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"alter R.Vorrison,78.1ivia,7 at
2dt St.7ort Torth.Texas,was born at
7lfodeSbuntysTexas.May ?th.11159. Nis
operated sawmill aad owned several
hosses.whieh we used for travalin-
bars of the family.
'alter's father taught Ain to
iv, soon as th, child was able to sit
horse and when eater reached the ale
he was a good horseman.
/41 ban his range career at
of 14, by assisting in driviag herd
from lee* Taus, to the John.aollias
That Wee the commencement of 25 years
the gangs.
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spent pn
rfie story of range life fotlows:
Ilffy age is 78. Twas born ill qinsola.,"7oods 0ounty.Texas,
on the 7th, day of "ay.1859.
I My father owned a eawmill,looatad in "ineola and kept
several saddle hennas and when one of the famliy wanted to
irse off some plea* a hAls was what they used.
Vnere wits n-thinl around a sawmill a youn.,, kid oculdAtos
%eel out of the way aaI that we -hat t was frooed to do. "'o
make up for beim- kept out of .the mill. alsit a lot of tile
riding. when t wan not attendine school.
"lather pu010 straddle a toes when T was ol4 enouc!h to
sit woo when I was old enoumh to be trusted -off atone r was
able to handle a hosi.
1?liothin tut r hankered for as a kid was to b• a cow
hand. lather bought me a lariat for my seas arseent when I
was 10 years old. Lth that looper r began to swinr the loop
over everythin,- that r could find.not movid at first and
then moving ,lbjeets, and when I was 14 years ald I could smear
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moviag obj,ots omin/7 and o trig.
when t was 14 ,that was 1403,John aollines heads
were drivin,, a herd of oattle out of 1:ast Tease, fhey scoured
a larger herd than John ealoulated on and seeded some ,xtra
help. t tweeted my f ther until he allowed that t oould Join
the outfit for the drive. Tt was reckoned t would Just make
tho drive to lollinelamehoh in rarker County& and than re..
tuanebut t made suoh a 400l hand that when the drive was over&
John Collins said," rid if you want to Join thte outfit 7 oan
use you". r Jumped at the (thanes and there t stored for four
years.
Collins ran only&around, 4000 head on his 'arker
County, range and employed 10 waddles, besides his sons
Tom and lob. lie larf:e raneh was in oard County, where there
wire 15b waddles in the outfit.
nig Ilarker County, ortfit was lactated 20 miles **est
of "art IOU on the line of rarker and frrrant Counties.
I reekoned t was a top rider when t first Joined the
outfit but soon learned that t had sadahin. to learn about
keeping my saddle warm. T was oaloulatifw a hose by those
father had in his stable aad recetoned pitohing a000rdin7 to
the rearing and -heering our hosses pulled when they felt lert.
About the seoond day at the 'JO' outfir,831' was the
brand, his eon TOM,* little older than I said to me,
"lave you rode any gito-aitiu- hosses?" Of ooureest though t had
and swelled u
pllike a pigeon, and told him that I had rode
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every hoes that father ')roigh on our place.
I The 7 dont 'lave to link a gentle for you to ride?'
'husks no",T answered," r as no greener on a hose".
E tvd been there two days and spent a week on the
drive aid reo%oned that t was a rawhide.
The next day on pointo4 out a yeLler hoes and said':
INsetthat critter today,T111 help y -u to pat the tree on hta,
he is a trifle skiths with strangers and may skip little,
but ie a lood saddle".
"re put the tree on him,r mounted and hit the tres,then
t went int- spa*, for a spell and when t hit it was the earth
that T hit on, Tom was a -standing there and tivin- me the
laugh,
r thought that you sould rida?",he oftot at me.
I oan,but was *aught -1ff my guard" t said."I oan ride
th, oritter,,"
I reekon yo .1 wombat:pause that hose just makes
Oouple skips to get the kiiks oqt of. his fins, then is off.
All the hands lik, t, ride him", Re sail with out a smile.
