"A Mechanical Replacement of Rawhide..."

"Railroads in cattle territory had made obsolete the sage of cattle drives to distant railroads as featured in Western movies... Every freight train from Texas carried several cattle cars immediately behind the engine and if the occupants had been too long on their journey from Texas, humane laws obligated the carrier to switch the cars and water and feed the animals.

"A cttle [sic] was a right of way necessity and this is a view of the Corning cattle pen on East First.  The pens were also used by local cattlemen and herding a pack of stubborn animals down the business streets to the shipping site was a frequently enjoyed street drama.

"In the pioneer days the cattle pen had been located at the foot of West Main and the City Fathers had the task of persuading Iron Mountain officials to move it to a place where passengers arriving in town would not see it before they got a glimpse of the town.

"Across the right of way on West First can be seen the Green House which burned in 1915, and the Harry W. Lasater Store, first brick building in Corning.  The Oddfellow Building (rear view) on Second Street."

Submitted by Danny Moore