Roberson Hereford Ranch in Gunnison, Colorado: American Cowboy - 1950 - CharlieDeanArchives

[@ashleyohara4405]

Thank you for sharing this. I am the curator at the museum in Crested Butte and this has helped with my research into the lives of cattle men and women from past and present!

[@CrossTimbersSon]

My great grandparents were ranchers in the area in the 1920’s

[@CrossTimbersSon]

Thanks for sharing this! My great grandfather ranched along the Gunnison river at Deer run camp in the 1920’s, my grandfather was very young. The only way in or out was by train. Beautiful rugged country! The stories my grandfather told, inspired me to want to do the same. I worked on large cattle ranches in New Mexico and Texas. I never forgot the stories about Gunnison Colorado.

[@jumboJetPilot]

Gunnison; my old stomping ground! So cool to see it here the way it was long before I was born. And my family knows the Roberson family. I know Sandy, the little girl at the 9:00 mark.

[@Judge_robo]

awesome to know that this is my great grandpa

[@p-aloranger5184]

It is Alonzo Augustus ''Gus'' Roberson? What is the name ranch by now? It still hereford ranch owned by Robersons?

[@mrjay4178]

Does your family still ranch

[@Judge_robo]

@@mrjay4178 depends on each side of family.

[@jumboJetPilot]

Rusty was two years ahead of me in school. I know Sandy very well. Small world!

[@dredbud9272]

This is awesome. I can see the mountains,Carbon Peak and the Anthracite range. I have a house near the base of Carbon . It is a beautiful place on this earth

[@creedmoor8405]

I was raised in Gunnison 🙏

[@jumboJetPilot]

Me too! I once met Gus and I know his daughter Sandy, the little girl on the right at 9:00, very well! @10:42 - that’s Ruth Woytek’s father (Ruth is Ed Woytek’s wife). Ruth’s father died in I believe 1976. @10:49 - to me, he looks way too much like a Faulds to not be a Faulds!

[@thetruth3768]

I lived in Gunnison/Crested Butted for approx. 7 years. Beautiful, isolated, not many people, no traffic problems. Coldest I have ever been. The area has a long relationship with Texas thru cattle ranching. The Bush family have been frequent vistors.

[@mountaingirl1995]

+TheTruth Did you like Gunnison? Are there elk in/around town like in Estes Park? Do you have any other suggestions for nice mtn. towns in SW Colorado? I am looking for a nice town with lots of wildlife around. Would appreciate any thoughts-Thanks!!

[@thetruth3768]

Not elk like in Estes. The town is much smaller and much less crowded. Lots of bears, mainly at night looking for food. More isolated than Estes, you will make shopping trips to Montrose and/or Salida. Thank God for internet, UPS, FedEx. Sometimes goods and services can leave a lot to be desired there. Extremely cold. Jobs hard to find, very low water table , ground is frequently wet, can rain a lot, lots of cows, don't live in Crested Butts South as that hill /man is moving, it is not stable geologically.

[@mountaingirl1995]

Thank you SO much for writing back!! Nothing like the advice from someone who actually lived there. God bless!

[@melissagasvoda1239]

mountaing xirl1995xxx xxx , ₩à0.a÷..

[@philcassidy3823]

4:43 "I wished I was back in Detroit."

[@tobystamps2920]

I lived in Colorado for 10 years. Loved it. But I always had a sense that I wished I could have known it during earlier times such as the time of this film. What used to be known as more of a ranching/cowboy state as shown in this film now has a culture of pot smoking hippies and leftists who don’t seem to have much respect for ranching in the mountains. And so much ranching/agricultural land is bought up by developers. It’s a shame.