The Last Horse Drive...

[BobYIL]

"Every spring the Mantle family, along with with a group of wranglers, drives the herd north over 35 miles and three days, through the small town of Three Forks to their ranch. After decades of supplying and tending to horses, the Mantles, citing financial challenges, now plan to sell off their herd and shift to raising beef cattle. Take a moment to travel with the Mantle family through big sky country, on a journey once so familiar and iconic, now fading into memory with the rest of cowboy culture."

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/05/the-last-horse-drive/100295/

 

[shadowfox]

Some beautiful shots there.
I chuckle at the ground up spur.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Michael Markey]

Good stuff ...thanks for posting.

 

[DominikDUK]

Love the photo thanks for posting the link, it's sad to hear that they have to give up their horses. It seems that another american icon (horses and herding of same) is slowly dying.

Dominik