The End of the Cattle Drive (Jerry Skinner Documentary)

[@PeterStawicki]

Jerry I'm literally in the Doan Valley right now and I have to say thank you because if it wasn't for you I wouldn't be here. I shed a tear for all those cowboys who rode this Trail and i got to visit the store and homesteads in the area. Thank you for providing us with this history.

[@JerrySkinner1943]

Thank you Peter, enjoy your trip. Jerry

[@markbirchette8740]

Jerry, great one! The end of an Era of tried and true men. We could use more men like that today. Thanks again and we'll done my friend.

[@nancywhitney1156]

I just love hearing Jerry Skinners voice. The wonderful content of these videos is above any other. Thank you from Kentucky 💕

[@PJHEATERMAN]

I really appreciate the broad range of subject matter you cover. I'm 57 years old and i need a good history lesson even at my age. Some of your content should be mandatory history in high school.

[@nancywhitney1156]

Absolutely agree

[@vanditch5415]

The LEGEND of story telling. You THE man.

[@3trilogy]

Yes, Jerry Skinner is the best!

[@WhiteStone21475]

Thank you, Jerry. My late husband loved westerns, I used to read them to him. We had much fun doing that.

[@bigglilwayne7050]

My condolences, ma'am

[@tablature6121]

The heyday of the cowboy -- the REAL cowboy, who worked the cattle and got them to market -- only lasted about 2 decades, but what a legacy they left. Great historical documentary, Jerry. Thanks.

[@tablature6121]

@@cvcoco Exactly. That's part of their legacy I was talking about.

[@tablature6121]

@@cvcoco It was a hard life, no doubt, but one that lent itself to a lot of romanticizing -- by historians, novelists, and the cowboy's themselves. Still, there were no doubt many that wouldn't want to do anything else. Like Lee Marvin's character said in the movie, Monty Walsh: "I ain't doin' nothin' I can't do from the back of a horse."

[@thebeasters]

Such hard work. And I'm mad when my mouse batteries go out

[@ronsherman8336]

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[@gerardjohnson2106]

Most historically correct short documentary and explanation of the cattle drive ever produced. You hit all the marks. Unless you've spent time on ranches working cattle you've no idea of the life of a cowboy. It sure ain't romantic. Thanks for sharing

[@nyclady27]

My uncle's heard leader was a billy goat the kids called Billy, and the cowboys knew as Judas! No bunk for my uncle, he walked home, but he did have to use the outhouse! 😷😱🤠

[@martinschulz9381]

It' has sure been romanticized, but it must have been tough and filthy.

[@marceau425]

Best way to end my day, a Jerry Skinner video!

[@scooterb9162]

Heck yeah

[@TheRealDrJoey]

I've enjoyed many of your videos, but perhaps none as much as this one, Jerry. What everyone was paid, why cowboys on drives couldn't use their own horses, why the trails kept getting pushed west, the tic problem with longhorns...This is some of your best work yet. Thank you for doing this, I greatly enjoyed and appreciated it.

[@JerrySkinner1943]

Thank you Dr Joey for taking the time to watch. Jerry

[@rainicascadia5514]

Thank you Mr. Skinner! This video from you highlights my day!♥

[@JerrySkinner1943]

Thank you Raini. Jerry

[@pattiking725]

Always makes my heart happy to see a new post from you. So refreshing to have in this world of negativity. Thank you!

[@barbarakujawa320]

Mesmerizing voice Mr. Skinner. Easy on the ears and mind. Thank you for the very interesting history behind Lonesome Dove and Mr. Goodknight.

[@vesterchampify]

My brother and I as most folks born in the fifties know these stories/facts like their backyard in the dark. Thanks for this. Our pops worked the Wyoming cattle scene back in the late 20s early30s. Best story ever when they got the cook fired. The hands all acted sick one morning because the cook ratted them out about foregoing dinner. They found a litter of pigs for dinner and didn't eat cook's food. Oh the cowboy stories he shared, what a way to grow up. Boy can these guys spin a yarn/reata!

