Cattle Rancher, Anne Ferguson, says, “You know your heritage. You know for your children, your grandchildren. They know where they came from. You know what I mean. It’s a solid base. You can go away but it’s good to come home.” And “home” to Anne and Wally Ferguson is a sprawling cattle ranch in rugged western New Mexico. Cattle are “king” in New Mexico. Raising livestock on ranches like this generates the majority of the state’s agricultural income. But ranching on this arid land is hard work. Wally says, “Like Annie always says, you have to love it to be here because the days are long and hard when you’re workin’ and you’re worrying about rain and someone asked us why we don’t go on long vacations: ‘cause the cows need water’.” The story of the Fergusons on this land goes back 150 years. It’s a bit like stepping inside a Wild West movie, complete with buckboards, covered wagons, cavalry forts and cowboys and Indians. Around 1859, Wally’s great, great uncle came to what was then the New Mexico territory...America's Heartland
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