Keep em moving
by Toni Hopper
Title
Keep em moving
Artist
Toni Hopper
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
With a crack of his bullwhip, Bob Payne, with the help of his horse, Curdle Up, kept the longhorns in place, making sure they didn't veer into the traffice that lined the highways and roads through Jefferson and Stephens counties.
"I rode drag the first day, then Freddie (Craig) found out I was the real deal and he moved me to point. We met on the cattle drive." Bob counted the cattle head on this adventure, 434.
Born on a ranch, it's all Bob knows and loves. For 20 years he worked for Robert Gray/Gray Farms out of Enid, OK, but at age 58, less than a year after the Trail, the native Oklahoman moved out to New Mexico to work on a private ranch. (I've heard he's worked in other states since).
This was one of the many incredible images I shot during the 2007 Oklahoma Centennial Chisholm Trail Cattle Drive.
More of Bob's story, along with photographs and the stories of the cowboys in their own words is in my book, Riding the Chisholm Trail: Once in a Lifetime" published through Blurb. It is the only book documentation of this event. This book would make a great gift for one of the cowboys, along with a print from here.
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December 3rd, 2011
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Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups Special Features #20 promotion discussion. Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views Group....L/F/Tw
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Please place your featured image in the Feature Archive and any other appropriate Archives l/f/p
HH Photography of Florida
Congratulations Toni, for your home page feature in the Showcasing The South group. As a permanent record, you’re invited to post your image in the Featured Image Archive thread in the group discussions. L