Asked about the cattle-brand origin story, Spain said, “I think this is highly, highly unlikely, as Texas in 1838 was not cattle country as it became later in the 19th century.” While early ...

who oversaw the expansion of the state-size King Ranch in South Texas after the death of her husband, Richard. Another honors Calvin Bell, the first freed slave to register a cattle brand in ...

“Think of branding as a license plate on your car, a means of identification,” says Larry Gray, of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. “A thief will generally pass up ...

One way to prevent this crime is branding the animals. Rustlers often look for ones that are not branded. “Because it helps us and our marketing inspectors who are stationed at various livestock ...

Fishermen, shrimpers, wildcatters, and roughnecks are all easily recognizable archetypes of the Texas coast. Surfers, sure. But cowboys too? Indeed. The Texas coast used to be cattle country ...