Hall of Great Westerners: Inductees and Profiles
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City. Official source: Hall of Great Westerners.
Profiled inductees
- 1842-1924Adkin Wallace KingsburyA Helena livery keeper who became one of Montana's major sheepmen and a Great Falls civic backer.Montana
- 1866-1957Al ClarksonJames Albert Clarkson started as a ranch hand in the Black Hills country and became a major horse breeder, cattleman…South Dakota
- 1896-1980Albert Knell MitchellA New Mexico cattleman who took over management of the Bell Ranch in 1931 and raised a daughter who became a rancher…New Mexico
- 1859-1937Alex CurrieA Minnesota logger turned Cando homesteader who imported Shorthorn cattle from Scotland and horses from Belgium.North Dakota
- 1831-1905Alexander Hamilton SwanHe grew a 3,000-head herd into one of the biggest cattle companies on the northern range, then lost it all in a single…Wyoming
- 1845-1917Andrew Jackson SplawnA trail-drive cowboy turned Hereford breeder, civic organizer and mayor, Splawn helped build the livestock economy of…Washington
- 1867-1939Andrew VoigtA rancher whose public record is brief, set against the cattle country he worked.North Dakota
- 1900-1980Anne Burnett TandyKnown as Miss Anne, the granddaughter of Burk Burnett bred champion Quarter Horses and spent her fortune on Fort Worth…Texas
- 1938-2020Anne W. MarionBurk Burnett's great-granddaughter ran the Four Sixes from 1980 and became one of the most honored women in Western…Texas
- 1852-1934Anthony W. IvinsFrom St. George, Utah, Ivins ran large cattle outfits on the Arizona Strip, oversaw eight colonies in Mexico and…Utah
- 1862-1911Bartlett RichardsA Vermont-born rancher who ran the Spade and built a vast fenced empire in northwest Nebraska until Theodore…Nebraska
- 1929-2016Ben HoustonA Colorado herdsman became an embryo transfer pioneer, then president and chairman of the National Western Stock Show.Colorado
- 1896-1952Ben Johnson Sr.A ranch foreman who won at Cheyenne and set a Pendleton record, and father of the Academy Award-winning actor.Oklahoma
- 1835-1906Benjamin E. SnipesHe lost nearly everything twice, borrowed $50,000 to recover, and became the Northwest's best known open-range…Washington
- 1860-1946Benjamin F. WallaceA Greenville, Texas, cowboy came to Arizona in 1890 to manage a cattle company and stayed to build his own operation.Arizona
- livingBob MoorhouseA Texas Tech graduate who became the sixth manager of the historic Pitchfork Ranch and one of ranching's best-known…Texas
- 1929-2019Bobby (Robert C.) NorrisHe is remembered for the cigarette ads, but the working record is a Colorado ranch, a Quarter Horse program and a lot…Colorado
- 1843-1929Bose IkardBorn enslaved in Mississippi, Ikard became a skilled drover, a valued partner on the trail and a Weatherford farmer.Texas
- 1867-1956Burton C. "Cap" MossmanHe rose from cowboy to superintendent of a huge Arizona cattle company, then carried a badge before returning to…Arizona
- 1872-1955Calvin W. FloydA farm boy from southeastern Kansas who worked his way into a large cattle business and a seat on the Sedan Bank board.Kansas
- 1838-1927Charles A. SchreinerFrom Alsace to the Texas Hill Country, a storekeeper and banker built one of the largest ranch holdings in the state.Texas
- 1869-1944Charles E. CollinsA Land Run settler who built a 100,000-acre Colorado ranch and became president of the national livestock association.Colorado
- 1859-1934Charles Francis ColcordA Kentucky-born trail hand who policed the 1889 Land Run city and then helped build it with banks, oil money and a…Oklahoma
- 1847-1935Charles Franklin CoffeeHe drove cattle north from Texas as a young man and settled in the Nebraska Panhandle, where ranches and banks carried…Nebraska
- 1836-1929Charles GoodnightCowman, trail blazer and early bison conservationist, Goodnight turned the Texas Panhandle into cattle country.Texas
- 1873-1957Charles Harland TompkinsAn Oklahoma cattleman and rodeo champion whose civic work earned a place in the Hall of Great Westerners.Oklahoma
- 1860-1933Charles M. O'DonelA Sandhurst graduate turned Texas cowboy ran the Bell Ranch for over three decades.New Mexico
- 1858-1933Charles SpringerAn Iowa-born rancher who came to Cimarron in 1878 and became a cattleman, irrigation advocate and public figure in…New Mexico
