When his girlfriend had told him to get a ranch of his own, build a home fit for a wife, and then talk to her about marriage, Wes Banning had homesteaded a section of rich graze at the mouth of Massacre Canyon. Banning had proved up on his claim and obtained six hundred head for a starter herd. This qualified him to take out a five-year government lease on the prime grazing land in the high pass....
When his girlfriend had told him to get a ranch of his own, build a home fit for a wife, and then talk to her about marriage, Wes Banning had homesteaded a section of rich graze at the mouth of Massacre Canyon. Banning had proved up on his claim and obtained six hundred head for a starter herd. This qualified him to take out a five-year government lease on the prime grazing land in the high pass....
