Show WHY WE SAY MAVERICK every rancher whether he follows the methods of the old west or not knows that an unbranded calf is properly called ia a maverick this term grew up in the heyday of the unfenced range it seems ithac one sam maverick migrated from massachusetts to texas in the early days of th the et beef trade an innocent trusting tru person and a humanitarian as well he refused to brand his calves but his more worldly neighbors were not slow to take advantage of him when one found an unmarked calf he would laugh theres 0 one e of mavericks lets put our own brand on it from a purely local custom the ithe practice of using sams name to stand for unmarked calves spread through the west successful farming |