A photo of Howard Parker branding cattle in the summer of 1898 or 1899 on Howard J. Parker's Cedar Creek Ranch near Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Howard was Arthur Parker's father. Arthur Parker is on horse at left; Howard J. Parker is 2nd from left; Walter Parker has the steer's tail.
Photo courtesy of Bob Osborn.
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