- 1932-2007Charles W. BrownC.W. Brown spent a military career as the Cowboy General, then spent his later years keeping his family's Nebraska…Nebraska
- 1909-1999Chester PaxtonA county judge at 23, a banker and a one-term state senator, he put his career into building the Paxton Ranch in…Nebraska
- 1912-2009Clifford P. HansenA Jackson Hole cattle rancher with an animal science degree climbed from county commission to the governor's office…Wyoming
- 1835-1920Conrad KohrsA German-born butcher turned a Deer Lodge ranch into an empire across four states and two provinces.Montana
- 1907-1993Conrad Kohrs WarrenA cowboy hired in 1929 ended up owning the ranch and preserving its records and buildings.Montana
- 1920-1999D.C. "Rusty" HollerA West Texas cowboy and former Hollywood stuntman spent about four decades running a Wyoming ranch with Hereford…Wyoming
- 1868-1953Dan Dillon CasementA railroad builder's son turned Kansas stockman, writer and association founder whose ideas about efficiency and farm…Kansas
- 1840-1915Daniel Clay WheelerA rancher and civic worker of the Mountain West whose name stands in the Hall of Great Westerners, even though the…Mountain West
- 1845-1914Daniel ManningA Union Army veteran turned stock raiser, banker and first mayor of Dickinson.North Dakota
- 1828-1902Daniel WaggonerA Tennessee-born settler started with 320 acres in Wise County and left a ranch, five banks and a family business.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
- 1871-1969Dave D. PayneA cattleman who started with one cow at age 12 and worked the Panhandle range for nearly seven decades.Texas
- 1923-2010Dolph Briscoe Jr.A South Texas rancher and banker who led cattle raisers, fought screwworms and served two terms as governor.Texas
- 1814-1882Don Juan ForsterAn English teenager arrived in Mexican California, married into the Pico family and ended up with the biggest ranch in…California
- 1803-1882Don Manuel DominguezA Californio ranchero and public official held onto his family's rancho while most others were broken up.California
- 1886-1973Dr. O.M. FranklinA research veterinarian turned a Kansas lab discovery into a company that, by the 1960s, led the world in cattle…Texas
- 1899-1991Earl H. MonahanBorn in Hyannis in 1899, he ran the Monahan Cattle Company, bred Herefords and wrote a Sandhills history that is still…Nebraska
- 1860-1930Edward Cunningham LasaterA South Texas cattle breeder who started with 7,000 cows, founded a town and a county, and ran for governor.Texas
- 1838-1915Elias W. WhitcombOne of Wyoming's earliest landowners went from handling work oxen near Fort Laramie to ranching and storekeeping…Wyoming
- 1876-1946Emil C. KielhornA hired hand who learned English and saved to buy land in 1903 ended up leading the state's livestock association.Kansas
- 1929-2016Enrique GuerraEnrique Guerra gathered Criollo longhorns from Mexico, led two Longhorn organizations and helped restock the Wichita…Texas
- 1644-1711Eusebio Francisco KinoThe Jesuit explorer and mapmaker also ran a string of mission ranches that put cattle on the northern frontier of New…Arizona
- 1844-1929Francis Emroy WarrenA Massachusetts farm boy built a Cheyenne store, a 150,000-acre livestock company and a Senate career of 37 years.Wyoming
- 1840-1885Frank Joshua NorthA Nebraska frontier interpreter who commanded the Pawnee Scouts and later ran cattle on the Dismal River with William…Nebraska
- 1877-1955Frank KeoghHe managed a Fort Berthold cattle outfit for James Phelan, then founded stockmen's groups and a school.North Dakota
- 1870-1957Frank Miles RothrockA butcher who moved from Indiana to Idaho became the Pacific Northwest's leading Shorthorn breeder and a…Washington
- 1859-1928Frank R. GoodingAn English-born immigrant built one of Idaho's biggest sheep outfits and went on to the governor's office and the…Idaho
- 1894-1956Frank Seymour BoiceAn engineer who worked on submarine detection in World War I, then became one of Arizona's best-known cattlemen and a…Arizona
- 1898-1997Fred H. DresslerBorn and raised in Douglas County, Dressler ranched in Carson Valley for nearly a century and held leadership roles in…Nevada
- 1875-1952Fred Hathaway BixbyA University of California graduate who turned a family land grant legacy into a diversified ranching, land and…California
