1. Herman Haaff Roald Tweet 2:52

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island. Had a Rock Island County man not lost his temper back in 1895, the American cattle industry would have taken a different turn. Meet Herman H. Haaff, a farmer who took the bull by the horns.

Herman Haaff
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