Cattlemen and Cowboys of Missouri
Profiles of beef cattle people connected to Missouri.
- fl. 1880sCharles GudgellFrom Independence, Missouri, Gudgell helped bring a landmark Hereford bull to America and organized the Angus registry.Missouri
- est. 1871Kansas City (stockyards)The West Bottoms market where western ranchers finally got a competitive price.Missouri
- built 1910Kansas City Livestock Exchange BuildingNine stories of brick and stone in the West Bottoms once housed the commission firms that set cattle prices for the…Missouri
- 1992-presentNational BeefStarting with one Dodge City, Kansas plant, National Beef grew through cooperative backing, new plants and a Brazilian…Missouri
- est. 1860SedaliaSedalia was the first big railhead for Texas longhorns after the Civil War, and then the herds went to Kansas.Missouri
- est. 1843St. JosephFrom Oregon Trail jumping-off point to one of the nation's busiest livestock markets.Missouri
- fl. 1880sThomas Alexander "Governor" SimpsonThe other half of Gudgell & Simpson helped import a bull whose descendants fill Hereford pedigrees.Missouri