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On roadways within an open range area, in a cow-car collision on a roadway, the rancher was at one time not generally liable, [11] but recent law changes beginning in the 1980s gradually increased rancher liability, first requiring cattle be kept off federal highways, then other developed roads, and in some cases, limited open range grazing ...
Sometimes referred to as the Holmes Ranch or the Chico Basin Ranch, it was among the first cattle ranches established in Colorado Territory in 1871 during the times of open range before fences became prevalent in the west. It operated for 58 years until it was sold in 1929 to a Drinkard and Emmert company, Horse Creek Land & Cattle Co. of Denver.
Open Range (2003), a film in which free-grazers take on a cattle baron who tries to use hired assassins to steal their herd. A range war was the subject of at least one episode of long-running old time radio show, Gunsmoke, called "Jaliscoe". [9] A range war was used as a plot in the 12th season of the TV show Dallas. [episode needed]
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“At the same time, [law enforcement] can't account for everyone and don't know if one didn't get kill Colorado sheriff seeks cattle estimated to be worth between $300,000 and $400,000 Skip to ...
[7] Struggles had erupted in Texas as early as 1881, but spread to Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana in the later 1880s. [8] For example, in Wyoming in 1883, a court ordered a big cattle company to stop fencing public lands and to remove the fences it had built around certain sections. [9]
A federal judge is set to consider on Thursday a request by Colorado's cattle industry to block the impending reintroduction of gray wolves to the state under a voter-approved initiative. State ...
In many of those states, such as Arizona, an open-range law applies which requires a land owner to fence cattle out rather than in; thus cattle are theoretically allowed to roam free. In modern times open-range laws can conflict with urban development as occasional stray cows, bulls, or even herds wander into subdivisions or onto highways. [28]