T/11 rid* him now, t know what t expset" r tells htis
4 I mounted tho oritter again wit i my conk set to stay
with th. animal. It pronto *hawed me ehaething about pitehinr:
I didn't know that hoes was a pig pen bAlieromeaning that
it had no regular way to go but opeinted **cording to notions
ani they were *hanga)la. Well, I grabod leather lronto,but
that did me no good I had a death grip on VI' nub and at
the first ova*
elevation my hands were the only part of me that was
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toueling leather and when T came down the hoes was notlthers
to ontoh me. T paess4 it on the way to the Tround tstill with
a grill) on tle nubsbut t wee traveling so fast that the eveed
broke the hold. r flatten out like a saddle blanket
The lull of the ranehaohn ollInstwas standin by as
r pulled my self together. Is said: Xidov-u :eve given the IR*
enough op'ra for this time,nen't trybthat critter aglln for a
twee given another oritter and went to work. T dii
erltie praottoing on skipping bosses, as Tom -ealled them. r
soon oaueht the kawlk and before the nount was over t rods the
yeller hoes.
Te had no man belly -cheater -,n.thes:0°. !Ire Oollins
ltd the ooAcinetigth the help of a eoloafthouse man. The
'ttel was whet the waddles classed as alone hoes outfit'. rt we
.,A)rkel away fee daytor some carried the ohudk on a pack hoes
and that was eatled• a sweaselat outfit. We then did our own
000kingtwhloh was n thing to brag about. we would -cook ooffeep
broil steak over a•eamp fire cook beans and bake blsouits .and
sinkers is a .7(iod name for the biscuits.
+tires of us waddles had to eight ride. 'very night wea
would spell eadh other. theses of is would rite the fore part
of the night sal three the let'''. part. an a norther hit or
a ')ed stormtall hands would be on the ride.
There was only one night durin- the 'our year, r was
with the ':0' otitat that we hat the orittere ..et away. The
=Uteri on that ran,4!-* ',Ire not as wild and ektddieht as a rule
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would flash some light. Then we Gould see the herd *also see
fire play hop-skip-kump on the tips of the Gettle's borne. tt
wns my first tin' tools* suoh as that and had ma plumb boo.
At times 16ke that is when a middy is Galled loon to
do his best riding !Loh shape up is mhpytie said that fa
cowhand was a man with sand in his Asgard and a hose", When
daylight same on and we Gould take rookoning of the mess vs
found that 1000 Graters wears soattered over the ooqntry and
one wa/dy was gone 710) :onos was missing. 7is hoes was at
the pen minus its rider.
no all hit tho drag to hunt the strays and tow of
an hit out to find Bud. They found lud five miles away draging
for the eamp on hoof with a broken eollar bona no said that
his (Ronk quit working and did not know 'hat happened. Then his
soak same book to normsaphe was laying in a slump of btiere. la
were a week getting the strays bask.
My next exporienoe which had my :1,16nard grinding was
one where mrs John lollins Rhombd up as a women with sand equal
to a he-man.
lob Oollissoon of it, and tsars on th-) range look-
ing for some at 'eye when suddenly we saw about 35 mounted radians
malciag for us. "Yeeheadod our hole*e towards the ranohoronto
and they kept coming, but never mt aloes onou-4h to brand either
of us. It was a )retty roma for about fix) iilestwith the
rndians throwing a few s'iote at use but they all were short,
exoePt -ne that stung my hose on the flank and sauced the hoes
to turn on more stesm•
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e Wiens knew that all the haado were off the raneh
at different points on the range. T redkon that they hald Oval
the 'lam an eying.heeause they followed us to the shed and
stayed off at a dintan40 they Wen to virale the shed,first
ole then the other would dash in and pour lead At the shed. 4
few had rifles and oould plows lead in the shed,and stay at
slot out of the rlage of our six-guns.
lks-John OolliAs was in the house. Ths house we built
of stone and had ports at different spots around the house. 7ohn
always kept several in the house and it was not tong until that
atrillery was in action. The first shots hit the mark and two
Milians hit the ground. -fith the third shot she winged a red.
skin and the fourth shot put. him in the Glass of good Indiana:
ly that time the rest pulled out of range *stopping WO plies
away from the house and went into oonferenalle
we two boys broke for the house and got hold og a
rifle. we waited for the lemaks.
