Brand History
Photo Courtesy of Shirley Sullivan
  1907 The V Bar V brand is an old-timer, almost 100 years old! It was first recorded by A.W. Bradford of Flagstaff in 1907.  
     
1917 About 1917, the brand become the property of Christine Montgomery of Camp Verde, and in 1926, it was recorded to Ida May Swift Minotto.  
     
1927 When the Minottos formed their cattle company in 1927, the V Bar V brand was chosen as the most simple and easy to use.  
     
1933 The brand passed with ownership of the ranch to Marcus J. Lawrence in 1933, and on to subsequent owners.  
     
  1995-present Today, the V Bar V brand is registered to The University of Arizona.