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Modern Cowboys Trade Pistols for Phones in Kansas Roundup
In Kansas Flint Hills the July cattle roundup blends old and new. Cowboys on horseback herd 40,000 head across 80,000 acres using cellphones and spreadsheets alongside traditional gear. Family caretakers like the Nelsons join multi-generational crews to drive cattle to eighteen wheelers for shipment, a labor of rugged tradition and sparse riches.
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Ansas City
Jake Betts
Leroy
Betts
Flint Hills
James F. Hoy
Emporia State University
Center For
Great Plains Studies
Kansas
Cliff Cole
West Bottoms
Bill Haw
Texas
Nelson
Holton Nelson
Nate
Nate Nelson
Geronimo
Nelsons
Shane
Cole
Jade Cole
Cliff
Emporia
Kan