Dude Ranches (4 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 24" x 9 1/4". Brochure folds to form 12 panels. Illustrated with 13 b/w halftone photographs; map. 4 vignettes by King. Printed in red and black. This working ranch offered: horseback riding; polo; stampedes; pack trips; fishing; hunting (moose, bear, mountain sheep; male deer; birds; geese; ducks); boating & swimming. It was located on the Cariboo Plateau, at 3,500 feet. Two rubberstamps of "Crabtree's Travel Office", Oakland, California.

12mo. 36 pp. Numerous photo illustrations throughout, 2 maps on inner covers for Custer and Big Horn National Forest, and the Burlington Route. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art of aspiring cowgirls and cowboys at a Big Horn Mountain dude ranch enjoying breakfast, w/ mountains in the background (slight shelfwear), NF copy. First edition of this well-illustrated Jazz Age brochure by the Burlington Route Passenger Department listing and illustrating with excellent photographs the interiors, exteriors, and activities of Dude Ranches in and around the Big Horn National Forest, including Eatons' Ranch, H F Bar Ranch, Staples Ranch, Paradise Ranch, Klondike Ranch, Maybelle Lodge, Quarter Circle U Ranch, and more. Worldcat locates 5 copies (Yale, Princeton, U of WY, Yellowstone, McCracken).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1). Mimeographed Letter Signed ("J. Pedley Jones"), on pictorial Hotel El Passo Del Monte letterhead, El Paso, Texas, March 29, 1937. 8 1/2" x 11", 2 pages (recto only). 2). Together with a 2 page fact sheet of information for the Southwestern Guest Ranch Association. 8 1/2" x 11". 3). Pictorial 6 panel brochure for The El Paso Tourist Bureau, J. Pedley Jones, Manager. 10 1/2" x 6".

No Binding. Condition: Fine. 12" x 11 3/4". Brochure folds to form 6 panels. Fine (minor signs of handling). Illustrated with 11 halftone photographs; two small maps. Printed in light blue, navy blue. Brochure issued by United promoting flying from New York to western dude ranches and the advantage of flying over driving. "4 extra days." There were connecting flights via Wyoming Air Service and National Park Airways. Luggage was a maximum of 50 pounds, with 35 pounds carried free. Postcards and postage aloft was offered free of charge. Together with a Typed Letter Signed on United Air Line letterhead, March 5, 1936, from S.A. Stimpson to George Pierson relating to promoting his dude ranch in Del Piedra, California. 2 separate items.