[@donramsey6101]

My mother was born late in my grand parents lives. I only say this to qualify the statement that my granddad made cattle drives from West Texas in the 1890s. I don't remember who he worked for or where he went, but I sure remember his stories to this day, and I'm 74. I'm sure glad to hear an accurate retelling of how it was.

[@patriciaoreilly8907]

I listen to everything Jerry. His voice & tone & brilliant enjoyable way of telling a story. Beautiful.

[@MG-si8fw]

Grew up playing in the Red River back in the 1970's north of Burkburnett. Always live hearing your voice and learning.

[@vahneb7260]

Thanks for always having the best videos.

[@oifiismith]

Oh, how I used to daydream in class at a Oklahoma middle school, of being a cowboy or an outlaw in history class. Thank you for sharing this story. 🤙

[@slackhackman9115]

I'm from Washington State, however I had similar daydreams.👍🙂

[@oifiismith]

@@slackhackman9115 Small world, I currently live in Washington 🤙👍

[@slackhackman9115]

@@oifiismith I'm in Federal Way. Lol. Where u ?

[@GEOGKGK1]

@@slackhackman9115 I'm in katoomba the land of the kangaroo YABA DABA DOO 😆

[@slackhackman9115]

@@GEOGKGK1 I hear Kangaroos have a nice right hook punch.

[@lindalue4504]

You are the best Jerry for all these story’s love hearing about them I am from U.K. but love to hear about them very interesting Thanks 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@JerrySkinner1943]

Thank you Linda. Jerry

[@Gitarzan66]

Right on Mr. Skinner. This is one of the best ever. So much I never knew. Thank you!

[@kaycox5555]

Fascinating! Thank you once again for an outstanding video, Mr. Skinner!!

[@victorhughes5139]

Sir, I have worked as a wrangler and cowboy in Texas, Montana, and Wyoming. I've rode for the triple R the Padlock ranch and the PK ranch. I've lived like the cowboys you describe in your videos in some of the remote places in America. Thank you for keeping our stories alive.

[@JerrySkinner1943]

Thank you Victor for your kind words. Jerry

[@lillypad9960]

I love your stories about our country and heritage. Be blessed.

[@doowael]

Thank you, Jerry! I raised my family in Wichita, KS along Chisolm Creek. Our neighbor, who grew up in Wichita, was the absolute spitting image of Wyatt Earp - mustache and all.

[@lorrieknapp6656]

Cattle drives and Longhorns!! Both have always fascinating me. Thank you for sharing!

[@DrDaveShows]

Mr. Skinner, it’s wonderful to hear your voice. And the first ten seconds made my skin crawl. It filled me with a beautiful melancholy. Thank you sir!

[@carvinlambert6899]

My Best to you Jerry, thank you so much for all you do .

[@scottsmith2045]

What a documentary! A true American story. These men helped build America

[@westtnskirmishlog6820]

Man just one awesome video after another. And from one of west Tns proudest sons. We are real proud of you Mr. Skinner

[@estherlong807]

This story of the way it was back them was a real treat, Mr. Skinner, thank you. I live in Weatherford, TX, where two of the "Goodnight & Loving" characters are buried. Bose Ikard and Charles Goodnight;

[@JerrySkinner1943]

Yes Ester, i went to the cemetery when i did "the true story of Lonesome dove". Larry Hagman's mother Mary Martin is also buried there. Thank you Ester. Jerry

[@estherlong807]

@@JerrySkinner1943 Yes, I have seen her home, and the library has a statue of her and a room dedicated to her.

[@allendiaz9031]

Thanks for a clear explanation of the cattle drives with all its pitfalls, hazards and adventure. What a wonderful slice of true grit.

[@aaronlopez3585]

One the best old west cattle drive documentaries I've ever seen. Thank you so much.

[@noslackadventures8503]

So here in Wyoming our family still drives our cows into the Wind river range on horse back every sprig, it’s the longest and oldest cattle drive (drift) left in the US, 60 minutes came with us this year to do a story on it. Green river drift. Thank you for this cool history lesson. We are a culture and lifestyle slowly disappearing.

[@herdingcats3850]

O.R. McKinney, my grandad, rode the Chisolm Trail as a young man. He then settled down in Stephens County, OK to ranch and buy a bank in Marlow. He's in the Cowboy Hall of Fame in OK City. Wonderful documentary of Western history. Thanks.

