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Audio Recording Milk River Wagon Train, end-of-journey interview with its leaders at the Stockman Bar, Malta, Montana, part 4

Milk River Wagon Train; Interview at Stockman's Bar

About this Item

Title

  • Milk River Wagon Train, end-of-journey interview with its leaders at the Stockman Bar, Malta, Montana, part 4

Names

  • Young, Kay, 1931- (Collector)
  • Crummett, Michael, 1948- (Collector)
  • Hasler, Bud (Interviewee)
  • Young, Billy (Interviewee)
  • Wilson, Perry (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Malta, Montana, September 3, 1979

Headings

  • -  Horses
  • -  Wagon trains
  • -  Cowboys
  • -  Frontier and pioneer life
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Sound recordings
  • -  United States -- Montana -- Malta

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Field recordings
  • Interviews
  • Sound recordings

Notes

  • -  Index data: Part 4 of a 4-part interview with Bud Hasler and Billy Young, leaders of the 1979 journey by the the Milk River Wagon Train, joined by former participant Perry Wilson (age 80), recorded in the Stockman Bar and Steakhouse, Malta MT; in some segments Bud and Billy talk at the same time as Bud (probably one to each of the two fieldworkers; stereo separation is very slight): Perry Wilson tells about working for the Long X ranch, in 1910 there were 4,000 head of horses and 17 salaried cowboys; Perry tells about going on horse roundup when he was 15 years old, about castration of horses, the testicles were not saved then, description of learning how to do the castration; Perry tells about going to work for Joe Reynolds, describes the "filly chaser," a cowboy who works with young horses; Perry counted 50 cowboys and 20 bucking horses; story about George Freestone, a cowboy who died as a result of being bucked by a horse; about Ed Nichols, who disliked Perry and tried to get him to ride a bad horse, how Joe Bell stepped in with a gun and made Ed Nichols turn the horse back into the corral; story about Charlie "Patch-eye" Stuart; about Alan Saunders, the best bronco rider Perry ever saw; how Perry bought two horses from Archie Morgan, paid $10.00 apiece, then sold to a cannery for from $4 to $6 apiece; Bud Hasler remembers when a cowboy got $10 for breaking a horse, now pays about $200.00; Bud tells about a situation where he considered a horse to be broken, but the owners did not; more about horses and about their being sold to canners; (Bill returns to the room); Perry tells about buying two horses that kicked each other so severely that they both died; Billy tells about dealing with stud horses; about putting a horse into a herd owned by J.J. Smith and a confrontation with the stud of the herd, the stud took the mare into herd, then weeded her out again; wrap up of recording session, ends at about 26 minutes elapsed time.

Medium

  • 7-inch reel

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/005: AFS 20489
  • MBRS shelflist: RXA 0975
  • Field project identifier: MT9-KY-R19

Source Collection

  • Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Young, Kay, Michael Crummett, Bud Hasler, Billy Young, and Perry Wilson. Milk River Wagon Train, end-of-journey interview with its leaders at the Stockman Bar, Malta, Montana, part 4. Malta, Montana, September 3, 1979. Audio. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1981005_afs20489/.

APA citation style:

Young, K., Crummett, M., Hasler, B., Young, B. & Wilson, P. (1979) Milk River Wagon Train, end-of-journey interview with its leaders at the Stockman Bar, Malta, Montana, part 4. Malta, Montana, September 3. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1981005_afs20489/.

MLA citation style:

Young, Kay, et al. Milk River Wagon Train, end-of-journey interview with its leaders at the Stockman Bar, Malta, Montana, part 4. Malta, Montana, September 3, 1979. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc1981005_afs20489/>.