There is no doubt in Dana Kerns’ mind that he is a rancher, through and through.
The Wyomingite owns land in Sheridan, handed down through four generations, that was first homesteaded in 1887 when his family set up a trading post to trade with the Indigenous Crow tribe. But cattle soon became their livelihood.
Grazing the lowland valley ranch during winter, the animals needed nourishment come summer and the lush mountain pastures of north-central Wyoming satisfied their want. “We put our first herd of cattle on the mountain in 1888,” Kerns, 66, told The Epoch Times. “The family has been in ranching since then….