- 1869-1964Frederic A. PhillipsHe supported his family at 19, learned local languages, and later helped found the Oregon Cattlemen's Association.Oregon
- 1931-2020Frederick F. DrummondA Stanford-trained banker who came home at his father's death to run Osage County cattle country and then spent…Oklahoma (Osage County)
- 1857-1945George Edward LemmonGeorge Edward Lemmon bossed some of the biggest roundups on the northern plains, helped bring a railroad across South…South Dakota
- d. 1878George GrantA Scottish promoter built a British ranching colony on the Kansas plains, lost his fortune, and left behind the first…Kansas
- 1868-1952George L., Joseph C. & Zack MillerThree brothers inherited an Oklahoma cattle ranch, turned it into a self-contained farming empire, and sent a Wild…Oklahoma
- 1856-1925George LaneFrom Montana cowboy to owner of the Bar U, Lane became one of Alberta's biggest ranchers and a founder of the Stampede.Canada
- 1851-1922George McJunkinA former slave turned ranch foreman noticed ancient bison bones in a flooded arroyo and pushed scientists to look.New Mexico
- 1844-1925George Thomas ReynoldsA Confederate cavalryman became a trail driver, then helped build one of the biggest cattle companies in Texas.Texas
- 1847-1926George Ward HoldregeAs general manager of the Burlington, he stretched Nebraska rail from 495 to 4,713 miles and invested in ranch land…Nebraska
- 1844-1923George Washington ArringtonA Frontier Battalion captain who cleared rustlers from the Panhandle later ran one of its big British-owned ranches.Texas
- b. 1940Gerald TimmermanGerald Timmerman and his brothers bought a Springfield, Nebraska feedyard from their father and worked it into a…Nebraska
- 1834-1918Granville StuartA prospector, merchant and diplomat who became the public face of Montana's open-range cattle era.Montana
- 1884-1967Henry Charles Hitch Sr.The son of a No Man's Land rancher who farmed wheat, survived the Dust Bowl and built one of the Panhandle's first…Oklahoma (Panhandle)
- 1829-1893Henry Clay DaultonHe gave up on gold, chose livestock instead, and died months after becoming Madera County's first board chairman.California
- 1828-1907Henry Clay HookerA New Hampshire-born gold seeker rebuilt his fortune after a fire and ended up running one of the largest ranches in…Arizona
- 1827-1916Henry MillerA German-born butcher and his partner Charles Lux assembled the biggest cattle business in California.California
- 1839-1937Henry Miller PorterA Denver pioneer with about a year of formal schooling, Porter built telegraph and rail links, invested in livestock…Colorado
- 1847-1937Henry SiebenA German-born orphan who turned worn-out freight oxen into one of Montana's lasting ranching families.Montana
- 1829-1893Hiram Francis SmithA Maine printer who went west, Smith settled on Osoyoos Lake and became one of the Okanogan country's best-known…Washington
- 1867-1953Holm O. BursumAn Iowa-born livestock man who built a public career in New Mexico from the territorial senate to Washington.New Mexico
- 1862-1933Horace Greeley Adams Sr.A Kansas banker's son who spent about fifty years building a family cattle company with his three sons.Kansas
- b. 1929Howard C. HaythornHoward Haythorn carried a Sandhills ranching family into the Longhorn era, the steer roping arena and the front rank…Nebraska
- 1885-1963Hubbard Searles RussellA Ventura County ranch manager rose to lead both his state's cattlemen and the national association.California
- 1919-2001J. Leslie "Les" DavisA Dartmouth-educated easterner who answered his grandfather's call, stayed at the CS Ranch and raised six children…New Mexico
- 1871-1961J. Reuben Clark Jr.Born on a Grantsville, Utah, farm, Clark served as Under Secretary of State and ambassador to Mexico, then spent 28…Utah
- 1878-1962J.M. BuckleyA cowboy, horseman and ranch foreman from North Dakota whose working life spanned the end of the open range.North Dakota
- 1909-2008J.R. "Jack" SimplotBest known for frozen french fries, Simplot also fed cattle on potato waste at a 110,000-head Grand View yard and…Idaho
- 1858-1911James "Scotty" PhilipScottish-born Scotty Philip built a South Dakota cattle outfit, lost most of a herd to blizzards, and became the man…South Dakota