Ts did not have long to waits Thay oiroled to tie
front of the house and then slowly worked towards the building.
lob and t wAnted to shoat as soon as they came into gun range.
but 7!ra lollins would not have any of it. The solids -Mu boys
harken to me. Or t'll box your ears. Those skunks are intend.
tag to -storm the howse.break the door down and over eower us.
will waits until therare close so we *Ain't miss a shot. ma
give the order when to shoots lob:you take the first one.7alt
the next and t'll take furthest and keep shooting that way
-and we will not was say shirts. The Indians kehept claming
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up and finaly she said."shoot".
le out loose and three fell. They thei cushed and
three more fell before they could reach the eosch and at the
porch three more fell. Then they turned and ran for tleir hosimi
ea They hi-h-talled orces the range*
A cowhand cane through lookirr7 for mollean's stra-s
a d heard the shoot n,.! and saw.at a *lanes what it -as. 'te
draged it for "ort Thrthoronto, and reported tie.I.Lt t
laptlin ?ing. "inv, at the head of a oarty rf anf;ers, cane
out anJ with a numb)r of cowhands took out after th) radian**
T did not o with the traillrs,hecause 're lolling
ihsisted that and her sons stay to hqp elear up t1.1 mess.
oak
draggetd the 'radians to a sink -hole and threw them in.
"Walt 'clean told us that they -ot a few at the West
*ork of the '"rinity.
T understand that th oil ollins *tons house still
ntands, rt was standing in 1910, at that time r made a trie
through that -eetton and atoppel at the oil house and looked
tlrow7h the port that did ny shooting at the Indians.
T quit the 'ollins outfit in 1877 cal joined the or
-bredice outfit. They were located six miUs Iouth of lig
')rings -here the present town of ii rings 'eta their wateraupply. It the ti -le the outfit had their iva- era there that
s ring had a 10 inch flow of water.
The rerelice brand was the picture of four dice. he
outfit runiamtad, 1D,000 head. The reason t went there
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was beoeuss my ragas were 41 30. month, which was )8. more
than aolline laid me.
n rt was six months after T Joined the outfit, that t most
tl) Indian friends again. One day there were about 20
of us waddles outting out calves for branding. Diok Thompson
was. the amik-s-sloodle-de an4 he ordered me to the quarters with
a,note to the ramrod. r had grogged about two miles when t spied
14 redskins and they spied me. They Jroato took after me and
t turned bask to where the waddles were. As it happened .there
was oatoh of brush betels the waddles and mt. t rootlet'
around the edge of th-,. bruehokeeping Just out o 11,41V shoetingc
range. T was OB nNigex-1a414 on of the best hoctees a men
ever straddled, so T was dot bothering my eonk about them witch-
ing.not was after ooax'w, them Tndians back to where the waddles
wed..4,11,r did *hAt they followed me around that brush and4,
into that bunoh before they 17ot wire to the shape up.
"Mr waddles, after they finished having _their Itn,
than'-ed me for the -od time t provided. Then thlm waddi), tulle&
ed loose and surro41114 the redskins, it was not 1.al until ther.,
were 14 goo l radians.
On the -Core'ioe ranoh, the best riler that t ever have
,t)ein worked, that was Ttiok Thosilsos* le attended t busting
hoeste for the outfit.
I have .:otohed that man time an agais bust a wild
oritter and never bother about putting on a saddleor bridle
oa the *Titter. 70 would throw. a loop on a wild twitter in
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the herd and then LEW* hie mount hotting a taut line nick
rould go down that 1ino till he reached the orittor, rrab it
hy the sans,releas the loop thon,by holding onto the mane,
owing swing on the :fritters beck. Thins be mould stay until
the critter had pitched its self doom and then rids the boei
into VI* raneh p064
1 Tns beet boas T ever rode was Nigger .by, t spoke of
a bit ago. T named his ligor aabby, Nisauss the hose was so
bloc*. 'Te was a will ems and it took me eight months to get
him marking good.but whanbi was shapedtap he wee a groat saddle*
t never did get his to keep from pitohing ono* an4 a while.
