Ellis, George F.; Ornduff, Donald R.; Lougheed, Robert (illus.) — Bell Ranch As I Knew It

Kansas City, MO, Lowell Press, 1973. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. Hardcover. Bound in red leather patterned paper with gilt titles in illustrated jacket. 153 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 26 cm. Traces the ownership of the Bell Ranch, beginning in the early 1800s with Pablo Montoya, who was first granted title by the Mexican government to the 655,468 acres comprising the original ranch, to 1973. George Ellis managed the Bell Ranch for almost a quarter century and was one of but six men who served as general manager in its 150-year history. Donald Ornduff, well known cattle editor, writer and researcher sets the historical stage for the story, and Robert Lougheed provides the illustrations. VG/G+. Jacket spine is sunned, panels are rubbed, and a few tears/chips around edges. Inscribed to a prominent New York art dealer by Lougheed.