Mortensen, Robert K.

The Southwestern New Mexico Cattle Growers' Association was formed in 1914, when, following a meeting with Gila National Forest staff, several stockmen from Grant, Sierra, and Socorro Counties decided to join together in an association "to promote the interests of all cattle and horse growers in New Mexico; to secure cordial friendship among them and to instill sound and correct principles of breeding and growing of cattle and horses; to aid and assist the Cattle Sanitary Board of New Mexico in its efforts to encourage and build up the livestock industry and in the formation of the stock laws of the state; to work for the enactment of laws which will protect and foster the interests of cattle and horse growers in the state." Over the years, the Association has played an active role in molding legislation and precedents affecting the New Mexico cattle industry. They have been involved with state and federal matters and promoting the private rights of cattlemen from invasions by government. The ultimate goal of the Association has been to preserve the cattle industry and the cattlemen's way of life.

The Southwestern New Mexico Cattle Growers' Association was formed in 1914, when, following a meeting with Gila National Forest staff, several stockmen from Grant, Sierra, and Socorro Counties decided to join together in an association "to promote the interests of all cattle and horse growers in New Mexico; to secure cordial friendship among them and to instill sound and correct principles of breeding and growing of cattle and horses; to aid and assist the Cattle Sanitary Board of New Mexico in its efforts to encourage and build up the livestock industry and in the formation of the stock laws of the state; to work for the enactment of laws which will protect and foster the interests of cattle and horse growers in the state."

Over the years, the Association has played an active role in molding legislation and precedents affecting the New Mexico cattle industry. They have been involved with state and federal matters and promoting the private rights of cattlemen from invasions by government. The ultimate goal of the Association has been to preserve the cattle industry and the cattlemen's way of life.