Talk:James Philip’s Riata/@comment-5782071-20161105013041

Interesting story about this riata (the image I mean). So, upon hearing about the discovery of gold in the Black Hills, Philip moved from Kansas to the Dakota Territory, around 1874.

This image, according to this site (http://www.icollector.com/Montana-Cowboy-Braided-Rawhide-Riata-19th-Century_i24536467) is from a Wyoming cowboy museum collection, purchased from the family of a Montana cowboy in the 19th century.

And, guess what? At the time, the Dakota Territory included a large part of modern day Montana.

-rubs fingers on shirt- Not too shabby a find if I do say so myself.