He had spent two hours riding around the ranch that morning, and in broad daylight it was even less inviting than Judith Pierce had made it seem.

Half a mile below at the mouth of Salyer's Canyon was an old ranch that the company had purchased from A. J. Armstrong, occupied by a Mexican, his wife, and an old trapper.

When cattle became more valuable, ranch owners frowned upon this practice and it was discontinued, at least when the boss was 'round.

For his services to the King of Spain, he was granted a vast stretch of land on the east shore of San Francisco Bay ( the contra costa, " opposite shore ") for a ranch, including that portion that now comprises the City of Berkeley.

" The primary activity of the ranch was raising cattle for meat and hides, but hunting and farming were also pursued.

Wray, a descendant of both Springfield, Massachusetts, settler William Pynchon and Mormon pioneers, was born on a ranch near Cardston, Alberta, Canada, to two Mormons, Elvina Marguerite Jones, who was from Salt Lake City, and Joseph Heber Wray, who was from Kingston upon Hull, England.

A Scientology profile says that he was brought up on his grandfather's " large cattle ranch in Montana " where he spent his days " riding, breaking broncos, hunting coyote and taking his first steps as an explorer ".

Larsson was kidnapped from his ranch in Tierralta, not far from where he was freed, on 16 May 2007, along with his Colombian girlfriend, Diana Patricia Pena while paying workers.

At the time it was the largest ranch in the USA.

He was raised in Tonasket, Washington on a cattle ranch owned by his parents, and earned his B. A.

At the site of what was originally the Johann D. C. Thiessen mansion and ranch, now Locomotive Park, so named because of the retired locomotive Steam Engine 92 and Camas Prairie RR Caboose on display in the middle, large trees and pathways are decorated with lights from Thanksgiving to New Year's.

In November 2007, the Rockefeller family transferred ownership of the ranch to the park for the establishment of the Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve, which was dedicated on June 21, 2008.

It passed Congress on August 4, 1981 and was signed into law on August 13, 1981 by President Ronald Reagan at Rancho del Cielo, his California ranch.

They met on the film shoot of Rancho Deluxe, which was filmed on a ranch where Geston was working as a maid.

Unlike Oak Ridge, the ranch school at Los Alamos, along with of surrounding forest and grazing land, was soon acquired.

He told the Modesto Bee in 1986, for example, that when he was twelve and a half years old, his mother sent him to New Mexico for a year to work as a ranch hand.

The ranch owned by Newman Haynes Clanton near Charleston, Arizona was believed to be the local center for the Cowboys ' illegal activities, while Tom and Frank McLaury worked with the rustlers buying and selling stolen cattle.

Ryan stated afterwards it was the same maneuver he used on steers he had to brand on his Texas ranch.

In 2008, the portion of Route 101 that runs from the Conejo Grade to the Old Town district of Camarillo was dedicated as the Adolfo Camarillo Memorial Highway to honor the city's namesake and extends through the boundaries of the original Camarillo family ranch.

Vandergroat tells the others that Mary sold Kemp's ranch, which he left in her safekeeping, while he was serving in the army during the Civil War, and then went off with another man.

While living in Hall County, Texas they also played at ' ranch dances ' which were popular in both North Texas and eastern New Mexico.

After completing his sentence, Trumbo could not get work in California, so he sold his ranch and his family moved to Mexico City with Hugo Butler and his wife Jean Rouverol, who had also been blacklisted.

He also earned money by odd jobs in town and worked as a ranch hand.

They also owned a substantial ranch in northern Arkansas, where Davis learned to ride horses as a boy.

As a member of the Texas House of Representatives, Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr., Johnson's father, been sensitive to his German-American constituency and had opposed the Creel Committee's attempt to disparage German culture and isolate German-Americans during World War I. Adenauer and Erhard had also stayed at Johnson's ranch in Gillespie County.

The site also interprets the town of Manzanar, the ranch days, the settlement by the Owens Valley Paiute, and the role that water played in shaping the history of the Owens Valley.

After seeing thousands of cattle die in a Kansas blizzard in 1886, Charles " Buffalo " Jones, a co-founder of Garden City, Kansas, also worked to cross buffalo and cattle at a ranch near the future Grand Canyon National Park, with the hope the animals could survive the harsh winters.

The staff at Variety magazine also reviewed the film favorably, writing, " Under skillful directorial guidance of Lewis Milestone, the picture retains all of the forceful and poignant drama of John Steinbeck's original play and novel, in presenting the strange palship and eventual tragedy of the two California ranch itinerants.

Cheese fries are also served in many diners in the American Southwest ; in Texas, for example, they usually include at least one variety of grated Cheddar cheese, and are commonly served with ranch dressing and, sometimes, bacon, jalapenos and chives, whereas in New Mexico, the fries are typically served with green chili and cheese, creating a dish that combines two Southwest favorites, french fries and chile con queso.

The ranch also has an Olympic-size swimming pool.

Butte Creek Scout Ranch, also known as Gilbert Ranch during the summers, is a working ranch that doubles as a Cub Scout resident camp.

Nieto built a rancho for his family near Whittier, and purchased cattle and horses for his ranch and also planted cornfields.

On the lands south of the factory ( and current Orangewood Avenue ), Fred Bixby, son of John Bixby and future member of the Cowboy Hall of Fame, used the sugar beet lands as a finishing ranch to fatten cattle before sending them off to slaughter ( he also managed Hellman's lands in present Seal Beach ).

He bought the Porter's ranch and also acquired neighboring properties, accumulating about.

Upon arriving in person, Meiners also found the climate agreeable, and established a ranch.

The land occupied by nearby Busch Gardens was also part of Mrs. Palmer's original ranch.

The area also features an amusement park, a paintball arena, two river tubing companies, and a horseback riding ranch.

Paul L. Foster, billionaire philanthropist and President of Western Refining is also formerly from Lovington, as is former Duke University basketball star Taymon Domzalski. Randy Jones ( cowboy from Village People ) was raised on a ranch in nearby Maljamar and graduated LHS Class of ' 70.

The 1940s and 1950s were also the heyday of Colonel Jim Eskew's famous J. E. Rodeo organization, the only rodeo ranch east of the Mississippi River .< ref name =" storyofrodeo "> The rodeo traveled throughout the Mid Atlantic and New England states.

José Antonio Navarro's brother, Luciano Navarro, also ran a ranch in the area.

* George Strait also has a ranch near Cotulla.

His son, Texas military and political figure Juan Seguin, would also reside on the ranch.

He also learned about men having sex with other men, through the stories of those same ranch hands, who told him of violent assaults on miners who attempted to touch men with whom they shared quarters.

The area is also known for its fertile farm and ranch lands, wine country, the high mountains of the southern Cascade Range, the Trinity Alps, and the Klamath Mountains, lakes, and the windswept sagebrush steppe, in the northeast portion of the region.