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Audio Recording Paul E. Young, retired rancher, Miles City, Montana, interview part 3

Paul E. Young--retired cowboy, former bronco buster, cowboy singer

About this Item

Title

  • Paul E. Young, retired rancher, Miles City, Montana, interview part 3

Names

  • Johnson, Paula J., 1954- (Collector)
  • Toelken, Barre, 1935- (Collector)
  • Young, Paul E., 1892- (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Miles City, Montana, August 11, 1979

Headings

  • -  Ranchers
  • -  Horsemanship
  • -  Cowboys
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Sound recordings
  • -  United States -- Montana -- Miles City

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Field recordings
  • Interviews
  • Sound recordings

Notes

  • -  Index data: Part 3 of a 3-part interview with retired rancher, former bronco buster, and cowboy singer Paul E. Young, Miles City MT: Young discussed nicknames (continuation from part 2, call number: AFC 1981/005: AFS 20375), "Stone Boat Bill" was a cowboy who got stuck with one spur in the ground and one foot in the stirrup, and then dragged; stories about Pinky Geist, some days he was a good rider, some days he couldn't ride at all, but he could clown every day, about Pinky and the painted mule; about freighting in the Four Corners area, in Utah in 1910; about Navahos, about Indians in Montana and Young's contact with them; about breaking horses; how a French Canadian man hired Young to break a horse that had never been ridden, many had tried, all seven had been bucked off. Paul E. Young is the author of a manuscript published after the project as Back Trail of an Old Cowboy (University of Nebraska Press, 1983).

Medium

  • 7-inch reel

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/005: AFS 20376
  • MBRS shelflist: RXA 0862
  • Field project identifier: MT9-PJ-R15

Source Collection

  • Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Johnson, Paula J, Barre Toelken, and Paul E Young. Paul E. Young, retired rancher, Miles City, Montana, interview part 3. Miles City, Montana, 1979. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20376/.

APA citation style:

Johnson, P. J., Toelken, B. & Young, P. E. (1979) Paul E. Young, retired rancher, Miles City, Montana, interview part 3. Miles City, Montana. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20376/.

MLA citation style:

Johnson, Paula J, Barre Toelken, and Paul E Young. Paul E. Young, retired rancher, Miles City, Montana, interview part 3. Miles City, Montana, 1979. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_afs20376/>.