Monticello Cattle Company
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The Monticello Cattle Company, a Sierra County, New Mexico, ranching operation, owned between 3,000 and 4,000 head of cattle in the early 1890s; however, in September 1891 a newspaper reported that the company's ranges were terribly dry, causing the cattle to suffer for lack of food and water, and that the company was rapidly rounding up its herd and preparing to ship the cattle from Engle and San Marcial [1][2].
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- The Monticello Cattle company of Sierra (1891)The Monticello Cattle company of Sierra county are rounding up their cattle rapidly and will soon ship from Engle and San Marcial be- tween 3,000 and 4,000 head. The company’s ranges are reported terribly dry …
- Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-09-11 (1891)Notice posted by a Deadwood husband in the postoffice : My wife Sarah has Shot my ranch. When I didn’t Doo a thing to hur, an’ I want it distinctly Understood that any man who takes hur in and keers for he…