“It was a good life that John D. Flournoy was searching for when he first rode into this high country in 1871. One of the thousands of young Missouri men drawn west on the Oregon Trail, Flournoy wandered into California and worked as a cowhand in Yolo County in 1865. When feed provisions fell drastically low in Yolo County as the winter of ’71 approached, John saw an opportunity. He and a partner offered to winter ranchers’ cattle Read More …
PRESS RELEASE BREAKWATER CATTLE COMPANY 499 Breakwater Drive Benton, MS 39039 August 4, 2014 United States President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20500 Re: Protecting Taxpayer Dollars Dear Mr. President I know we can agree that there are seven continents, and North America is one of them. North America includes 41 separate countries and territories. I also know there are embedded within USDA certain National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) sympathizers that want Read More …