The Cattle Guard Its History and Lore

• Váldodahkki: Hoy, James F. (auth)
• Materiálatiipa: Elektrovnnalaš Girjji oassi
• Giella: eaŋgalasgiella
• Almmustuhtton: University Press of Kansas 1982
• Fáttát: Rural communities
• Liŋkkat: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

With this study the cattle guard joins the sod house, the windmill, and barbed wire as a symbol of range country on the American Great Plains. A U.S. folk innovation now in use throughout the world, the cattle guard functions as both a gate and a fence: it keeps livestock from crossing, but allows a...