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Cattle Sale to Mormons Highlights Van Ness Brothers Era
In 1878 J A and T B Van Ness Texas cattle dealers sold 80 000 head to Mormons of Salt Lake City delivering 30 000 cattle in 10 000 head lots. Cattle ranged from cows to yearlings, stampsed, brandings on site at Bonner Springs Bell county with corrals of native rock. Stampede ruined much of the herd, six months later about 6000 cattle were unaccounted for as thieves prowled the West. The venture failed to restock Utah ranches. few Old West cowhands remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A
T. B. van Ness
Brothers
Texas
Salt Lake City
Utah
Stage Stand
Bell County
Austin and Waco Road
Bill Warrick
Bill
Richards
Warrick
Fis
van Ness Brothers
Hill Country
Vermont
Bonner Springs
Kansas
Newt
Proctor
Belton
van Ness
Spence
West Texas
Henry Carnes