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title: Home on the Range
date: 2022-09-14T15:58:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://terp.umd.edu/home-on-the-range"
section: Articles
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# Home on the Range

*September 14, 2022* — by [Chris Carroll](/authors/chris-carroll)


- *Photos by John T. Consoli*

> Donation, Land Purchase Permanently Place Angus Cattle Program on UMD Land

*cows*

It’s a hazy afternoon in late May when Eddie Draper pulls over an old Chevy pickup along a farm lane on what was once the Eastern Shore plantation of a Declaration of Independence signer. Under a nearby tree, a black cow stops munching grass and peers into the cab with big, placid eyes.


*Inset 2 1*


*cows in field new house*




**Issue:** [Fall 2022](https://terp.umd.edu/editions/fall-2022)


**Types:** [News](https://terp.umd.edu/category/news)