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Cattle baron, the Glossary

Cattle baron is a historic term for a local businessman and landowner who possessed great power or influence through the operation of a large ranch with many beef cattle.^[1]

41 relations: Alfred Ernest Cross, American frontier, Archibald J. McLean, Aztec Land & Cattle Company, Bar U Ranch, Beef cattle, Broken Lance, Calgary Stampede, Cattle Baron's Ball, Cattle station, Charles Goodnight, Conrad Kohrs, Cowman (profession), Empire Ranch, Essay, Fallout (franchise), Frank Wolcott, George Lane (politician), Grant–Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Heaven's Gate (film), Historian, J. Frank Dobie, James Dolan (rancher), John Chisum, Lawman (film), Margaret Borland, Matthew Rohrbach, Oliver Loving, Otto Franc, Patrick Burns (businessman), Peter Menegazzo, Ranch, Rodeo, Santa Fe Ring, Sidney Kidman, Susan McSween, The Big Four (Calgary), Villain, Western (genre), Willamette Cattle Company, Wyoming Stock Growers Association.
American ranchers
Animal husbandry occupations

Alfred Ernest Cross

Alfred Ernest Cross (June 26, 1861 – March 10, 1932) was a Canadian politician, rancher and brewer, known as one of the Big Four who founded the Calgary Stampede in 1912.

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The American frontier, also known as the Old West, and popularly known as the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last few contiguous western territories as states in 1912. Cattle baron and American frontier are western (genre) staples and terminology.

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Archibald J. McLean

Archibald James McLean (September 25, 1860 – October 13, 1933) was a cattleman and politician from Ontario, Canada.

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Aztec Land & Cattle Company

Aztec Land and Cattle Company, Limited ("Aztec") is a land company with a historic presence in Arizona. Cattle baron and Aztec Land & Cattle Company are American frontier.

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Bar U Ranch

The Bar U Ranch National Historic Site, located near Longview, Alberta, is a preserved ranch that for 70 years was one of the leading ranching operations in Canada.

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Beef cattle

Beef cattle are cattle raised for meat production (as distinguished from dairy cattle, used for milk production).

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Broken Lance

Broken Lance is a 1954 American Western film directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Sol C. Siegel.

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Calgary Stampede

The Calgary Stampede is an annual rodeo, exhibition, and festival held every July in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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Cattle Baron's Ball

The Cattle Baron's Ball in Dallas is a single-night fundraiser for cancer research benefiting the American Cancer Society.

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Cattle station

In Australia and New Zealand, a cattle station is a large farm (station is equivalent to the American ranch), the main activity of which is the rearing of cattle.

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Charles Goodnight

Charles Goodnight (March 5, 1836 – December 12, 1929), also known as Charlie Goodnight, was a rancher in the American West. Cattle baron and Charles Goodnight are American cattlemen.

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Conrad Kohrs

Conrad Kohrs, born Carsten Conrad Kohrs (August 5, 1835 – 23 July 1920) was a Montana cattle rancher (cattle baron) and politician. Cattle baron and Conrad Kohrs are American cattlemen.

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Cowman (profession)

A cowman is a person who works specifically with cattle. Cattle baron and cowman (profession) are Animal husbandry occupations.

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Empire Ranch

Empire Ranch is a working cattle ranch in southeastern Pima County, Arizona, that was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Cattle baron and Empire Ranch are American frontier.

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Essay

An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story.

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Fallout (franchise)

Fallout is a media franchise of post-apocalyptic role-playing video games created by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, at Interplay Entertainment.

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Frank Wolcott

Frank Wolcott (1840–1910) was an officer in the Union Army, a law man and a rancher. Cattle baron and Frank Wolcott are American cattlemen.

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George Lane (politician)

George Lane (6 March 1856 – 24 September 1925) was an American-born Canadian politician and rancher and known as one of the Big Four who helped found the Calgary Stampede in 1912.

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Grant–Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

The Grant–Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, created in 1972, commemorates the Western cattle industry from its 1850s inception through recent times.

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Heaven's Gate (film)

Heaven's Gate is a 1980 American epic Western film written and directed by Michael Cimino, starring Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Brad Dourif, Isabelle Huppert, Jeff Bridges, and Joseph Cotten, and loosely based on the Johnson County War.

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Historian

A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it.

