Ranchers in the Texas Panhandle have endured three devastating fires in the past 20 years — 2006, 2017, and 2024. The most recent was the largest wildfire in Texas history, burning more than a million acres across Texas and Oklahoma and killing over 15,000 cattle. The damage is staggering, and the future can feel uncertain, but hope still runs deep among the ranching community who call this land home. Watch more stories about people, place, and identity in Being Texan: A Texas Monthly Special, n