[@Ch5ActionNews]

Excellent documentary once again, Jerry!

[@dstout9176]

Jerry you always do a good job thanks

[@smokeyjoe1953]

My grandfather went up the trail as a “Little Mary” as a youngster. He had a disagreement with his stepfather and left home when 12 years old. Later, he and one of his brothers homesteaded in Idaho but gramps came back to Texas married my grandmother and worked on several ranches before opening a cafe which he later traded for the land on which our family still lives. He died in 1959 but I can remember “helping” him work cattle as a young boy.

[@JerrySkinner1943]

Mike, that is a real cowboy story. Thank you my friend. Jerry

[@smokeyjoe1953]

@@JerrySkinner1943 thanks, I will add that our family had the dubious distinction of having one my great great uncles being Wyatt Earp’s first victim in Dodge City. He was shot while riding out of town after shooting up the street. His name was George Hoy and I believe this is documented in one of the biographies of Wyatt Earp.

[@raymondmarolt4036]

Enjoy it Jerry I love story about the old west

[@benritchsmith]

I do love the work you do on this KZbin channel. Thank you for what you do.

[@stanthrasher4815]

Simply the best!

[@conniecrawford5231]

Another Jerry Springer classic!

[@ryanpatrick6582]

@@conniecrawford5231 haha

[@stanthrasher4815]

Some times wished that time would reverse. So cool.

[@wendymudkins6870]

Great video mister jerry I'm from the UK and I really enjoy american history and you never disappoint thank you for all your hard work

[@jimreed6875]

That was fascinating. I've seen so many Hollywood movies and TV shows portraying cattle drives and I never realized what a tough and demanding job that was. Thank you.

[@DrVonChilla]

Howdy, Jerry. Keep up the great work, buddy...!!

[@deerhoda7574]

Very interesting. Thank you Jerry.

[@festus51]

thanks for your no nonsense videos of the old west. I guess I'm a modern day cowboy of sorts , I still long for the old days. Thanks for the videos

[@jmsiii4751]

Great video. My grandfather had one of the biggest cattle ranches in the country, he has passed but the ranch is still going strong. When I graduated high school, he offered me a job. I stayed in CA, but have always wished I would have gone there to work, if even for a few years.

[@valiantsfelinesmccarty6678]

There are so many of us who have regrets of not going back home and working the land that is now truthfully gone. Don't worry at least your family's Ranch is still around so the memory is still there.

[@bigglilwayne7050]

How are you going to claim it was one of the biggest cattle ranches in the country and fail to mention a name?? Sounds a lot like the world famous, Make Believe Phantom ranch😂😂😂😂

[@robertboggs5286]

Keep them coming Jerry Skinner I have never missed a single documentary film of yours!

[@liedenier]

Fencing. The end of drives. Great vid. Thank You.😎

[@capt.c.r.thomppsonret.4224]

Very entertaining and well done. I enjoy listening to your narration and history. Thank you for doing these videos.

[@jeannejett2299]

Outstanding Jerry! I enjoyed this so much. Many thanks 🙂

[@outofhere496]

Thank you, Jerry. This channel is a real treat.

[@PeterStawicki]

I have to tell you Jerry I learned more from that video that I ever did a single cowboy movie or a Time Life Book thank you so much for so much insight and I'll be out on the road within the next month just looking for all of those spots. Your videos are incredible.

[@JerrySkinner1943]

Thank you Peter. Jerry

[@kellyeveritt3498]

I appreciate your videos so much! Thank you 🙏

[@Worthrhetime]

Well done , as always. Thank you

[@hell0hkitty]

what a wonderful American story. god bless those cowboys! thank you Jerry

[@waverly2468]

I just watched "Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier" which has a beautiful high-definition transfer on Disney Plus. The retelling of the Alamo legend accomplishes in 45 min. what it took John Wayne 3 hrs to do in his movie. Thank you for giving me more Texas history in this video.

[@waynemiracle8928]

My absolute favorite of all your videos! Very informative! I’ll watch it again. Thanks for sharing!

