Cattlemen and Cowboys of Nevada
Profiles of beef cattle people connected to Nevada.
- 1959Ben CartwrightThe thrice-widowed patriarch of the Ponderosa, a fictional Nevada cattle ranch on the east shore of Lake Tahoe.Nevada
- 1898-1997Fred H. DresslerBorn and raised in Douglas County, Dressler ranched in Carson Valley for nearly a century and held leadership roles in…Nevada
- 1843-1908John SparksA Texas cowboy turned Nevada rancher, Honest John Sparks built, lost and rebuilt his fortune before winning the…Nevada
- 1805-1879Lewis Rice BradleyA Virginia mule trader who drove Longhorns to California, Bradley built a cattle business in Elko County and governed…Nevada
- 1827-1905Pedro AltubeBorn in Oñati, Spain, Altube prospered in California and with his brother Bernardo founded the Spanish Ranch, earning…Nevada
- 1875-1963William Henry MoffattHe grew up in his father's meat trade and built ranches across Nevada and California to feed it.Nevada