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Business-smart cowboy helps with ranch solutions

By SUE ROESLER, The Prairie Star
Dec 16, 2019
Dec 16, 2019 Updated Dec 17, 2019

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Bev and Ed Fryer enjoy the day at a family gathering near Sheep Creek in fall, 2018.

Ed Fryer, retired rancher who managed several ranches in the mountainous areas of Montana and Wyoming, leaves the barn with a “young horse team we trained for a lead team in a four-horse hitch.” The Prairie Star wishes everyone a Merry Christmas.

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By SUE ROESLER, The Prairie Star

With a gigantic heart for ranching and a keen eye for business, Ed Fryer has been known over the years as someone who can bring a new vision to challenges that might occur on a ranch.

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