- 1856-1930James C. DahlmanFrom a Texas riding champion and Sandhills range hand to eight terms as Omaha's mayor, Cowboy Jim never stopped being…Nebraska
- 1862-1951James Fielding HinkleA Missouri-born cattleman who built a business in Roswell and rose from county commissioner to governor.New Mexico
- 1857-1942James Henry CookA Michigan orphan became a Texas cowboy, a frontier scout and a Nebraska rancher who befriended Red Cloud and guarded…Nebraska
- 1855-1921James Kerrick HitchA Tennessee-born cattleman who followed the grass into the Oklahoma Panhandle, then bought land as the open range…Oklahoma (Panhandle)
- 1862-1930James Taylor CraigJames Taylor Craig started as a cowhand, became a superintendent and bank president, and ended as a director of the…South Dakota
- 1865-1950James William FollisHired at eighteen, he was foreman within a year and became a Billings County sheriff.North Dakota
- 1896-1988Jasper D. AckermanA Wyoming-born rancher and banker, Ackerman spent 54 years leading a Colorado Springs bank and helped found the…Colorado
- 1902-1982Jay Littleton TaylorAn Oklahoma-raised oilfield executive who became one of the most influential cattle voices in the Texas Panhandle.Texas
- 1883-1961Jesse C. HarperHe built Notre Dame's football program before World War I, then spent most of his life ranching in Clark County, Kansas.Kansas
- 1845-1921Jesse KnightA Utah prospector turned his mining fortune into a huge Canadian ranch, a sugar beet industry and a town.Utah
- b. 1938Jim OdleA rancher who learned to sell cattle from a tractor seat, Odle helped move cattle auctions from the sale barn to hotel…Colorado
- 1872-1959John Albert ScorupA Utah-born cattleman and banker, J. A. Scorup left a documented footprint in Bluff, where his stone house still…Utah
- 1857-1933John Benjamin KendrickAn orphaned trail hand who bought into the OW Ranch, grew it past 210,000 acres and carried Wyoming ranching into the…Wyoming
- 1851-1934John ClayFrom a tenant farm on the River Tweed to a Chicago commission house, John Clay spent more than sixty years in the…Illinois
- 1847-1929John Dickinson HaleJohn Dickinson Hale hauled freight to the Black Hills gold camps, then ranched near Tilford and held legislative…South Dakota
- 1835-1921John HaileyA Tennessee-born plainsman who moved stock, mail and passengers across the Northwest and then wrote Idaho's history.Idaho
- 1841-1922John Horton SlaughterHe drove herds up the Chisholm Trail, settled on the Arizona border and later wore a badge in Tombstone country.Arizona
- 1933-2013John HughesHe bought his first cattle as a high school junior and spent six decades turning a Phillips Petroleum executive's land…Oklahoma
- livingJohn LaceyA third-generation rancher helped merge three national beef groups into one.California
- 1848-1913John M. HoltA Montana cattleman whose Mizpah Creek outfit grew to about 15,000 head and whose peers elected him president three…Montana
- 1842-1918John P. BrattA Staffordshire-born bullwhacker rose to run a major Platte River cattle firm, then helped build the town of North…Nebraska
- 1790-1868John Palmer ParkerA Massachusetts sailor who stayed in Hawaii turned feral cattle into a ranch that his descendants ran for four…Hawaii
- 1824-1884John Simpson ChisumA Texas contractor turned trail driver who built one of the largest cattle operations on the Pecos River.New Mexico
- 1843-1908John SparksA Texas cowboy turned Nevada rancher, Honest John Sparks built, lost and rebuilt his fortune before winning the…Nevada
- 1864-1951John SurvantA cattleman and merchant whose detailed story awaits better sources, set against the northern range he worked in.Mountain West
- 1844-1907John Thomas LytleFrom a Pennsylvania-born sergeant to the manager of one of Texas's largest trail-driving firms, Lytle organized the…Texas
- 1857-1931John W. GoodallFrom Oregon livery barns to the Badlands, a stockman who scouted a stage line and later wore the sheriff's star.North Dakota
- 1825-1901John Walker MyersAn English-born trader turned a Mormon Trail river crossing into a stage station, a Pony Express stop and one of the…Wyoming
- 1831-1878John Wesley IliffA storekeeper who arrived with the gold rush built the largest ranch in Colorado history, then died at 46.Colorado
- 1838-1884John Wesley ProwersHe began as a wagon teamster for William Bent and ended as the largest cattleman on the lower Arkansas River.Colorado
