 In June 1985 Chuck Brackenbury was out mending fences on the Joe Miller Ranch outside of Laramie, Wyoming, when he noticed a buffalo giving birth early in the morning. He checked back later that night and discovered the mom had died during labor, but the calf was still alive just standing there all alone. He brought the calf back to his ranch where she was bottle-fed and raised with horses and a goat. Brackenbury eventually sold her to Bob Renaud, a buffalo rancher in Hudson, Colorado. In 1987, Johnnie and Shaaron Parker bought the 2-year old buffalo from Renaud and donated her to Colorado. Parker also trained and housed her. Ralphie III was a lot bigger and faster than her two predecessors.
