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  • Drought decimating area cattle ranchers

    Kyle Land and Theresa Davis, Albuquerque Journal|Updated Nov 27, 2020

    When Charlie Overton's grandfather first arrived in De Baca County in the 1920s, he marveled at the fertile, tall grasslands that extended for hundreds of miles in each direction. Almost immediately, he knew he wanted to establish his own ranch on the land. "He wrote home his parents in Tennessee and said, 'I found my promised land,'" Overton said. Through the years, Overton's grandfather, his father and eventually he would see the ranch through decades of cattle seasons. And...