Bowring Ranch News Today

Marvin Leroy Farmer, 82, passed away on June 16, 2023, at Monument Health in Rapid City, South Dakota after a valiant fight with cancer. Marvin was bo...

"Flooding knocked out fences because the water was so high and powerful. A lot of fencing will have to be fixed, especially on the creeks."

It’s almost as if the Sandhills of Nebraska were made just for raising cattle. Arthur Bowring knew that the Sandhills were unique. Just days after his 21st birthday, he acquired 160 acres near Merriman. He began raising Shorthorn cattle, but eventually settled on Herefords for the herd at his Barr 99 Ranch north of town. In 1894, Bowring built and lived in a sod house until 1908, when he married a local schoolteacher, Anna Mabel Holbrook. He began building a small, frame house for his new bri...