The rangeland of Arizona had pretty strict ideas when it came to stealing livestock yet it can’t be denied that a lot of cow outfits got their start with a running iron and a long rope. Old timers like to tell of a young cowboy who settled on the fringe of a big outfit determined to start a little ranch of his own. He arrived with nothing but a branding iron and a steer and in just one season he’d accumulated a fine herd of cattle. That must have been some steer.
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