Poets on the range - additional photograhs
This wide-open plain is just a fraction of the more than 100,000 acres that the McCalls lease from the Bureau of Land Management.
Photo By David Robert
With the countryside covered in ice, it’s not always the best idea to take the horses out to roundup cattle. Trucks works better.
Photo By David Robert
A friend of Dave McCall did the fancy leather tooling found on some of his saddles.
Photo By David Robert
Dave McCall’s uncle used to recite cowboy poetry. Dave always thought it was a man thing until he moved to Elko.
Photo By David Robert
Rusty McCall lights candles in one of the horseshoe candleholders his dad, Dave, made.
Photo By David Robert
Dee, Dave and Rusty McCall agree that there are a lot of things in the high Nevada desert that can inspire a person to write poetry.
Photo By David Robert
Parts of the McCall house and most of the long cabins on the property were built before 1900.
Photo By David Robert
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