Blackfoot Valley Dispatch - The Blackfoot Valley's News Source Since 1980

My father and two of his brothers spent their entire lives on the ranch. Two served in WWII, but the other never left the property. They were adequate when working cattle, but never had any experience on other ranches to see how they handled cows. And they never had any decent horses.

In the 1930's, I think, my grandfather owned a big Shire stallion, and used his offspring on the ranch. His pr...