seen to take ;Attica* out of pitohing and did it for fun.but
never did so when I was in a pooksts tt always was when we were
ambling along. rigger laby scull suddenly elevate a few tints,.
oha-s its head 'switch its tail ani thou settle down to businele•
That animal finally got to the point where he would
!ome to we fro 71 as far at he could boor no call. the hoes would
raise its head, listen a s000ad and then wpm* a -running as he Tot
up *lose ho would neigh e-, As -learned to know the cow work an
as a man and could work alone. Ai was the most willing and -know.
in hoes r ever rods. le would oatoh on to what was wantd in
just one or two triel And when it winos to ru!ininx- he was fast
and could run all day,
t was pert as a hose buster and a littlo ookky about
it. noredieo hod a blue hoes. they Galled it 11 -to, that Wand
one man and killed another. I oalwAlated that I could rids it and
told the liggua T eould do it. He advised against it, but I went
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to wrowle the beast. That oritter had all the picthing tricks
rolled in oneowlegist as lighten and a fir:titer to boot.
r gA a 1.Dop on him.eaddlad sad mounted him. Ie put
me into a spell and before I *mild got out of Ma way he male
for ma. 1* was standing on his hind legs and Gutting down at
me with his flare feet. !lhe Big.7un was standing by and hollered.
-•nlead that animall limit that beast". r did not need to be told
tf) use my gun. T was fixim! to load him and gave him a 48 ball
batwix the epos to save my
After T quit the Amodio* outfit,t dragged ovni to the
131P" outfittlacuster in Taylor lounty. The outfit was owned by
3.3.11gylor and his brand was load, thus:
On the:1V, T run .into another hose that Game next to
rlIgar lebby.but a yeller station with a brown strip dein his
back and a brow A none anl tail.' pretty fellow, but wild and
,smart. la was so ,smart ha had beat the, !mop. There was c1041-
torpart of hlm on the range that had seat a "ex to the eternal
range while the fellow wne trying to bust, him. The aigA7ua had
let the two hosne alone wanting to save the -1 for breediaw purloes,
One day r was lookinc for a hose to bust and a herd
,an found in a lump a bushes toasted in a sharp bell of the
*reek. The hosses wn'e at thl lb:I:tiler part of' the bend where
thl bank we sheer.
Thor wan only ,le way for those arittare to ,--et away
and that was to pass me.unless they made a 20 foot jump down
that bank. In that -mulch was the yeller oritter and t said
to myself your my meat.
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The twitters made a break to pans me and as they did
emeare4 th yeller bobby. le was trAveliag feet and when he
hit th, end of thI rope my mount was well net and that yeller
La4 hit the ground hard* Tt stayeJ down it enourh for no to
put my bandanna over his eyes for a blind and also t anubed
the boss* 'hen the %ono got to it!, feetsr put the tree on his
and turned it loos**
Th-A, WIO 40 hour of steady vto'lliweat 'rho end of that
tine he was pitohd doss gad I rode the oritter into the pen*
The liggua mime to look at the hoes and tboueht it was the one
thnt had a notsh in its tail. n• insisted that T leave the hoes
alone 817t*C.' that horn has killed one man and you'll be the
next if you dont leave it alone'. I went agailet his reluest
sad made one of the best writers on tha outfit,
*Rad Imith was with th-1.731" at the time t wee thlre*
That man t ealoulats as tie best shot r ,ver seen Araw a 1W6 T
have sees his hit runnin,27 rabbits at 60 yards aMi a 58 7Letol
and if he ever miseed no oni iver saw him do it.
HO plueed an 'alias at 160 yards with a 58 gas.
hod plamb mienel t .1) ehoto
A banoh of radians stole lb head of Gatti* from to
inT# 14 trailed them to a week and saw them on the tudder
bank. T. fired and missed -qpd throw down on him and made a .ond
radian out of that fellow then and there. The boys went col and
,70t th attte sal same of the tedians.
