Cattlemen and Cowboys of Oklahoma

Profiles of beef cattle people connected to Oklahoma.

• 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
• 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
• 1873-1957Charles Harland TompkinsAn Oklahoma cattleman and rodeo champion whose civic work earned a place in the Hall of Great Westerners.Oklahoma
• 1883-1893Cherokee Outlet grazing leasesFor a decade, a group of cattlemen paid the Cherokee Nation hundreds of thousands of dollars to graze herds on the…Oklahoma
• 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
• 1933-2013John HughesHe bought his first cattle as a high school junior and spent six decades turning a Phillips Petroleum executive's land…Oklahoma
• 1918-1996Ladd HitchThe third generation of an Oklahoma Panhandle ranching family, he helped turn a cattle empire into a feedlot business.Oklahoma
• 1927-2018Ralph ChainThe third generation of an Oklahoma ranching family, he grew a 160-acre homestead into a multi-ranch operation and…Oklahoma
• livingTerry Stuart ForstShe manages the 7S Stuart Ranch, homesteaded in 1868, and became the first woman to lead the Oklahoma Cattlemen's…Oklahoma
• 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
• died 2005Willard R. SparksRaised on a Dibble, Oklahoma, farm, Willard Sparks became a leading ag economist and a major cattle feeder.Oklahoma