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When mam brands Nicole with the Clanton C and we find out she’s a blood related Clanton

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"There's no living with a killing. There's no going back from it. Right or wrong, it's a brand, a brand that sticks. There's no going back. Now you run on home to your mother and tell her, tell her everything's alright, and there aren't any more guns in the valley."

Shane (1953)

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Before you look at the caption, can you identify the markings on this telephone booth?

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Here are some of the best vintage photos I’ve collected.

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07182017 - a cattle brand

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Rockland County Cattle Brands: The seemingly abstract design is Julian H. Salomon’s clever placement of early Rockland County cattle brands. The brands are those of (1) Jacob Blauvelt 1774, (2) Jacamiah Seamen* -1753, (3) Tunis Cuyper-1757, (4) Elisha Babcock- 1775, (5) Daniel De Clark-1756, (6) Jacob Vanderbilt-1753, (7) Abraham Cole—1761, (8) Theodorus Porhanus —1757, (9) John Crumb-1757.

ROCKLAND’S CATTLE BRANDS AND COWBOYS

by Julian H. Salomon

I had always believed that cattle brands were part of the indigenous folk lore of places like Texas, Arizona and the rest of the far west. In fact, I thought they had been invented out there by Mexican vaqueros who were the teachers of the cowboys. I knew they were private brands, or trademarks, that sometimes became the most cherished possessions of their inventors and owners. There were men who named their ranches after them so that we had the 101, the XIT, the Lazy K, the Flying W and the OK Corral.

These brands were proudly worn, like a coat-of-arms, by their owners. Burned into the buttock of a fat cow, they would last as long as the cow did. Both brand and earmarks could be put on easily, could be quickly read and were hard for a thief to change. Immediately they decided questions of ownership, even if a beast had strayed far from home. When cattle roamed the open range, brands and earmarks were the only sure way to sort them out. Brands were such unique and valuable possessions it was required that they be registered and their descriptions made a part of the public record. So in Texas a brand is valid only when registered with the Live Stock and Sanitary Board of the State Department of Agriculture.

That in the 18th century, long before Texas had been born, the same kind of idea was being carried out in Rockland County came as a bit of a surprise to me. In searching for information about Rockland’s Indians I ran across a volume titled, Records of the precinct of Haverstraw, New York, April 1752 to April 1791. This book, in its present form, was published by the Library Association of Rockland County in 1975 as part of what is known as the Budke Collection. George H. Budke, that indefatigable collector and preserver of Rockland County records, had found the book. It was badly battered, torn in three parts and with many pages missing. It turned out to be the earliest collection of public records relating to Haverstraw and other parts of what did not become Rockland County until 1798.

In this book are recorded many earmarks and brands claimed by early settlers. The type of brand used here consisted of the owners’ initials rather than the symbols that later appeared in the west. They were of the kind that, in the west, were applied with a “running iron”, which was used like a pencil, to draw the design, rather than pressing it on with one application. The iron was something like a poker, with a smooth curved end, quite different from the more elaborate iron that bore an entire design.

At the time the brands were recorded there were few walls and tight fences in the county. Cattle were also put out to the pastures of the mountaineers who got a dollar a year for thus “boarding” the farmer’s livestock. Brands and earmarks helped get them sorted out and back to their rightful owners.

Earmarks were made with a sharp knife. They might consist of a notch or notches, slits and holes, used alone or in combination with brands. They had been used on sheep in northern England since early times, so branding and earmarking were brought to this country as it was settled. As the easterners went west, they carried the idea with them.

Along with the brands, Rockland County also had its cowboys for that name was used here long before it appeared in the west. However, the western cowboy would have had another name for the eastern variety. He would have called them “rustlers” or “bandits” for, sad to say, that is what they were. It happened that, when the British were in possession of New York City during the Revolution and the patriots were busy keeping open the line of communication between New England and the southern colonies that crossed the Hudson by King’s Ferry and went on through Suffern and Morristown, the land that lay between the British and American sectors, known as the “Neutral Ground”, actually became a sort of “No Man’s Land”. With little in the way of civil or military control, bands of irregulars and partisans preyed on the civilian inhabitants. While they declared themselves in support of one side or the other, most were out for what they could steal. Even the captors of Andre, the British spy, may have been members of one of the robber bands.

Those whose allegiance lay with the British and Tories were called “cowboys” because they stole cattle that could easily be sold for food to the army in the city. Their opposites, who more or less sided with the patriot cause, were called “skinners” because they almost immediately killed the stolen cattle, carrying off the hides and only as much meat as could easily be transported. The best known of the cowboys, Claudius Smith, has already had his story told in South of the Mountains. One legend about him is that Horse Stable Rock, the huge glacial boulder perched on the side of Round Mountain above the present Antrim Playhouse, was used by Claudius to stable stolen horses, and in that way, came by its name. Now while Claudius may have used the larger rock shelter that bears the name “Claudius Smith’s Den” and is above Tuxedo, “Horse Stable Rock” evidently came by its name honestly and, perhaps before Claudius was born.

It all goes back to gay King Charles the Second, when it was said: “The King is the fountain of all real property and from that source all titles are to be derived.” So, according to that doctrine the monarch owned all of Rockland County to give away —to friends, favorites and very clever people who knew their way through the political woods. These received letters patent which gave them title to good sized chunks of land. Two of these patents, Kakiat Patent, in the southern half of the county, and Cheesecocks in the north, were given away by George and Anne, Charles’ successors.

At the time these patents were granted, the country was little known so boundary designations were bound to be rough and inaccurate. To settle the boundary between Kakiat and Cheescocks a commission was appointed. Its decision, written December 27, 1734 mentions a line which “runs over a mountain called Round Hill, and crosses a large rock called the horse stable rock, lying upon the said mountain on the south side thereof.” So the rock had its name well before the Revolution and the crimes of Claudius.

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About the author: Julian H. Salomon, a landscape architect who specialized in the planning of camps, parks and recreational areas was an employee of the National Park Service from 1935 to 1941. He planned camps and campgrounds, including one near Thurmont, Md., that became Camp David, the Presidential retreat.

Mr. Salomon served a number of camping organizations, including the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. During World War II, he was a regional director of the U.S.O. and planned recreational facilities for members of the military. Salomon wrote five books, including ''Indians of the Lower Hudson.'' Mr. Salomon was a trustee of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society. Birth: 4 Apr 1896; Death: 8 Sep 1987.

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