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Ellison Ranching Company in the News

Nevada authors publish 100-year tribute to Elko County’s Ellison Ranching Company

President of Ellison Ranching Company, Ira T. Wines, was pleased to announce the recent release of High Desert Empire: Ellison Ranching Company 1910-2020, an historical look at one of the few remaining family-owned ranching operations that once dominated the west. Written by Great Basin College professor emeritus Dr. Cyd McMullen in collaboration Jan Petersen, well-known Elko historian, the book chronicles the founding of what is today one of the top 7 cow-calf operations and one of the top 25 landholders in the country…
Ellison Ranching Company: A Century of Heritage, Vision, and Family (King Ranch Institute)

Reflecting back on a 111-year history of family heritage, hard work, and perseverance, Peter Ellison humbly hopes that Ellison Ranching Company remains alive and thriving to see another 100-year celebration…
Building on Tradition (American Cowboy)

DEC 22, 2015
For nearly 150 years, the Spanish Ranch has been testing the mettle of its cowboys. The big round willow corral is surrounded by old stone buildings, new metal barns, acres of native hay meadows, and miles of sagebrush. The horizontal sticks that chink it together between the stout posts are gray and dead, but a few saplings have taken root, showing green new life…
Ellison Ranching Co. marks 100 years (Elko Daily Press)

JULY 29, 2010
ELKO - This summer the Ellison Ranching Co. is celebrating 100 years. It was a century marked with harsh winters, hot summers, growth and contraction. There were times that were good and times that were lean…
Spanish Ranch Stories Part I (Cowboy Showcase)

AUG 29, 2010
The Ellison Ranching Company, of which the Spanish Ranch is the headquarters, just had its 100th anniversary. I had hired out as a buckaroo in the early 70s when Bill Kane was the cow boss; buckaroo boss was another term quite often used…
Old Spanish Ways (Western Horseman)

MAY 31, 2009
Only a handful of ranches in the West send out a wagon anymore. Most places aren’t big enough to justify the experience. Finding cowboys willing to sleep in a teepee for six weeks isn’t easy, either. But for the Spanish Ranch in Elko County, Nevada, sending out the spring wagon is a way of life…
On the Ropes (Western Horseman)

NOV 28, 2007
As modern technology and environmental regulations modify ranching in the Great Basin, the Spanish Ranch remains tied to its buckaroo traditions.

Books on Ellison Ranching Co. :

Ellison Ranching Company - High Desert Empire, 1910-2020
by Cyd McMullen and Jan Petersen

Available now.
More details here

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