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.

The LEGEND of story telling. You THE man.

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.

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. 🤙

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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;

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

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

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!

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 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸

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

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

Simply the best!

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

My Grandfather was on several of these cattle drives, he ended up settling down on a farm near Sedalia where one of the drives ended. He lived between Sedalia and Versailles. He gave me the saddle bags he carried on the drives, he told me many stories of the experiences, the drovers were ruthless then, they had to be to get through that rough country and all the outlaws. I was 8 when he started telling me these, He always walked with a limp from his rough life, he was really bowlegged too from all the years riding horses. He also watched the series Rawhide because that was the most realistic show about cattle drives.

Thanks for always having the best videos.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Jerry you always do a good job thanks

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

Excellent documentary once again, Jerry!

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.

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.

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

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

Very interesting. Thank you Jerry.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Excellent Jerry!!

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

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

I am Anxiously awaiting Jerry Skinner's Tribute to Hank Worden... One of my Fathers Favorite characters! Good ole Moses..

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 .

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

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.

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!

Well done , as always. Thank you

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.

I appreciate your videos so much! Thank you 🙏

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

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

Life as a cowboy in that era seems difficult than we thought.

Excellent educational video as usual!

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

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

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.

Right off the bat Jerry I love the opening music It could not have been better. Now I want to get back and watch the video. Your pal Keith Kuhn

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...

I love the Wild West western life cowboys, Indians, cattle drives, horses, spurs, guns, beautiful mountains and nature, branding cattle, the smell of the cows and country. It’s a most beautiful way of living. All these things has a strong relation with my spirit soul damnn but unfortunately I live in Europe wish I lived in USA . I mostly watch westerns almost every day and every week. Great account sir nice documentary.

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

Excellent presentation ty !

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

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

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

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.

Every time someone went to court over barbed wire the court would say that a land owner had the right to fence off his property. An individual's property rights would win out every time.

Excellent and the pictures are outstanding....Thanks Jerry.....My dad said he learned to play the Frencharp on horse back while riding herd on cattle drives back in 1911...l think he said he worked for the rancher Cloud Pepper in Arizona.....An but had a fight with a Mexican and killed him....After that he left Arizona in a hurry so he said.....!

Now that was good Thanks Jerry Skinner! A+

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

Another great video Mr. Skinner

Well done Jerry.

So barbed wire caused the end of the cattle drives. I would of thought it was the advent of trains. Very interesting ,Jerry !

Fantastic video, as always. Thank you!

Always enjoy your documentaries, Jerry. Very informative and entertaining. Thanks!

Awesome video, the historical photos and paintings are great.

Thank you for the step back in history