The painting “Bronc to Breakfast” by Charles M. Russell was an actual incident that happened in 1887, while working for the Judith Basin Pool.
The cowboy on the Bronc to Breakfast was Doc Nelson. The cowboy on the wagon wheel was Kid Amby Cheney and the cowboy holding the horse in the background was Bert Jackson. Bert Jackson related the story later in an interview when he was 97. He said “the way …