They say a cowboy on horseback could spend all day looking for a safe place to cross its steep, winding banks. Keep on reading and dotcom will tell ya all about a REAL ranch with REAL cowboys, just 80 miles or so from here. Her name is Dotcom and she'll rave on each month about this part of Texas. Whether you dine out or shop for steak, chances are good that you may be buying beef raised somewhere on a West Texas ranch . Scattered about the ranchland are homes where the married cowboys and their families live.
Cowboys still work the range, but their efforts are enhanced at round up time by a helicopter.
The legendary cattle drives of long ago are now truck drives , from ranch to market. Some of their breeder bulls were purchased from John Wayne's 26 Bar Ranch in Arizona. Other purchases include the nearby Jackson Ranch, as well as 43,000 acres from the neighboring Matador Ranch. Modern day ranches are now producing juicier, leaner beef. There is a beautiful overlook where you can see Mount Livermore and Blue Mountain.