The Deadliest Enemy

Photograph shows cattle on the JA Ranch on the Llano Estacado (staked plains) in the Texas panhandle. In the background are a ranch house, two windmills, corrals and a barn. c1904 (Library of Congress)

(True West Magazine) To the uninitiated in the Old West, the ranching business centered on cattle, but in reality, the livestock trade focused on grass and water, so much so that droughts always threatened the success of the Cattle Kingdom. Continued