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J. Frank Dobie

James Frank Dobie (September 26, 1888 – September 18, 1964) was an American folklorist, writer, and newspaper columnist best known for his many books depicting the richness and traditions of life in rural Texas during the days of the open range.

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James Dolan (rancher)

James Joseph Dolan (May 2, 1848 – February 6, 1898) was a Union Army veteran, Grand Army of the Republic member, Republican Party political boss, racketeer, Old West businessman and gunman, cattle baron, and a key figure in the Lincoln County War, in New Mexico, which launched Billy the Kid to fame. Cattle baron and James Dolan (rancher) are American cattlemen.

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John Chisum

John Simpson Chisum (August 16, 1824 – December 22, 1884) was a wealthy cattle baron in the American West in the mid-to-late 19th century. Cattle baron and John Chisum are American cattlemen.

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Lawman (film)

Lawman is a 1971 American revisionist Western film produced and directed by Michael Winner and starring Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb and Robert Duvall.

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Margaret Borland

Margaret Heffernan Borland (April 3, 1824 – July 5, 1873) was a pioneering frontier woman who ran her own ranch, as well as handled her own herds. Cattle baron and Margaret Borland are American cattlemen.

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Matthew Rohrbach

Matthew Rohrbach (born May 12, 1959) is an American politician who has served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 17th district since 2014.

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Oliver Loving

Oliver Loving (December 4, 1812 – September 25, 1867) was an American rancher and cattle driver. Cattle baron and Oliver Loving are American cattlemen.

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Otto Franc

Count Otto Franc von Lichtenstein (1846–November 30, 1903) was a cattle baron, sheriff and judge in the Big Horn Basin region of the U.S. state of Wyoming. Cattle baron and Otto Franc are American cattlemen.

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Patrick Burns (businessman)

Patrick Burns (July 6, 1856 – February 24, 1937) was a Canadian rancher, meat packer, businessperson, senator, and philanthropist.

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Peter Menegazzo

Peter Menegazzo (1944? – 2 December 2005) was an Australian grain grower and cattle baron.

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Ranch

A ranch (from rancho/Mexican Spanish) is an area of land, including various structures, given primarily to ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle and sheep. Cattle baron and ranch are western (genre) staples and terminology.

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Rodeo

Rodeo is a competitive equestrian sport that arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain and Mexico, expanding throughout the Americas and to other nations.

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Santa Fe Ring

The Santa Fe Ring was an informal group of powerful politicians, attorneys, and land speculators in territorial New Mexico from 1865 until 1912. Cattle baron and Santa Fe Ring are American frontier.

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Sidney Kidman

Sir Sidney Kidman (9 May 18572 September 1935), known as Sid Kidman and popularly named "the Cattle King", was an Australian pastoralist and entrepreneur who owned or co-owned large areas of land in Australia in his lifetime.

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Susan McSween

Susan McSween (née Hummer; December 30, 1845 – January 3, 1931) was a prominent cattlewoman of the 19th century, once called the "Cattle Queen of New Mexico", and the widow of Alexander McSween, a leading factor in the Lincoln County War, who was shot and killed by members of the Murphy-Dolan faction. Cattle baron and Susan McSween are American cattlemen.

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The Big Four (Calgary)

The Big Four were the wealthy Alberta cattlemen Patrick Burns, George Lane, A. E. Cross and Archibald J. McLean.

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Villain

A villain (also known as a "black hat" or "bad guy"; the feminine form is villainess) is a stock character, whether based on a historical narrative or one of literary fiction.

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Western (genre)

The Western is a genre of fiction typically set in the American frontier (commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West") between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. Cattle baron and Western (genre) are American frontier.

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Willamette Cattle Company

The Willamette Cattle Company was formed in 1837 by pioneers in the Willamette Valley of present-day Oregon, United States. Cattle baron and Willamette Cattle Company are American frontier.

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Wyoming Stock Growers Association

The Wyoming Stock Growers Association (WSGA) is an American cattle organization that started in 1872 among Wyoming cattle ranchers to standardize and organize the cattle industry but quickly grew into a political force that has been called "the de facto territorial government" of Wyoming's organization into early statehood, and wielded great influence throughout the Western United States. Cattle baron and Wyoming Stock Growers Association are American cattlemen.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_baron

Also known as Cattle barron.

Cattle baron, the Glossary

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American ranchers

Animal husbandry occupations

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