- 1837-1915Joseph G. McCoyAn Illinois mule and cattle dealer who built stockyards beside the railroad at Abilene and opened a market for Texas…Kansas
- 1845-1924Joseph Maull CareyA Delaware-born lawyer who combined ranching, banking and politics in the making of Wyoming.Wyoming
- 1825-1886Joseph RussA gold rush sawmill operator drove cattle to the Eel River country and built one of California's largest north coast…California
- 1906-2000Kenneth EadeHe worked cattle operations in California, Arizona and Mexico and gave decades to industry organizations.California
- 1879-1954L.L. JonesA Bureau of Animal Industry meat inspector who came home to Garden City and ended up running one of the best-known…Kansas
- 1805-1879Lewis Rice BradleyA Virginia mule trader who drove Longhorns to California, Bradley built a cattle business in Elko County and governed…Nevada
- 1930-2024Linda Mitchell DavisA Colorado-born rancher raised on New Mexico's Tequesquite and Bell ranches, she ran the CS Ranch near Cimarron for…New Mexico
- livingLouise O'ConnorA seventh-generation Texan has spent four decades photographing and interviewing the people of Coastal Bend ranching…Texas
- 1860-1941Lucas Charles BriteLuke Brite drove a herd to the foot of Capote Mountain in 1885 and built a ranch whose Hereford bulls won the Cudahy…Texas
- 1818-1875Lucien B. MaxwellA frontier scout who became one of the largest private landowners in American history, then sold the grant and moved…New Mexico
- 1875-1955Matt CrowleyHe started in a sod shanty in 1910 and ended up in two halls of fame and the state legislature.North Dakota
- 1867-1951Matthew "Bones" HooksA top horse wrangler of the Panhandle, Hooks became one of Amarillo's most respected civic figures.Texas
- 1818-1895Mifflin KenedyRichard King's partner went on to build two big South Texas ranches, among the first fenced, and helped finance…Texas
- 1843-1896Montford T. JohnsonA Chickasaw orphan who became one of Indian Territory's largest cattlemen, and who fed hungry neighbors from his own…Oklahoma (Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory)
- 1823-1899Morell Case KeithHe reportedly started with five cows in 1868 and built one of western Nebraska's larger ranching and business fortunes.Nebraska
- 1850-1939Murdo MacKenzieA Highland-born estate factor who managed Scots-owned ranches in the United States and lobbied for shippers.Colorado
- 1833-1900Myron D. JeffersA New York civil engineer turned freighter who became a founding stockman of Montana's Madison Valley.Montana
- 1838-1926Nelson Story Sr.Story defied an Army order to reach Montana's gold camps with Texas cattle and became Bozeman's first millionaire.Montana
- 1918-1999Nicholas PetryA Denver contractor and ranch owner, Petry served 19 years as president of the National Western Stock Show and helped…Colorado
- 1812-1867Oliver LovingLoving moved Texas herds north years before the famous railhead trails, and his partnership with Charles Goodnight…Texas
- 1827-1905Pedro AltubeBorn in Oñati, Spain, Altube prospered in California and with his brother Bernardo founded the Spanish Ranch, earning…Nevada
- 1849-1897Peter FrenchA California horse wrangler became the manager of a vast Oregon ranch, and died in a fence and water dispute.Oregon
- 1871-1953Peter PaulyA cattleman and banker honored for Montana in 1968, whose published record is brief.Montana
- 1927-2018Ralph ChainThe third generation of an Oklahoma ranching family, he grew a 160-acre homestead into a multi-ranch operation and…Oklahoma
- 1868-1926Ramon AhumadaHe knew the brands, led crews of 70 or more riders and became a model cattleman in southern Arizona.Arizona
- 1931-2009Raymond E. Adams Jr.A Kansas senior partner in Adams Cattle Company who pushed for higher beef quality and raised ranch Quarter Horses.Kansas
- 1824-1885Richard KingA runaway cabin boy became a river captain, then used the money to put together one of the biggest ranches in America.Texas
- 1881-1953Richard Roy OwensA Tehama County stockman helped turn a Depression-era local sale into one of the largest bull sales in the West.California
- 1896-1974Robert J. Kleberg Jr.Grandson of Richard King, Robert J. Kleberg Jr. ran a Texas ranch of up to 900,000 acres and is best known for the…Texas
