The Westerners Brand Book #21 (1999)
An Anthology of Articles that Appeared in The Branding Iron , 1948-1995
Msgr. Francis J. Weber, Editor
Contents
Western Words – Arthur Woodward (1948)
History and Other Damned Lies – Lee Shippey (1950)
Treasure Shipment – Henry Clifford (1951)
Names and Religions Among the Indians – Iron Eyes Cody (1951)
The Shooting of Warren Earp – Phil Rasch (1953)
El Jaraño . . . Granddaddy of Western Headgear – Bob Robertson (1954)
The Dominguez Family of Rancho San Pedro – Gladys Carson Burns (1955)
A Western Windy – Harry C. James (1955)
Pierre Theodore Sicard – Merrell Kitchen (1958)
“Al Alisal” The Place of Sycamores – Althea Warren (1959)
Dating of Mining Camps with Tin Cups and Old Bottles – Charles B. Hunt (1960)
The Mystery of Death Valley. How it was Named – E.I. Edwards (1962)
He Had to be Lucky – Rufus M. Choate (1962)
John B. Stetson – E. Hubbard (1963)
A Yankee Schoolmaster in California – Nicolas C. Polos (1963)
The Valley’s Versatile Vindex – Joseph E. Doctor (1964)
Gunwoman – Ray A. Gibson (1964)
Old Pauline Weaver – Ray Weaver (1965)
Echoes of Days Gone By – Don Meadows (1966)
The Literary Resurrection of J. Ross Browne – Horace Parker (1966)
A Relic of Gold Rush Days – Earle R. Forrest (1967)
The Pioneer Doctors and Medical Association – Harvey E. Starr (1968)
Who Was the First Borax King? – Archie D. Stevenot (1968)
Academic Braceros – Charles F. Outland (1969)
How the Western Indians Got their Horses – Ben S. Milliken (1969)
The Big White Steamer – Lester Glenn Arellanes (1971)
Lummis and Maynard Dixon – Dudley Gordon (1971)
What is Your Membership Worth? – Paul Galleher (1971)
A Funeral in the Queen of the Cow Towns – Albert Shumate (1972)
San Marino Rancho – Edwin H. Carpenter (1973)
Lansford Warren Hastings – Thomas F. Andrews (1973)
Old Indians – Harry W. Paige (1974)
Lincoln and the Indians – Harry Kelsey (1974)
Palomino Ponies . . . Saved and Restored – Thomas McNeill (1974)
The Soldier and the Padre – Ardis M. Walker (1975)
Iron Tail’s Phony Peace Medal – Al Hammond (1976)
Knight’s Foundary – Powell Greenland (1976)
Andres Pico Adobe – Marie Harrington (1976)
Earthquakes – Abraham Hoffman (1977)
The Traveling Libraries of California – Raymund F. Wood (1977)
The San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856 Revisited – Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. (1977)
San Francisco – 1856 – Robert Weinstein (1977)
The Railroad Tramp – Donald Duke (1978)
March 10, 1933 – Maurice I. Hattem (1978)
Some Book Totin’ Westerners – Anna Marie Hager (1978)
Owners and Cattle Brands of the Rancho Santa Anita – Jack McCaskill (1979)
Tom Mix’s Bookplate. An American Era Revisited – David Kuhner (1979)
What Western Stagecoaches Were – Konrad F. Schreier, Jr. (1980)
Arthur H. Clark, Pioneer Publisher of Western History – Robert A. Clark (1981)
Fallen Angels in the Far West – Earl F. Nation (1981)
The Day Los Angeles was 100 Years Old – Esther Boulton Black (1981)
The Physical Setting of the Los Angeles Area – Richard F. Logan (1981)
Memories of Aimee – Ray Zeman (1982)
The Opening of the Hollywood Bowl – Nedira Sharma (1984)
The Old Ridge Route. Los Angeles to Bakersfield the Hard Way – John W. Robinson (1986)
From Victory to Vicissitude, Los Angeles in 1946 – Kenneth Pauley (1986)
Beale’s Cut – Jack Moore (1986)
The History of Thoroughbred Racing in California – Victoria Ward (1987)
The Los Angeles City Archives – Robert Freeman (1987)
The Tehachapi Train Wreck of 1883 – Wade F. Kittell (1987)
From Torrent to Trickle: The Changing Waters of the Los Angeles River – John W. Byram (1987)
Tin Lizzie. The Little Machine that Won the West – Bill Miller (1988)
The Oak Autograph Album – Francis J. Weber (1988)
Mojave Memories – John Southworth (1988)
Grand Central Air Terminal, 1922-1959 – Sky King (1988)
The Bells of El Camino Real – Don Snyder (1989)
Point Conception Lighthouse – Don Pflueger (1989)
The Far Side of the Ice Pond and Beyond – Willis Blenkinsop (1990)
Life in Los Angeles during the Civil War – William C. Johnston (1991)
Hugo Reid and the Southern California Indians Revisited – Ronald C. Woolsey (1991)
William Godfrey, Early California Photographer – Frank Q. Newton, Jr. (1992)
Joe De Young – Siegfried G. Demke (1992)
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains. Chief Joseph: Leader of His People – Jerome R. Selmer (1993)
Physicians in Hispanic California – Robert J. Moes (1994)
Wells Fargo’s Greatest Embarrassment – Todd Peterson (1995)