William "Bill" W. Brown, 1855-1941: Legend of Oregon's high desert. Including a historyof the "Wagontire Mountain Range Feud."
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William 'Bill' W. Brown (1855-1941) was an American pioneer rancher in central Oregon. He owned two large ranches between Burns and Prineville, Oregon. Together, his properties comprised one of the largest privately owned sheep and horse operations in the United States. He was known as the Horse King of the West and the Millionaire Horse King because over 10,000 horses carried his Horseshoe Bar brand. Brown was also a well-known philanthropist who gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to a wide range of religious and educational institutions.
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