- 1842-1914Robert Simpson FollisA cattleman of the northern range era whose public record is thin but whose national honor is on the books.Mountain West
- 1861-1938Sallie Reynolds MatthewsA third-generation cattle family daughter, she turned a letter-style family history into one of the best firsthand…Texas
- 1849-1922Samuel Burk BurnettFrom a teenage trail boss to the owner of 200,000 fenced acres, Burk Burnett set up the ranch that still carries his…Texas
- 1894-1978Samuel Calhoun HyattA rancher from Hyattville, Wyoming, he spent some thirty years carrying cattlemen's concerns from the Big Horn Basin…Wyoming
- 1816-1896Svante Magnus SwensonA Swedish immigrant turned a frontier store into hundreds of thousands of acres, and his sons turned the land into the…Texas
- b. 1947Temple GrandinFrom a summer on a relative's ranch to university professorship, Grandin built curved chutes, restraint systems and an…Colorado
- 1858-1919Theodore RooseveltThe future president bought into the Badlands cattle boom and learned its limits the hard way.North Dakota
- 1863-1934Thomas Edward MitchellA trail cutter who bought out a free-range cattle company's land and built a registered Hereford ranch in northeastern…New Mexico
- 1871-1938Thomas Loyd BurnettBurk Burnett's son built his own ranching empire, drilled for oil on it, and looked after cowboys through the…Texas
- 1879-1951Thomas Matthew BerryA Nebraska-born homesteader turned Hereford rancher, Tom Berry carried a cattleman's practicality into the governor's…South Dakota
- 1863-1930Victor CulbersonA Southwest cattleman who lived through the open range era and the shift to managed ranches in New Mexico.New Mexico
- 1910-2007W.D. FarrFarr put fence-line bunks, daily feed reports and sloped pens into practice in northern Colorado, and spent four…Colorado
- 1852-1906Walter VailA Nova Scotia-born newcomer bought a small Arizona ranch in 1876 and grew it into a company that spread across several…Arizona
- 1888-1954Warren Lale BlizzardA Kansas-born animal husbandman led Oklahoma A&M's livestock department for more than two decades and helped build the…Oklahoma
- 1899-1997Watkins "Watt" Reynolds MatthewsA Princeton graduate went home to Lambshead, lived in the bunkhouse, and spent a lifetime on cattle, wildlife and old…Texas
- 1874-1960Wes C. EadeHe had little schooling and a sharp read of the cattle market, and he built a reputation on his word.California
- 1858-1936Will Croft BarnesA Signal Corps sergeant turned rancher, legislator and Forest Service official who helped keep the Longhorn from…Arizona
- 1837-1907William A. PaxtonA Kentucky-born contractor drove cattle to Omaha, ranched near Ogallala and became first president of the stockyards…Nebraska
- 1852-1924William C. IrvineA Pennsylvania-born cattle manager who moved into Wyoming politics and a state senate seat.Wyoming
- 1861-1946William ConnollyA Minnesota-born railroad hand became a Killdeer Mountains cattleman, a county commissioner and a banker.North Dakota
- 1829-1911William Davis PooleA tanner's worker from Ireland who got off a stuck steamboat on the Kaw River and stayed to build a ranch.Kansas
- 1875-1963William Henry MoffattHe grew up in his father's meat trade and built ranches across Nevada and California to feed it.Nevada
- 1893-1968William Hugh BaberHe turned a wheat ranch into a diversified livestock and rice operation and led state and national industry groups.California
- 1839-1932William Jordan FlakeA Utah rancher led a wagon train and cattle herds into northern Arizona and helped found the town of Snowflake.Arizona
- 1876-1958William KittredgeHe grew up on a Silver Lake homestead and went on to run one of the larger land and cattle operations west of the…Oregon
- 1818-1886William Welles HollisterHe drove thousands of Ohio sheep across the continent and built ranches in San Benito and Santa Barbara counties.California
- 1847-1922William Wiseham TerrettA Missouri feeder who bought into Montana's Tongue River country and kept the JO Ranch in his family for five…Montana
- 1862-1936Willis M. SpearA Missouri-born boy who arrived in Wyoming by covered wagon became one of the Big Horn country's largest cattle…Wyoming
- 1862-1953Wilse L. RichardsA North Dakota stockman whose 91 years ran from the open range through the homestead era.North Dakota