The Chiricahua Cattle Company
One of the most revered names in the history of the cattle industry in Arizona is the Chiricahua Cattle Company or, as it was known by its brand, the CCC Outfit. Incorporated in the spring of 1885, the ranch was the result of a consolidation of smaller ranchers in the...
Texas Captains of Cotton and Cattle
Alabama-born Levi Jordan left the border country between Louisiana and Arkansas in 1848 and resettled near the San Bernard River in Texas. He brought 12 enslaved men and women with him. Jordan and his family lived in a modest plantation home while the enslaved workers...
While on a Cattle Drive, Did Cowboys Wear Their Handguns or Store Them?
While on a cattle drive, did cowboys wear their handguns or store them? Bill Calloway Wilmington, Delaware Whether or not a cowboy wore his weapons while on a cattle drive depended on the circumstances. If the herd was nervous because of the weather, or they weren’t...
B.B. Bullwinkle and the Arizona Cattle Company
The arrival of Mormon colonists from Utah in 1876 heralded the first permanent Anglo-American settlements in northern Arizona. Even though cattle ranching was one of the territory’s largest industries, it was still in its infancy in the area around Flagstaff until...
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