Cattlemen and Cowboys of Colorado

Profiles of beef cattle people connected to Colorado.

• 1929-2016Ben HoustonA Colorado herdsman became an embryo transfer pioneer, then president and chairman of the National Western Stock Show.Colorado
• 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
• 1869-1944Charles E. CollinsA Land Run settler who built a 100,000-acre Colorado ranch and became president of the national livestock association.Colorado
• fl. 1980s-2010sDale LasaterHe inherited a breed's foundation herd and kept it closed while working to protect the high prairie.Colorado
• livingDan MayA Stratton, Colorado, farm kid who became a commodity trader, May helped his brothers scale a small feedlot into a…Colorado
• 1839-1937Henry Miller PorterA Denver pioneer with about a year of formal schooling, Porter built telegraph and rail links, invested in livestock…Colorado
• 1896-1988Jasper D. AckermanA Wyoming-born rancher and banker, Ackerman spent 54 years leading a Colorado Springs bank and helped found the…Colorado
• 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
• 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
• 1928-2001Kenneth MonfortBy placing a packing plant near the feedlots and cutting beef before it shipped, Ken Monfort changed how fed cattle…Colorado
• livingKent BamfordFrom 4-H projects to the CattleFax presidency, Bamford spent 47 years feeding cattle in northeast Colorado and as much…Colorado
• 1850-1939Murdo MacKenzieA Highland-born estate factor who managed Scots-owned ranches in the United States and lobbied for shippers.Colorado
• est. 1906National Western ComplexA circus tent beside the Denver stockyards in 1906 became the long-running home of the West's biggest winter livestock…Colorado
• 1918-1999Nicholas PetryA Denver contractor and ranch owner, Petry served 19 years as president of the National Western Stock Show and helped…Colorado
• livingSteve GabelA former CattleFax analyst, Gabel turned a tired Weld County yard into a National BQA Feedyard of the Year with an eye…Colorado
• b. 1947Temple GrandinFrom a summer on a relative's ranch to university professorship, Grandin built curved chutes, restraint systems and an…Colorado
• 1910-2007W.D. FarrFarr put fence-line bunks, daily feed reports and sloped pens into practice in northern Colorado, and spent four…Colorado