Cushing’s Disease Shortly before the end of his life, Willy contracted Cushing’s Disease, as indicated by his shaggy coat that remained after the return of warm weather. Photo by Bob Lemen. All rights reserved.
Curb Bit A Curb Bit, showing the solid mouthpiece, curved port in the middle of the mouthpiece, and shanks. The curb strap or chain attaches to the openings on the shorter legs of the shanks. It is the use of a Curb that gives this style of bit its name. Photo by Bob Lemen. All […]
Coyote A coyote stands in a snowy woods. Coyotes are so closely related to wolves that they have been known to interbreed, creating a coyote-wolf hybrid. Photo by Nova Development Corp. Used under license.
Corduroy Road Union army engineers building a corduroy road by laying logs over a muddy stretch in June of 1862. Photo by David B. Woodbury. Photo courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, reproduction number LC-DIG-cwpb-00303 DLC.
Conestoga Wagon Built with a curved floor to reduce shifting of cargo, the Conestoga wagon featured caulked seams to prevent leaking when crossing streams or rivers and had large, wide wheels for traveling over rough or muddy ground. Contrary to the common image portrayed by television and motion pictures, the Conestoga wagon had no seat […]
Concord Coach “Our coach was a great swinging and swaying stage, of the most sumptuous description — an imposing cradle on wheels.” — From “Roughing It,” by Mark Twain A. Stein, (b. 1835 – ?), artist. Image courtesy of The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Call number: BANC PIC 1963.002:0311–D.
Comanche Ta-Her-Ye-Qua-Hip or Horse-Backs’ Camp at Fort Sill, Indian Territory (later Oklahoma). Photo by William Stinson Soule, c. 1873. Courtesy Library of Congress, Reproduction Number LC-DIG-ds-04366.
Colt Single Action Army Revolver Illustration from an 1870s catalog, published in Four thousand years of the world’s progress from the early ages to the present time by Samuel J. Burr, published in 1878. The revolver’s retail price was twenty dollars. Illustration courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-110403
Chuck Wagon This chuckwagon traveled from the Matador Ranch in Texas to Canada and back to Montana. The box was rebuilt by Vic Mord of Birchdale, Minnesota, but the running gear is original. Photo by Bob Lemen. All Rights Reserved.
Cholla Cholla (Pronounced “choy-ah.”) refers to any of more than 20 species of the Opuntia genus (Family Cactacea), a shrubby cactus chiefly native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. Chollas are characterized by cylindrical joints and needle-like spines, partly enclosed in a papery sheath. They vary greatly in size. One popular Cholla is the […]
Chaparral Cactus, mesquite and thick chaparral near Robstown, Texas, 1939. Russell Lee, photographer. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection.
Cavvy RETURN TO DICTIONARY Cowboys lassoing horses, probably in Colorado or Utah, c. 1905. Photo by F. M. Steele, special photographer, C.R.I. & P. Railway System. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress
Catamount A catamount — a wildcat native to the Americas. Also known as the cougar, mountain lion, puma, panther, mountain screamer, painter, lynx, the American lion, and more than 30 other names. This animal holds the world record for having the most names for a single critter. Photo by Nova Development Corp. Used under license.
Cast This bucking bull thrashed around in the chute so violently that it fell over on its back and was unable to get up. Needless to say, trying to get the “cast” bull back on its feet while keeping the critter under control created quite a logistical problem for the rodeo crew! Photo by Bob […]