From Self-Reliance to Cooperation: The Early Development of the Cattlemen's Associations in Utah BY DON D. W A L K E R
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n the myth of the West, the cattleman has always been a rugged individualist. Like the mountain man before him, he has been a loner, a man given to solving his own problems in his own way. Although under the necessities of his business he has organized his roundups and trail drives, he has organized them as he has thrown his rope, as an expression of his Dr. Walker, a past contributor to the Quarterly, is professor of English and director of the Program in American Studies at the University of Utah. The spurs and branding iron are used through the courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Index of American Design.
