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From Longhorns to London: The True Financial Story of the Wild West

From Longhorns to London: The True Financial Story of the Wild West

Cowboys herded the cattle. British elites banked the profits.

Mar 28, 2025
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“The cattle business is the soundest and most profitable industry ever devised by man.”
— British investor prospectus, 1879

After the Civil War, a new frontier of prosperity opened in the American West…

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