Arthur
Drummond (1874-1938)
Arthur Drummond was born in Denver, Colorado in 1874 to Albert and Elizabeth
Drummond.
In 1882 Arthur came to Idaho and Oregon and then to settled in Owyhee County.
He became a colorful figure in the southwestern Idaho cattle history. He
married Lillie Vasser and had one son named Frank. He purchased the 5 Bar
Ranch from Irvin Loveland in 1910. In 1925 he sold the ranch to Jim Anderson
and then bought the Starr Valley Ranch (80 miles east of McDermitt, Nevada)
in 1927.
Arthur turned the ranching operation over to his son Frank and went to running
mustangs. He became known to many as the "king of the mustangers." He traded
his freight wagons and teams to Ed Stauffer of the Circle Bar for 60 head
of mares. The Drummond's outfit became one of the largest horse operations
in the area (the Owyhee Desert). He gathered large herds of horses, which
they drove to Winnemucca, Nevada and shipped them out by train. This was
between 1915 and 1937. Drummond was an excellent roper and would rope anything
big or small regardless of the size of his saddle horse. He was well known
in Idaho and Oregon for his knowledge of wild horses, which he dedicated
his life to.
In January of 1938 at the age of 68, he was found dead in his horse corrals
in Nampa, Idaho, due to a heart attack.
Arthur Drummond was inducted into the Buckaroo Hall of Fame in September
1991.
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