Area Ranches Featured In Book About Montana Centennial Ranches
Written by Wolf Point Herald Monday, 02 November 2009 11:55
The 52 Ranch near Wolf Point and 14 other northeast Montana ranches are featured in an upcoming book, The Weak Ones Turned Back, The Cowards Never Started: A Century of Ranching in Montana.
The 52 Ranch was established in 1889 and is currently run by Craig Lewis.
Others highlighted in the book include: Wilson Ranch in Scobey, est. 1909, currently operated by DuWayne and Carrie Wilson; Billingsley Ranch, Glasgow, est. 1907, Jack and Andie Billingsley; Cornwell Ranch, Glasgow, est. 1892, Debby Cornwell, Lee and Madylon Cornwell, Clay Cornwell; Baldwin Ranch, Richey, est. 1900, Rick Baldwin; Tillman Farms, Bloomfield, est. 1908, Jerry and Cindy Tillman; Cartwright Ranch, Dagmar, est. 1903, Ron and Curtis Cartwright; Smith Farms, Dagmar, est. 1903, Ed and Juliet Smith; J Bar E Ranch, Plentywood, est. 1898, Arvid and Linda Lee Eggen; Cloverdale Ranch, Redstone, est. 1900, Tom and Judy Bergh Cheetham; Soda Creek Ranch, Brockway, est. 1908, Jack, Bob, Dave and Wayne Hinnaland; Murphy Ranch, Circle, est. 1905, John and Betty Murphy, Scott Murphy; Undem Ranch, Circle, est. 1906, Dan Undem; Eaton Ranch, Lindsay, est. 1909, Lee and Elner Eaton; and Wolff and Sons Inc., Lindsay, est. 1908, Mike and Jay Wolff.
The book, edited by Linda Grosskopf and Nancy Morrison, celebrates the long tradition of ranching in Montana, highlighting the stories of 142 ranch families that have been living and working on the same land for over 100 years.
Commissioned by the Montana Stockgrowers Association to commemorate its 125th anniversary in 2009, the book honors the perseverance, courage and forward thinking of those who were able to pass their family ranch down the generations and help shape Montana as it is today.
The Weak Ones Turned Back, The Cowards Never Started: A Century of Ranching in Montana tells the inspiring and heart-wrenching stories of the ranch families who have endured through the ups and downs of life on the sometimes unforgiving lands of Montana over the past 100 years. The book has all of the ingredients of a great story, with tales of love and death, success and failure, family and community.
While the heart of this commemorative hardbound book is the 142 ranch stories and accompanying historical photographs, there are also other treasures to be found within its pages, including 37 pen-and-ink drawings by Aubry Smith, photographs of MSGA’s presidents and executive vice presidents, a timeline of important events in MSGA’s history, historical sidebars and timelines to help tell the story of ranching in Montana over the last century.
The Weak Ones Turned Back, The Cowards Never Started: A Century of Ranching in Montana will be released in early December. MSGA is currently accepting pre-orders. For more information, contact MSGA at 406-442-3420 or visit www.mtbeef.org.
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