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The Hunter Bothers of Ayre County, Scotland -- Robert, William and David -- immigrated to America with their parents in 1844. They lived and worked as farmers in Macoupin County, Illinois until recruited by William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody to hunt buffalo needed by hungry workers laying railroad tracks across the continent. In 1873, the three Hunter brothers founded a livestock commission company with officers in Ft. Worth, East St. Louis and Kansas City. The Hunter brother's Ft. Worth operation was located on the site where the Stockyards Hotel now stands. When the railroad linked Ft. Worth to other principal cities in 1876, the brothers organized Texas first railway shipment of cattle to market. With syndicated investors from the northeast, they experienced great success. By 1884, their livestock commission company owned or leased 11,464,000 acres of land and 386,000 head of cattle. Included in these holdings were the three Hunter brothers' ranch operations, distinguished by the H3 brand.
After a long day under the hot Texas sun, the brothers could always be found telling stories of the old hunting days with Buffalo Bill while quenching their thirsts in one of the numerous drinking establishment located in Ft. Worth's legendary, tavern-and- bawdy-house district, "Hell's Half Acre". 
On one occasion, surrounded by an amused audience, William Hunter remarked that an ice-cold beer was the only thing that could make him forget his often viewed sight of a buffalo's butt. A portly brewmaster listening intently to the brothers' colorful recollections and, having imbibed a few himself, laughed uproariously and vowed to create Buffalo Butt Beer to commemorate the posterior of the prairie's most majestic beast.
Buffalo Butt Beer is "hand crafted" in small batches and, like the great beers of the last century, it is not subjected to pasteurization or micro filtering. It is normal for this style beer to appear slightly hazy. Brewed and bottled by the YELLOW ROSE BREWING CO, 17201 San Pedro Avenue, San Antonio, Texas 78232.
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