, cowboys, and cattle
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1891 and 1912
View of cattlemen and cowboys posed on horseback, an automobile, and on a fence near a pasture and corrals. F. E. (Gene) Murphy is in the right foreground, standing at the left of the automobile, with a hat and coat on and his right arm extended along his right side. Also visible in the background is a herd of cattle.

Cattle round up
Date: Between 1880 and 1909
Photograph of a cattle round up at an unidentified location.

Cattle round-up in Clark County, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: 1898
This is a view of cowboys with a herd of 3,000 cattle on Bluff Creek near Dave Fritzlen's ranch in Clark County, Kansas, 1898.

Cattle roundup in Comanche County, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1895 and 1900
A photograph showing a roundup scene in Comanche County, Kansas. The cattle are possibly grazing on land held by the Comanche Cattle Pool.

Cattle round-up on M. C. Campbell's ranch near Ashland, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: 1897
This is a herd of cattle on the M. C. Campbell ranch near Ashland, Kansas. Also visible are a horse-drawn carriage and cowboys on horses.

C. E. Doyle and cowboys on the Doyle ranch near Englewood, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: 1897
View of C. E. Doyle and cowboys on horseback at the Doyle ranch near Englewood, Kansas. Visible in the background are a herd of horses, a pond, a windmill, and ranch buildings.

C. E. Doyle ranch, Clark County, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1893 and 1899
A photograph showing cowboys with their horses on the C. E. Doyle ranch, Clark County, Kansas.

C. E. Doyle Ranch, Clark County, Kansas
Creator: Steele, F. M. (Francis Marion), 1866-1936
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
A photograph showing cowboys posed at the C. E. Doyle Ranch near Englewood, Clark County, Kansas. Visible in the photograph is E. M. Ford with his foot on the water pump and a cook wearing an apron and holding a frying pan.

Charles Adams Ranch, Finney County, Kansas
Date: 1915
The photograph shows the Charles Adams' ranch in Finney County, Kansas. The photograph shows a group of cattle and small bodies of water. In the background is a cowboy on a horse watching over the cattle.