Working Cowboys, Cowgirls and Stockmen
Hands, horsebreakers, stockmen, gauchos, vaqueros and herders: the people who did the daily work of beef production.
26 profiles
California
- 1893-1968William Hugh BaberHe turned a wheat ranch into a diversified livestock and rice operation and led state and national industry groups.California
- 1906-2000Kenneth EadeHe worked cattle operations in California, Arizona and Mexico and gave decades to industry organizations.California
- 1818-1886William Welles HollisterHe drove thousands of Ohio sheep across the continent and built ranches in San Benito and Santa Barbara counties.California
- 1825-1886Joseph RussA gold rush sawmill operator drove cattle to the Eel River country and built one of California's largest north coast…California
North Dakota
- 1878-1962J.M. BuckleyA cowboy, horseman and ranch foreman from North Dakota whose working life spanned the end of the open range.North Dakota
- 1859-1937Alex CurrieA Minnesota logger turned Cando homesteader who imported Shorthorn cattle from Scotland and horses from Belgium.North Dakota
- 1862-1953Wilse L. RichardsA North Dakota stockman whose 91 years ran from the open range through the homestead era.North Dakota
Texas
- 1844-1923George Washington ArringtonA Frontier Battalion captain who cleared rustlers from the Panhandle later ran one of its big British-owned ranches.Texas
- 1867-1951Matthew "Bones" HooksA top horse wrangler of the Panhandle, Hooks became one of Amarillo's most respected civic figures.Texas
- 1860-1939Daniel Webster "80 John" WallaceBorn into slavery in 1860, Wallace built a Mitchell County ranch and left an estate reported at more than a million…Texas