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In 2003, Westrup heard through an intermediary that someone with land in the buttes was looking to sell.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2024

Most of the land in the buttes is held by a small number of legacy families who primarily use the fields for grazing cattle and sheep.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2024

Drive 44 miles east along Highway 14 through winding mesas, buttes, and river scenery to the Maryhill Museum of Art.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2023

The school looks upon red mesas, buttes and Ponderosa forests.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2023

Unseen, on the edges of the undulating buttes, deer and wild turkeys stirred and every now and then the night burst alive with a shooting star that left a delicate and misty trail.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger