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Birth of Montana Cattle Industry Texas Trail Echoes
The article recalls Nelson Story Sr.’s Texas longhorns driven to Montana, the perilous 1866 overland trek to Bozeman, and the later 1880s peak when 600000 cattle crossed to Montana. It honors cowpunchers, trail bosses, and the cowboy ethos shaping Montana’s cattle history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Trail
Montana
Tana
Nelson Story, Sr
Billings
Granville Stuart
I. D. O'Donnell
Stuart
Fergus County
Texas
Nelson Story
St. Joseph
Northwest
Platte River
Fort Kearney
Bozeman Trail
California
Mon
Plains
Southwest
Guadalupe River
Nester
Branville Stuart
Indian Territory
Caldwell
Kansas
Lincoln
Nebraska
Lovell
Platt
E. C. Abbott
Teddy Blue
Johnny Lea
Yellowstone River
Miles City
Wyoming
Yellowstone
Johnny Burgess
Rosebud
Musselshell River
John Bowen
Rocky Mountains