St. George is right, this one has been beat to death before. Do a search on the NCOWS forum. Essentially if you were a central or northern plains cowboy they appear to be less than common, not the least like the ones you buy at Corral West for $20, and they were never called a stampede string during the period - bonnet string and such, but never a stampede string. Hope this doesn't open up another lengthy discussion again.