Cattlemen and Cowboys of Wyoming

Profiles of beef cattle people connected to Wyoming.

• 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
• est. 1867CheyenneThe Union Pacific put Cheyenne on the map in 1867, and cattle money built an opera house, a famous club and a…Wyoming
• 1912-2009Clifford P. HansenA Jackson Hole cattle rancher with an animal science degree climbed from county commission to the governor's office…Wyoming
• 1920-1999D.C. "Rusty" HollerA West Texas cowboy and former Hollywood stuntman spent about four decades running a Wyoming ranch with Hereford…Wyoming
• 1838-1915Elias W. WhitcombOne of Wyoming's earliest landowners went from handling work oxen near Fort Laramie to ranching and storekeeping…Wyoming
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 1892Johnson County WarLarge cattlemen rode north from Cheyenne with hired gunmen, and the town of Buffalo rose to meet them.Wyoming
• 1845-1924Joseph Maull CareyA Delaware-born lawyer who combined ranching, banking and politics in the making of Wyoming.Wyoming
• 1902Judge HenryIn the novel that shaped the cowboy hero, Judge Henry is the ranch owner who trusts his best hand with the herd.Wyoming
• 1853-1924Moreton FrewenA Sussex-born adventurer turned a Wyoming homestead into a London-financed cattle company and a lesson in open-range…Wyoming
• fl. 1949-1953Rufus RykerThe rancher who wants the farmers gone is the antagonist of one of the best-known Westerns about open range and…Wyoming
• 1894-1978Samuel Calhoun HyattA rancher from Hyattville, Wyoming, he spent some thirty years carrying cattlemen's concerns from the Big Horn Basin…Wyoming
• built 1876 to 1918Swan Land and Cattle Company HeadquartersFour buildings in a row at Chugwater mark the base of a Scottish-financed cattle empire.Wyoming
• 1846-1914Thomas SturgisA New York Civil War veteran became one of the most respected men in the Wyoming cattle industry.Wyoming
• 1852-1924William C. IrvineA Pennsylvania-born cattle manager who moved into Wyoming politics and a state senate seat.Wyoming
• 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
• est. 1872Wyoming Stock Growers AssociationFormed in 1872 to protect cattle owners on the open range, the association still speaks for Wyoming ranch families.Wyoming