Ranch woman Kittie Peterson recently won the women’s title in bull bucking at the Cowgirl Futurity World Finals with a bull she and her husband Steve raised on their place just outside of Blackfoot.

There are 1,500 miles between Brooklyn, N.Y., and Oakwood, Texas, but for Kimberly Ratcliff, where she grew up and where she’s building her business are connected by community, family and giving of ...