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This my Great Uncle Art Moss and friend getting ready for a cattle drive, around 1889. Photo was taken outside of Crawford Nebraska. View full size.
Well dressed, well mounted, well heeled. If you're a cowboy can it get any better? Do you know the name of the ranch they rode for?
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