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Cattle stolen from Dixon farm

Compiled by Linda Tubbs

Posted 2/7/18

Feb. 7, 1968: Cattle Rustlers struck the Fred Wells and Oliver Hanson farms just west of Dixon. Eleven purebred registered Aberdeen Angus calves valued over $3,000 were taken.

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