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Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982
URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/buckaroos/

Description:
This site explores "the story of life and work on the Ninety-Six Ranch and of its cowboys." Contains audio; video; 2,400 photographs representing ranch life in Northern Nevada's Paradise Valley community (1870-1958); essays on the Buckaroo life and haying, irrigating, and branding; a history of the Ninety-Six Ranch; a bibliography; and a glossary. Searchable by keywords, and browsable by subject and topic. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.

Publisher:
Library of Congress

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Cowboys -- Nevada -- Paradise Valley
Paradise Valley (Nev.) -- Social life and customs
Ranching

LII Database Information:
Record 9204 created by Tom McGibney on 12/10/2001
Last modification on 11/25/2008
Published: 12/10/2001  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9204