HOUSTON, Texas – J.D. Gatson, 84, has been the ranch foreman of Baer Ranch in Matagorda County for 65 years, but he has been a cowboy his entire life. He is part of a legacy of Black cowboys that now ...

Thanks to its deep agricultural roots, the Lone Star State boasts the most ranches and farms of any state in the U.S. — nearly 250,000, according to the Texas Department of Agriculture. Of course, ...