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YEE-HAW, LOOK AT ALL THE OPEN RANGE
WE HAVE TO LET THE CATTLE WE HERDED
UP FROM TEXAS ROAM FREE! I BET THERE
MUST BE OVER FIVE MILLION HEAD OF
CATTLE THAT HAVE COME UP HERE OVER
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS!
WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY ROBERT RATH
YEAH, THIS SUMMER HAS BEEN
A LITTLE WARM AND I WISH
THERE HAD BEEN MORE RAIN,
BUT THE LAST FEW WINTERS
HAVE BEEN SO MILD IT MAKES
EVERYTHING ALRIGHT.
I'M SURE NOTHING CAN GO
WRONG, AND WE'LL BE ABLE
TO HAVE UNLIMITED CATTLE
AND LAND FOREVER!
OUR
TRAGIC
TALE
STARTS
IN
THE
MONTANA
TERRITORY
DURING
THE
SUMMER
OF
1886...