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Branding and the Old West Lost and Found in Cattle Marks
A look at brands and branding in the cattle ranges of Texas and the West. It traces the evolution from iron marks to chemical methods, explains brand legality, and notes famed brands and the origin of the word maverick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notier Institution
Old West
Logies
Texas
Amarillo
Teras
United States
West
North Dakota
Montana
Texas Cattle Raisers" Association
Colorado
Philip Ashton Rolling
Atlll
Stephen F. Austin
5. B. Burnett
A. H
Shanghai) Pierce
Cautle
Matagora County
Gulf
Illo Grande
Shanghai Pierce
XIT
Gophel Land Syndicate
State Capitol
Austin
C. C. Slaughter
Charles Goodnight
Goodnight Ranch
Goodnight
Maverick
Eminent
Dictionaire
Webster
Samuel A. Maverick
Yale College
Texas Independence
Congress of the Republic of Texas
Matacorda Bay
Western Newspaper Union