Large Neighbors

The Padalock Ranch is one of my neighbors. They rank somewhere around number 5 for the largest privately held cattle ranch in the US. This little blurb in the Gazette caught my eye.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/10/06/news/wyoming/90-history.txt" >History of Padlock Ranch topic of meeting</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Dan Scott will talk about the history of the Padlock Ranch, headquartered near Dayton, at the Oct. 19 meeting of Westerners International. This ranch began in 1943 as a 300-cow 3,000-acre outfit that has grown to about 400,000 acres, due to modern agricultural methods.</blockquote><br />n<br />nIt would be interesting to hear the talk and see if my families contribution to thier sucess is mentioned. My Grandfather sold control of a large chunk of land in Montana to the expanding Padalock ranch in the 40's. It made them what they are today. In fact in the last few years they have approached me about buying it back. I politely turned them down. It wasn't worth the money they wanted.<br />n<br />n<strong>History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside. John F. Kennedy</strong>