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Cowboy Daly Welch

Daly Welch is a fourth generation family member to work on the Waggoner Ranch.

“Here recently I’ve been having a few people telling me that I’ll never have a life because I work all the time and don’t go out!” Daly said. “Honestly all I can say is that I do have a life, the best one I could ever ask for! My job is my life.”

“I do what I love every single day! I work with some of my best friends! I work with one of my biggest role models, my dad (John Paul Welch)! And work with guys that I look up to and always will! They teach me something new everyday!”

“So to everyone that doesn’t think I have a life because I work all the time, my life might not be partying in bars all the time and all that, but I wouldn’t trade my life with anyone!”

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Cowboy Ricky Rios

Ricky Rios was fresh out of school when he came to the Waggoner Ranch in 1982. “I got to running with some boys out here, and they said, ‘You should come out here and work.’ And I ain’t never left.”

Ricky grabbed one of Jeremy’s cameras and shot some behind the scenes photos that appear in the back of the Cowboys of the Waggoner Ranch book.

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Cowboys of the Waggoner Ranch will be released for sale November 1st.

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Launch Event Nov 1st in Granbury, TX

The Cowboys of the Waggoner Ranch book is featured in today’s issue of the Hood County News in Granbury, TX.

The book’s official launch party and book signing will be Sunday, November 1st from noon to 3 pm at Farina’s Winery & Cafe on the Historic Downtown Granbury Square.  The event is open to the public and will be on the patio.  In the event of rain, the event will be held inside Farina’s.

Pre-orders to begin shipping next week.

202 N. Houston Street
Granbury, Texas 76048
817-579-5300

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Golden Sunrise

Waggoner Cowboy Josh Rodriquez prepares his horse to round up cattle on the ranch.  The sunrise/sunset colors on the ranch are amazing due to little pollution in the air and a crisp sky.

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Cowboy Randy Barnett

Randy Barnett has been a cowboy on the Waggoner Ranch for a good part of the last decade.

“I grew up cowboying,” Randy said.

“My dad’s a cowboy. I’ve been here nine years. They really take good care of us.”

The cowboys don’t take many breaks.  When they do, it usually involves coffee or cigarettes with little words spoken.

Waggoner cowboys are provided with houses, insurance, a retirement plan, utilities, and beef, in addition to drawing a paycheck.

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Morning Commute

Cowboys on the Waggoner Ranch trailer their saddled horses to the area they will be working each day.  Sometimes the ride from “Cow Camp” lasts only 15 minutes.  Sometimes it can take up to two hours to reach the day’s work location on the 510,572 acre ranch.  Most of the ride is on dirt roads, driving less than 30 mph.  Plenty of Texas wildlife is visible during the morning drive including deer, turkey, hogs, coyotes, and jackrabbits.

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Portraits

Portraits of the cowboys are sprinkled throughout the book.

“Ranch Manager Weldon Hawley started at the bottom at the Waggoner Ranch in 1972, living in the bunkhouse. His father, Charley Hawley, cowboyed there. After serving in Vietnam, Weldon came back to the Waggoner Ranch “because it’s home.” In 2005, Weldon was presented the Top Hand Award at the 25th Annual North Texas Rehab Ranch Roundup.

Except for short stints at the 6666 and Triangle ranches, his entire career has been at the Waggoner Ranch.

He has been the ranch manager for 18 years.

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Fort Worth-based Jeremy Enlow was given exclusive access to the cowboys behind the prestigious reversed triple D brand of the Waggoner Ranch, the largest ranch in the United States under one fence.

Enlow is an advertising, media and fine arts photographer based in Fort Worth. More than 36,000 of his images have been published worldwide. Enlow grew up in Granbury, Texas, where his first published photo appeared in the Hood County News when he was 10 years old.

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