As a child, Luis Ortega learned to braid rawhide from a 104-year-old Chumash vaquero, or cowboy. Ortega grew up on a ranch near Santa Barbara and went on to become the go-to guy for braided rawhide ...

Vince Donley and his wife, Judy, have a custom rawhide braiding business in Sundance, Wyoming, but for many years, he did rawhide braiding for saddle shops in different areas of the state. He started ...

When the new California Rodeo queen is crowned this month, she will receive many gifts. One of them is a hand-braided rawhide hackamore made by Brad Tarp of Pine Canyon. Tarp has been braiding rawhide ...

Growing up riding and breaking horses in Nebraska, Jeff Minor started repairing tack and braiding leather at an early age. His family worked for large ranches in Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado and ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. FROM CARD: "3 STRAND BRAIDED ROPE, ...

Tehama County cattle rancher Bob deBraga was featured in the Fall 2023 issue of RANGE Magazine on the “Confessions of Red Meat Survivors” page. “Some of ranching’s old-timers admit to ignoring the ...