Our Mission
Conserve the Original Texas Longhorn
History shows us all the Texas Longhorns contribution to the Lone Star State. The breed’s unique adaptability provided the much-needed means of survival during Reconstruction through the post-Civil War era.
The key role Longhorn cattle played traveling the long trails North by the millions paved a way for Texas to become the economic leader it is today. It’s hard to imagine any other animal having made as large an impact on its state as has the iconic Texas Longhorn.
The Cattlemen’s Texas Longhorn Registry was formed by one simple goal: to conserve the “original” type of Texas Longhorn.
If you consider yourself a Longhorn enthusiast and respect its critical role in Texas history, a breeder preserving DNA vital for all breeds, or an advocate for this incredible Texas icon, then our mission will interest you.
Nearly a hundred years ago in 1927, ranchers and Longhorn enthusiasts convinced the US Congress to appropriate funds to protect the almost extinct historic Texas Longhorn. A herd was established that to this day is federally protected at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.
In the early 1960’s a society was formed by dedicated ranchers to highlight and focus conservation, but after a few years some founders and breeders knew more was needed for original Texas Longhorns to survive.
Nearly forty years ago, a small group of dedicated Texas Longhorn cattle raisers got together to thrash out how to guarantee the future of real Texas Longhorns. Food supply chain developments and crossbreeding each shared a hand in making the original Texas Longhorn future extremely dark.
Something needed to be done. Only the Cattleman’s Texas Longhorn Registry heard the call.
If you consider yourself as a Longhorn enthusiast and respect its critical role in Texas history, a breeder preserving DNA vital for all breeds, or an advocate for this incredible Texas icon then our mission will interest you.
Nearly a hundred years ago in 1927, ranchers and Longhorn enthusiasts convinced the US Congress to appropriate funds to protect this almost extinct historic Texas Longhorn. A herd was established that to this day is federally protected at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.
In the early 1960’s a society was formed by dedicated ranchers to highlight and focus conservation, but after a few years some founders and breeders knew more was needed for original Texas Longhorns to survive.
Nearly forty years ago, a small group of dedicated Texas Longhorn cattle raisers got together to thrash out how to guarantee the future of real Texas Longhorns. Food supply chain developments and crossbreeding each shared a hand in making the original Texas Longhorn future extremely dark.
Something needed to be done. Only the Cattleman’s Texas Longhorn Registry heard the call.
If you consider yourself as a Longhorn enthusiast and respect its critical role in Texas history, a breeder preserving DNA vital for all breeds, or an advocate for this incredible Texas icon then our mission will interest you.
Nearly a hundred years ago in 1927, ranchers and Longhorn enthusiasts convinced the US Congress to appropriate funds to protect this almost extinct historic Texas Longhorn. A herd was established that to this day is federally protected at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.
In the early 1960’s a society was formed by dedicated ranchers to highlight and focus conservation, but after a few years some founders and breeders knew more was needed for original Texas Longhorns to survive.
Nearly forty years ago, a small group of dedicated Texas Longhorn cattle raisers got together to thrash out how to guarantee the future of real Texas Longhorns. Food supply chain developments and crossbreeding each shared a hand in making the original Texas Longhorn future extremely dark.
Something needed to be done. Only the Cattleman’s Texas Longhorn Registry heard the call.
“And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind; and it was so.”
Genesis 1:24
