BANNACK, Mont. — Livestock brands open windows into history. They uncover stories. They fill in missing pieces to events forgotten or left unrecorded. They shed light on lives long past, and bridge ...
HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s beloved author, the late Ivan Doig, called livestock brands “the classical language of the American West." Doig and his wife Carol gifted the Montana Department of Livestock ...
A brand isn’t just a logo on an animal; it is a legal identifier, and in Idaho, it carries significant weight. Brand laws are rooted in history. In the early days of the American West, cattle rustling ...
Erin McIntyre Aug 9, 2015 Aug 9, 2015 Updated Sep 28, 2017 Inside the sale barn, folks mill around, choosing their seats around the pen where the cows will trot in later, on display for potential ...