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Orville Knighten Reed's ranch at Hawes Canyon, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). Hay fields are in the background.
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Orville Knighten Reed's ranch in Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). Cuny Clifford and George Bruno (identified from left to right) standing next to horses. Clifford, an Indian, was adopted by the Clifford family, local ranchers, and raised much as Johnny Reed had been raised by the Reeds. Bruno was a cowboy actor in Hollywood; he once bet that he could ride a bucking horse with a 4-by-4 board sitting under him for the length of the ride. He won the bet. Bruno later married Maude Reed.
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Wagon and team of horses are hauling water to the drill: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). Orville Knighten Reed Sr. and his brother acquired the Hawes Canyon Ranch from Andrew Jackson “Jack” Longstreet. The Reed Ranch under went rapid expansion until it encompassed an area more than 100 miles on a side in its east - west, north - south dimensions. At its peak, it was one of the largest ranches ever in the United States. Although the Reeds and their partners did not own all of the land, they had grazing rights and owned most of the water in an area perhaps encompassing more than 3 million acres. The Reeds drilled most of the wells themselves, sometimes digging a hundred feet by hand. Later they acquired a steam-powered well-drilling machine.
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Steam-powered well-drilling machine owned by the United Cattle and Packing Company: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). The drill was manufactured by the Keystone Driller Company, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Johnny Weaver operated the machine. The car has been identified as a 1921 or 1922 Ford or Dodge.
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Preparing for the spring round-up at the United Cattle and Packing Company: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). The older man in front with the baby carriage is a joke: There was no baby in the carriage. It was symbolic of the fact that old men did not participate in the round-up, but were instead told to stay home and take care of the ranch and the baby. This old man is Wake Catlet, described by Ed Slavin as a “residue of the Civil War.” Catlet was said to be the only man in Nye County of whom Jack Longstreet was afraid.
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Jack Longstreet with his Ford Model-T: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). It's said that Jack Longstreet had been shot in the arm, and refusing to see a doctor, lived with an infected arm for many years. He did get Maude Reed attend to the arm, and also Maude's daughter, Helen Reed, when she got older. The arm, it's said, had a foul odor. When Longstreet made some money at his Longstreet Mine, he finally went to Los Angeles and had his arm treated.
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The No. 1 well, located in Stone Cabin Valley, United Cattle and Packing Company, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). The tent is the style that the cowboys slept in on round-up. Both gas and wind were used to pump water. The gasoline-powered pump is inside the shelter at left. When demanded for water was low the wind did the pumping, but when demand was high the gasoline-powered pump was also used.
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Orville Knighten Reed Sr. and his goatskin chaps: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). Goat and sheep skins were used for chaps because of their warmth. Some riders had bearskin chaps, of which they were very proud. Note the large size of Reed’s horse.
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Horses used during the round-up at the United Cattle and Packing Company, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada)
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Bringing a calf in on a rope at the United Cattle and Packing Company, Nevada: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). George Bruno is riding the horse pulling the calf.
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