About 1903, 8-year-old Lawrence Bixby arrived at the Spade Ranch, where his parents were employed, and by the following year the Nebraska Land and Feeding Co., the holding company for the Spade ...

But instead of settling those claims, they leased the land to the Spade Ranch. The partners were convicted of illegal fencing and perjury in 1910. Richards died during his imprisonment.

In 1883, a young Bartlett Richards moved from Wyoming to Sioux City, Neb., with a primary interest in banking as a career but also with a keen eye on the ...