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“Every year we try to better our breed,” said Shelby Wallman, who with her husband, Daryl, has been ranching for decades in Rhame, in the southwestern corner of the state.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2021

At 54, he has been ranching since his teens.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2021

John Salazar, a three-term congressman from a political family — his brother is interior Secretary Ken Salazar — that has been ranching in the Third District for more than a century.

From Time • Aug. 10, 2010

His family has been ranching here for more than a century.

From Time Magazine Archive