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ousSATTLEBands
by Oren Arnolid
First cattle brand used in this hemisphere, and one of the
prettiest ever, was the Three Christian Crosses of Hernando
Cortez, Spanish Explorer who in 1519 brought the first cows
from Europe. His crosses represent the Holy Trinity.
Will Rogers' brand was this fireplace andiron, as humble and
homely in design as Will himself. He said it was etched on
his mind from long hours gazing at the fire.
The man who owned this brand was named Peter
Coffin!
Wildest, most lawless bunch of cowboys ever to herd cattle
in old Arizona were called "the Aztec cutthroats." Appro-
priately, they used the Hashknife Brand.
A cowboy won thousands of acres and more thou-
sands of cattle in one famous poker-hand gamble.
His winning hand was Four Sixes.
XIT
Ten Texas counties were given in payment to contrac-
tors who built the great capitol at Austin. They started
a ranch on their land, chose Ten-In-Texas – XIT-
for a brand.
Adapted from the book HOT IRONS (Macmillan
by Oren Arnold and John P. Hale.
STORIETTES RD
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No. 1
DRAMATIC TRUE STORIES
Great West
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