Jiggs Mann, born in 1929, took up cowboying during the lean years of World War II when the JA Ranch was short-handed. Barely 15, he learned at the feet of a few old-timers who knew the business from the ground up.
After a hitch in the Air Force, Mann returned to the JA’s and “ran the wagon” in the early 1950’s. He married his wife Evelyn in 1955 and later went into ranching for himself. He retired in 2000 after a quarter century of leasing Woodburn Camp, one of the old JA units. You can read more on Jiggs Mann and the JA Ranch on Ranches.org.