[@JerrySkinner1943]

Thank you Wayne. Jerry

[@tomperkins4620]

Wonderful documentary of how cattle were moved around the West and the people that lived that life. On the other side of the world in Australia the exact same story of cattle and people was and is being lived by the outback stockmen on the big remote cattle stations, it’s amazing how similar these stories are.

[@WildBillCox13]

Interesting and informative. Thanks, Jerry. Liked and shared.

[@InfamousGUNN]

Thank you Jerry this was one of your best amazing story😎

[@cynthiabradley-graziadei9693]

Excellent Jerry!!

[@daved7024]

We are very grateful for all of the documentary you bring us. God Bless🙏😊

[@richardgodwin2967]

A relative of mind used to drive cattle a short distance to the Trinity River sometime around 1910-1916. He said that the town of Dallas Texas was just a little place in the distance. Later, he was drafted into the infantry at the beginning of WW 1.

[@wyldeman]

Jerry you are a great story teller. I could listen to your vids all day. Matter of fact I have a few times... Thank You

[@JerrySkinner1943]

Thank you Wylderman for taking the time to watch. Jerry

[@butchsilk3145]

Excellent educational video as usual!

[@shur7318]

Excellent presentation ty !

[@shirleyharrison2580]

I always like your videos but this one is absolutely one of my favorites. I read a lot of books about this era, (1800's) & wagon trains ect. I love your channel & you're the BEST story teller. Thank you for bringing them to us.

[@JerrySkinner1943]

Thank you for watching Shirley. Jerry

[@gmatwotimes]

Very interesting and informative Jerry. I love hearing about stuff like this. I swear you found your calling in doing these videos!! Nice job!!!👏👏👏🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@duffysullivan2794]

I have heard much of the story of cattle drives in bits and pieces over the years. But this is the first time hearing this much history of cattle drives from beginning to end.

[@mangot589]

Excellent, Jerry! I love all your videos, this one was really interesting!

[@JJosephS1]

Awesome video, the historical photos and paintings are great.

[@veraciouspatriot4297]

Fantastic video, as always. Thank you!

[@junebrilly5302]

Excellent! I really enjoyed watching and learning. Thankyou! And a big Salute to the Cowboys

[@tiredlawdog]

Jerry, that town you mentioned about 65 miles of San Antonia is pronounced Kerr Ville. All one word. I was born in 1945 and spent many a day up there. I had no idea it was on a cattle trail. Great video, thanks.

[@JerrySkinner1943]

Thanks for the info! Jerry

[@michele2855]

I’ve learned so much about the cattle drive. Thank you Jerry. You make this interesting

[@goodolzimm5827]

Just out of high school, I was a cowboy wannabe so I got a job on a ranch. I'd worked on ranches during summer vacations so had an idea of what to expect. But my dad talked me into goin to work in the body shop where he worked......hated that and for some reason never quite made it back to ranching. Thanks again Jerry. This one was more personal.

[@63DW89A]

Excellent documentary on the "Cattle Drive" era of the Western Frontier. Better than others I've seen on the History Channel, A&E, etc. Hollywood has really dramatized the "Cowboy / Cattle Drive" era, even though "Cowboys" are just a small short story of the Western Frontier. The characters on the Frontier who were really responsible for blazing the trails and spreading into uncharted areas were first the Fur Trappers / Mountain men, and then the gold/silver prospectors following the gold/silver strikes that continually erupted in the years after the California Gold Rush started it all. Cattle towns like Dodge City & Abilene were not nearly as dangerous or violent as the mining camps and towns such as Virginia City, Deadwood or Tombstone! The era of the "Pistoleer" on the Western Frontier started long before the Cowboy era, around late 1850, when Colt introduced the "1851 Colt Navy .36". Young Sam Clemens went West on the Overland Stage in 1861, ending up in Virginia City, NT (Nevada Territory), where he became "Mark Twain" writing for the "Territorial Enterprise" newspaper. Twain published an outstanding book in 1871, ROUGHING IT, detailing his time in NT, and around Virginia City. In a couple of chapters in ROUGHING IT, Twain describes activity among the "pistoleers" in NT, referring to them as the "long tailed heroes of the revolver", due to the "Pistoleer" custom of wearing long frock coats. According to Twain the "Pistoleers" rarely bothered average people instead preying on each other, as the "pistoleer" who had "killed his man" and was "keeping a private graveyard" was the man with a reputation that another "pistoleer" wanted to knock off. Maybe one day Hollywood will discover the Western Frontier was a vast territory, far larger than just cattle drives, with literally tens of thousands of other stories about times and places that made the cowboy era look tame in comparison!

