Trevor T. Trujillo, left to right, Sara Marcotte and Christopher Geesey wait in line for the first round of American Idol auditions in Denver Tuesday morning. The line began to form in the early hours of the morning. An estimated 10,000 contestants were at INVESCO Field to audition for a spot on the show. (Tim Kupsick/Star-Tribune)
Storm clouds drop welcome rain to the grasslands where cattle graze north of Dubois in this file photo from June. The state's cattle population fell 21 percent over the past decade because of persistent drought conditions. (Mark Gocke/Star-Tribune correspondent)
Ella "Cattle Kate" Watson at the age of 18. George Hufsmith Collection, Casper College Western History Center.
Albert Bothwell, front left, is shown with his family in this photo taken in Yosemite Valley, Calif. Bothwell was a rancher near Rawlins, Wyo., who led the party that hung Ella "Cattle Kate" Watson and Jim Averell on July 20, 1889. Photo by George Fiske, David Historical Collection, Casper College Western History Center.
Rayleigh Coursen, 11, plays with her steer behind the scenes of the FFA Alumni cattle show at Casper College on Saturday. (Jake Mitchell/Star-Tribune)
Just a few of the 100 young Angus and Hereford bulls roaming the 8,700 ft. elevations at the Valles Caldera National Preserve on Saturday, July 25, 2009, in Jemez Springs, N.M. In a study by New Mexico State University and the New Mexico Beef Cattle Performance Association, researchers are conducting high-altitude cattle performance testing on the bulls to determine which are susceptible to high altitude disease. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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