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Line 28: + + + + − In 1999, the Pitchfork Ranch won the annual Ranch Award from the American Cowboy Culture Association, which sponsors the annual National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration held each September in Lubbock, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/091099/loc_0910990117.shtmlauthor=Teresa Cox|title=Cowboy life rides high at awards show: Symposium saddles up with tribute to heritage|date=September 10, 1999|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=September 5, 2013; no longer on-line}}</ref>
→The Pitchfork today
The terrain of the Pitchfork includes mesquite pastures, canyons, cedar, and a few crop fields. It offers its clients have since the late 1990s had access to wild quail hunting, game animals including deer, and wild hogs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mcohunts.com/|title=Quail hunting, Spring turkey hunting, Trophy whitetail hunts, and more: Hunting on the Legendary Pitchfork Ranch|publisher=Mesquite Country Outfielders (Idalou, Texas)|accessdate=November 20, 2019}}</ref> The cowboys work the range much as their ancestors did. For much of its history, only the price of cattle and the weather seemed to impact the Pitchfork. Though the ranch has been modernized, its hands still eat at the same table as did the cowboys of 1900. <ref name=ranch/>
The terrain of the Pitchfork includes mesquite pastures, canyons, cedar, and a few crop fields. It offers its clients have since the late 1990s had access to wild quail hunting, game animals including deer, and wild hogs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mcohunts.com/|title=Quail hunting, Spring turkey hunting, Trophy whitetail hunts, and more: Hunting on the Legendary Pitchfork Ranch|publisher=Mesquite Country Outfielders (Idalou, Texas)|accessdate=November 20, 2019}}</ref> The cowboys work the range much as their ancestors did. For much of its history, only the price of cattle and the weather seemed to impact the Pitchfork. Though the ranch has been modernized, its hands still eat at the same table as did the cowboys of 1900. <ref name=ranch/>
In 1999, the Pitchfork Ranch won the annual Ranch Award from the American Cowboy Culture Association, which sponsors the annual National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration held each September in Lubbock, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/091099/loc_0910990117.shtmlauthor=Teresa Cox|title=Cowboy life rides high at awards show: Symposium saddles up with tribute to heritage|date=September 10, 1999|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|accessdate=September 5, 2013; no longer on-line}}</ref>
In 2008, the Pitchfork was featured on the History Channel. The episode is carried on You Tube.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr7TxmjDDeU|title=Pitchfork Ranch featured on History Channel|date=January 24, 2008|publisher=You Tube|accessdate=November 25, 2019}}</ref>
==Ranch cookbook==
==Ranch cookbook==