When Bucking Horses Were Bucking Horses

PHOTO OF COWBOY WASHING UP AT WELL AND HORSES IN BACKGROUND

A cowboy washes up at a well after a hard day of wrangling in 1904 at the Bow Gun Ranch near Miles City. In those days horses were worth a whole lot more to cowboys than the outbuildings and corrals seen in this photo taken by L.A. Huffman. This year marked the 65^th annual Miles City Bucking Horse Sale, and it’s good to remember where your roots began, partner.

MHS Photo Archives #981-285