South Dakota's Cowboy Governor Tom Berry: Leadership During the Depression - Paul S. Higbee

As South Dakotans endured the Great Depression and developing Dust Bowl in 1932, they elected a cowboy as their governor. Tom Berry rode in the great, iconic 1902 cattle roundup ordered by President Theodore Roosevelt. He established the successful Double X ranch next to the Badlands. Big voiced and tireless, Berry commanded the attention of all, including President Franklin Roosevelt, who broke protocol and called him \Tom\ or \Cowboy\ in White House meetings. Berry faced bitter political rivalries..