On February 26, 1911, in a winter so cold across northern Nevada that temperatures dropped to ‑40°, four men rode quietly into the frozen maw of Little High Rock Canyon to investigate the carcasses of cattle recently killed and left in the snow.  Little High Rock Canyon, in 1911, was as it remains today: a long way from anywhere.  Closest to Eagleville, California, LHR is situated in the sagebrush, alkali, and basalt country of northwest Nevada.  It is home to bighorn sheep, many species of raptors, deer, pronghorn, rattlesnakes, chukar, quail, coyotes, horned toads, and wild horses.  Summers are blazing hot, and winters are unremitting.