79 Ranch
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| − | That ranch had headquarters on [[Flatwillow]]. also at [[Sand Springs]] on the [[Big Dry]]. The owner was [[John T. Murphy]]. Wagon bosses were [[Walt McCool]] and [[Mat Rope]]. Cowboys were 'Rawhide' [[Dan Geib]] and [['Porky' Reynolds]]. Both later homesteaded near Sand Springs. Other cowboys were [[Bill Cherry]], [[Bill Sutters]], [[Sid Armatige]], [['Nosie' Cowen]], 'Cheyenne' [[Bill Felling]], [[Delos McBride]], [[Paul Case]], [[Bill Hoffman]], [[Rolla Heron]], [[Ed]] and [[Lou Tripp]], [[Brim Barrett]], [['Big Jim' Haney]] and many others. The ranch ran over 10,000 cattle on the north range. They were mostly steers that were bought in Oregon as two-year-olds and shipped to Montana to run on the open range until they were four and five year olds. | + | That ranch had headquarters on [[Flatwillow]]. also at [[Sand Springs]] on the [[Big Dry]]. The owner was [[John T. Murphy]]. Wagon bosses were [[Walt McCool]] and [[Mat Rope]]. Cowboys were 'Rawhide' [[Dan Geib]] and [['Porky' Reynolds]]. Both later homesteaded near Sand Springs. Other cowboys were [[Bill Cherry]], [[Bill Sutters]], [[Sid Armatige]], [['Nosie' Cowen]], 'Cheyenne' [[Bill Felling]], [[Delos McBride]], [[Paul Case]], [[Bill Hoffman]], [[Rolla Heron]], [[Ed Tripp]] and [[Lou Tripp]], [[Brim Barrett]], [['Big Jim' Haney]] and many others. The ranch ran over 10,000 cattle on the north range. They were mostly steers that were bought in Oregon as two-year-olds and shipped to Montana to run on the open range until they were four and five year olds. |