Prom the %TM" utftt r dragged over to thellpf
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o.4tfit, owned by Yd Collins. It was a hoss outN.t when Joined,
but they ohan-ed itilover to .e ems th,*years ThoWLI out—
fit was rotate* in ?el° 'Unto lounty.
nurinr my stay on the 'lint t met pp_ with several
7elps of rustlers. (11 the lmer fork of the rrinity.about 300
yards above where the "ort rorth water works is now lowited, three
run era were neturlis40. They were (taught with a bunoh of 'fl'
critters rhat happned in 1874,or 77• the sheriff came end
out them down.
"A women.whetenele I forgat, that was widow and lived
lb miles 'outh of lort loSth, ltst some twitters to rustlers.
party of cowhendo took up the troll for her, lest of rort
"!orth. the rustlers split into three bunohes and we did the gam*.
Three of the bunoh were °aught up with on tie line of renton and
-'arrant lounties. nen that rustlers left there they were tnewelos
in- feet first. The Sheriff found one of the three with s stiorts
toil stiokinfo in his month,
r stayed with the '171 outfit 12 months then dragged
baek to the '?oredimit °Ant.
I dont want to leavy th/ idea thlt we cow heads did
not have 2,114, fun alon,7 with thy toAeh tiles. t'n the brLoe
t-utfit we spent most of our sp3re tile practioing shootin,
ropinr7. riding and hiriVitig, oonteet that were in a friendly way,
but for Mood. ometi'es the oontest would b;atetwis hands of
diAberent outflt#0 Neer the ‘4.)reclioe ranch we the old 101
outfit and often sontest betwis the hands of the two outfits
would be held.
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lrloger in the anntest them larle. at Cr% -ortha lob Carter
took it from me. "Ts then went ti% Corals's* sad there looms
P:ot tho ohempionship bask. In tho rokin- longer always took
ti* oontsst. 14o did not mar-ro a Lot of jeok,bst had lots of fan.
NO were loarnost in our effort* 0,1 wire put the pcoasure on each
other.
After that rodso trip rimiest to Arkansas and thore
wile% in to business butine tattle. That put an end to my raniv
"0/11TOOr.
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Rangelores
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welter R4OrrisfAalatioliving at 110*
E.Llecond St, Fort werth,Texas, mks born at
Mineola, Wooree., Texas, Map 7,1869. He
began as range career .at U. age of 14.
He worked on the "Red" Collins horse ranch
for a period of 10 months during the years
of 127748, at which time the horse raLch
was transfered frow a. horse ranch to a
cattle ranch. The ranch was located in
Pilo Panto co. During the 10 months, there
were gathered 12,000 heild of wild mustangs.
TheseOlorses were driven from the ronchu.
in herds of about 200 at a time, tol'ortA
Worth, and shipped by rail to various
sections E. of Texas, sold and traded fob
cattle. (This is a supplament to a previous
sikory of his range career)
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"Some time in the early fall of 1877, "Red" Collins met
me in tort Worth, and saids
"'I am hankertg to hire a few extra hands to work on my
hose ranch. am gtthering all,aw hoboes to sell off and put
cows on my rr,Inge. How about you dragging out to mv ranch?'"
"'You've found one of the buckaroos,'" sez I. Waft do
Start?'"
"Soon as you can drag your bones to Pilo Pinto co., and
land at py headquarters near Santo, 1" sea he.
I was on the rail headed for the 0.1161 range within an
hour. When I landed there the hands were just get4ng lined up
t. start fixing things for the rounding up of this hoases.
"The country is a rough and rollinc territory. It contains
big and small hills, ravins, draws and vallys. Moat of it is covered
with small timber and the Es4asos River crosses the region.
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"To catch these wild bosses in that section, called for
heaps f riIng and work. These bosses used their conk for other
puroses than hunting grass and water. They were wise to the ways
of man, and reoorteti to cunning tactIcs to evade being caught. In
additaon, they were sure footed and had the staying qualities when
it cable to running. Putting the wild hoes in this rough and brushy
counvy, you can gitlias what a job we had be deal with.
"To catch a fey i of these rild hoses, e trap wes.not used,
because the noses could be caught about as quickly as ono,could
build a trap. Athout a trap, we would ran the critters till
they were tuckered out. Five or six waddies would spell e ch other
and each ride au hour or so at one time. This way we would keep the
mustangs on the run'and in a d4y or two the animals would be so
tuckered we could, with a fresh hose, ride close enouch to throw
a loop on them.
