Future Governor Imprisoned in Santa Fe. A young Kentuckian named David Meriwether along with a small band of Pawnee Indians and a young Negro boy illegally entered New Mexico in 1819 for the stated purpose of establishing trade relations with the Spanish government.
The Words We Use ... There has been a lot of research done on what words mean to different groups of people. I have recently learned that words like “producer” or “industry” shouldn’t be used when communicating with “consumers” about the people who grow their food.
Greetings Cowbelles. I hope many of you are busy making preparations for our mid-year meeting at Inn of the Mountain Gods in Ruidoso. The Beef Ambassador Contest will be held on June 24 and we will hear from the Junior and Senior winners during our joint Board of Directors and General Membership meeting on June 25.
This time the attack heads back down south and a grazing bill is surprise, surprise actually positive. The tale of two monument proposals Last time I wrote about the attack on el norte. I guess that made the enviros del sur jealous, for they have now embarked on a new crusade to tie up 600,000 acres in Doña Ana County. That would put 25 percent of the county in a national monument.
“Growing Up Country” You may not know it, but I grew up country. Not country like, my family tree don’t fork, kind of country. LOL! Not a house per acre in a subdivision kind of country (although there are a lot of great rural folk usually living in these areas).
October, 1973: Vermejo. We made several trips that fall bringing herds that Jim Taylor and Leandro Martinez had gathered out of the timber and we put them in the Costilla Vega. Every week they would have another gather in the Vega, and we headquarters punchers would bring them down to pastures around Castle Rock Camp.
Dear Fellow Members, April was a whirlwind not only in terms of the wind that we normally experience this time of year, but on lots of other fronts as well.Michelle and Bob Frost, Boe Lopez and I attended the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Spring Conference in Washington, D.C.
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