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{{trope}}
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Simply put, the owner of a ranch, a spread of land where animals are raised. In [[The Western]], usually this is cattle, but sheep, chicken and (in the modern day) ostriches are all potential ranches.
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In fiction, the larger the ranch is, the more likely the rancher is to be the bad guy of the story. This is not a hard and fast rule (the Cartwrights of [[Bonanza]] have an immense spread, but are salt of the earth types), but that's the way to bet. If the rancher owns several ranches, or one big enough to count as its own feudal country, they become a [[Cattle Baron]].
"Saving the ranch" is a common plotline for Westerns, especially in B-movies, as a couple of bad years could put a small rancher on the verge of bankruptcy.
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== [[Film]] ==
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* ''[[The Journey of Natty Gann]]'' (minor characters)
* Joe Bannock in ''[[A Town Like Alice]]''. Though he didn't own it til the end, if memory serves.
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* ''[[Big Jake]]'': The McCandles ranch is run over by a gang of cutthroats.
* ''[[Chisum]]'': Very loosly based on the Lincoln Country War.
* ''[[McLintock!]]'': George Washington McLintock
* ''[[
* Dan Evans in ''[[
* Beans in ''[[Rango]]'' owns a ranch that the mayor of town wants to purchase from.
* Bick Benedict in ''[[Giant]]''.
== [[Literature]] ==
* 'Ole Devil' Hardin in the Western novels of [[
** Also John Slaughter.
* The [[Sci Fi]] novel ''[[Malevil]]'' has an interesting example. Before [[World War III]], the main character is a rural French rancher who expands his property to include an old castle. He keeps the usual livestock and grazing land but also stables some his animals in a cave under the keep. He also runs a vineyard, produces wine, and had plans to reopen the castle to tourists.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* The Cartwright family of ''[[Bonanza]]'', as mentioned above, provided that Ben doesn't slip into outright [[Cattle Baron]] territory.
* In one ''[[Magnum,
* The Kents' farm in ''[[Smallville]]'' is an important element.
* In order, Judge Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Col.
* On ''[[Firefly]]'' Malcolm Reynold's mom ran a ranch.
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