34 THE BEEF BONANZA. 



200 head, but these will suffice to show the great cattle 

 business that has grown up on the Plains within the 

 past few years. The oldest of these herds has not 

 been breeding fifteen years. J. W. IlhT, now dead, 

 Joseph M. Carey, J. H. Bosler, and John Creighton 

 have been recognized as the great cattle-kings of the 

 Plains. These men count their herds by the thousands, 

 and will soon count them by tens of thousands. 



