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TitleRanch hand Chad Ferguson and his dog check on a mixed herd of wild and domesticated horses on the Ladder Livestock ranch, a vast cattle and sheep-ranching operation that straddles the Wyoming-Colorado border, which the Little Snake River crosses 12 times on the ranch's property. This image was taken on the Colorado side, in Routt CountyNotePhysical details: digital, tiff file, color. Applies To: Applies To: all Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.The Ladder name derives from neither the set of climbing rungs nor a family member of that name, but from the ranch's "lazy ladder" brand: the Roman numeral III laid on its side, which somewhat resembles a short ladder. The ranch, which traces to a simple, 160-acre plot homesteaded in 1864, must deal with different rules, regulations, and taxing structures of the two Rocky Mountain states that it bestrides.Extent1 photographProvision ActivityPublication: Colorado 2016 Publication: 2016-02-15 Usage And Access PolicyNo known restrictions on publication.Preferred CitationCredit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.Acquisition SourceDLC Stock Number:LC-DIG-highsm-36161 (original digital file) 