"vhen there is 100 or more bosses to catch, building a trap
is worth while Collins had several thousand tA catch that carried
his0.7BC0 brand, a L he Wa3 going to clean out his hoes herd. He
reckoned there was several thousand, but was not certaili about the
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number. To catch this number a large trap was necessary.
"A herd of 1u0 or more houses will always be split up into
small herds crafts 24) to around 50 animals consisting of one
fluid, about 2:; mares and young stock,. Th01111011 tardswill be
found gnat,* clustered together, separated from the other clusters.
"When a rider drives up to a cluster, the herd will tat out.
A mare will run in the lead, followed by the rest with the stallion
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in the /n the event the rider euts close, which is seldom
p.asible Tailless the herd has Mu a longchaee, .the stud will try to
put up a fight to' keep tLe rider away from the mares. The rest of
the herd will continue to run while the stud is fighting their battle
alone. Thc, stud will try and lead the rider away from the herd. In
hoes society, the stud is the guardian oc his herd. Wee when the
'herd is .grazing the stud locates himself at some high where
he has a view of the surroundings, and there stand watch. Let
something he calculates to be an'enexy approach and you will bear
him neigher. When he does, the heed takes off pronto*
"Four or five riders can flank a herd and bead it in the iesire
ed direction. Because, these animals eeuld be flanked and headed in
a certain direction, we could head the animals into a trap.
"A trap is a corral with wings run ing out froM it in 4 V
shape. We built a lagre colonial with wing: extending out about a
mile or more, and the °utter spread of the wings was abut one mile_
wide. The corral was uilt of poles, set in the ground upright and
a out six inches apart. The wings waist: rail fence*
'sow a bunch of bosses were beaded in between the wings one
rider could fiLish the drive into the corral. When the animals were
inside of the corral, we oiOsed the gate and there we could easily
rope the. anit)ala nnd do the necessary lork of getting the bosses
ready for the trail*
"vie would locate a cluster and circle the bunch to get it
between us and the outer part of the wings, then ride tord4 the
herd. A couple riders would ride at the side of the animals but
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only close enough to keep the hoseheaded our way.
"At the start of our c(4,,ralling we corralled two to three
clustecs each day, but toward the Amilt part of the work, when the
herd was being reduced $o a row, the job was tougher. the herds
were harder to locate and more wise, because of the cohstant orking
we gave them.
After the critters were in the corral, we roped them, hobbled
and put a hackamoro on *aft hoes. The hobble was to keep the animal
rrom runnilic EinA the hacknmore was used to tie to for leadinc urpose.
"NON of the hoses wore ridden, All were sold unbroken.
"We tied four or five together those would be tied to a
tame hose. 4 would leave the tar,* critter with its bunch of wild
hostes in the corral for a halt Vamp During this time, the wild
x44MAL critters would learn to trail with themblicr animal. Following
this welt, the animals were ready to be trailed to Fort Worth.
"ONe.waddytemett; mounted, would lead four or five of the
tame animals with thier tied bunch. These wild houses wore litaded
into cars at tort Worth and shipped to various points in idn'IMiasst
Tenn., and other Southeastern, points.
"The animals sold for ablut $16. on an averrg•
"uhen we htd the range cleared, the count showed we had shipped
12,000 /losses from off Collins' range.
"Red Collins put the money he received from the sale of those
ho ass into cattle. no bo.ght young cows and steers as the starting
herd for his ranch.
From his boss sales and tradosobilliao was alai to obtain
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a hard of 10,00 cattle
"The dattle were bought at various point llome were shipped
t3 tort Worth, by rail and from there driven to Pilo Pinto co.,
and otherst were driven from the plad. of purchase.
to
"The pri,,cipal reason whightliesdCiselinsaade the *hang'
from a cattle to a boss ranch was the building of a railroad into
Fort 'Aorth, which established Port Worth as a marketing place for
cattle.
"At the ti4 Collins was shipping hia houses' it was reckoned
the number via* the greatest shipped off of any one hose ranch.