[@Bridgemere92]

this channel is some high-quality stuff! Keep doin what you doin Jerry

[@Rangersly]

So interesting and well researched! As usual!

[@Blue2crows]

Thank you for the step back in history

[@BearsFan]

Nice work Jerry! Thanks for another great video!

[@tomcaldwell5750]

10 to15 miles per day! It is a wonder that any of the cattle survived. Thank you, Jerry, another great historical video! Hat off to the black cowboys. Here in Medina county (Castorville), Atascosa county (Pleasanton), & Kerr county Kerrville inthe 1870's, Native Americans were attaching settlers. So, the Indians were a real threat if they did not get what they needed.

[@usual10suspects]

one of your best, thank you

[@sosintheselastdayz7448]

Man ...that was real good Jerry. Thank you ..feel like it should of been longer or could last forever ..I don't know but thank you .

[@alfredocox4624]

Great video, thanks Jerry...Regards from Chile, South America

[@JerrySkinner1943]

Thanks Alfredo, how is the covit virus going down there? Stay safe. Jerry

[@Xboomer1]

Great documentary... thanks, Jerry...

[@newatthis50]

My grandfather homesteaded in So Dakota. In the early days outriders from the herds came through in front of the herd, telling people to gather clothes off the line , children, dogs, chickens, geese as the cattle were very spooky and would stampede easily. There was a crossing on the White River just south of their place on the way to the railhead at Reliance, So Dak. Even though those prairie towns were small the streets were extra wide to accommodate the cattle.

[@hestergreen2031]

This is a wonderful history lesson. Thank you for this outstanding video. We need to know this. On how things happened.

[@deanbarr5740]

Another good masterpiece Jerry. Very interesting and a hard lifestyle.

[@alvankarpas6245]

Having lived in Wichita and Newton, KS your story had special meaning. You told it well. In fact, we've been following your channel for over four years now and I believe this to be your best work to date. Mountain Tom Clark excepted of course...

[@njgl2010]

Mr Jerry, i love your documentarys as much as anyone that ever made em. Idk if it's cause we are from the same area and there is a familiarity with the way we talk or what, pretty sure it's just cause they are just awesome. God Bless you Mr Skinner, and best wishes to ya?

[@JerrySkinner1943]

Squeaky, where was the kid riding the horse. Jerry

[@garycunningham5363]

Very interesting thank you Jerry!

[@metablue4454]

Excellent, as usual. I'm still waiting for someone to do the biography of storyteller, historian, biographer and, of course, private investigator... Jerry Skinner.

[@user-jc6ok6cf7m]

I want to thank you for all the research you have done in making your videos. I enjoyed them so much I have posted the link on gab.

[@doughill3396]

Now that was good Thanks Jerry Skinner! A+

[@stans6582]

always good.............THANKS Jerry

[@dorotheawalker7985]

Love learning something new thank you Jerry God bless you. Going to finish watching in the morning it's 12:00 am here need sleep.

[@JerrySkinner1943]

Dorothea, you get up and out of that bed and go watch my video. Thank you sweet heart, that was precious. Jerry

[@rexbuck4046]

Well done Mr. Skinner. Thank you

[@patricialenaburg6553]

While there are some fantastic documentaries out there, none that I have seen gives you the details that you do. It is most interesting to know how the drivers were positioned during the cattle drive, and what their jobs were. It makes more sense when knowing all this, and they were not just out there chasing cattle around without purpose. The details on the jobs of cooks, Little Mary's, and the black drovers, was most interesting, things you would never know. Thanks Jerry, you always come through for us.

[@cifey]

I wonder if they ever used sheep dogs?

[@mlackey9812]

Jerry,.....GREAT STUFF.....ALL OF IT! THANKS