How Now, Beef Cow?
In the beginning, there were Longhorns, and they were tough.
Tough in more ways than one: Able to fend for themselves in the wild, equipped as they were by nature with dual daggers, and sinewy enough to survive the dusty treks between distant water holes on the American range.
Described by one observer as "meatless, milkless, and murderous," these hooved ghosts from the days of Spanish conquistadors nonetheless provided the foundation for the infant U.S. ...