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.00)thier..4holtiel0
:flolore.
arran! Co4Aotli,
'24247 fi
Pere
ey.70 seetelivinp it 1111
Au)S bora in Arerenee oo,2enns,
pre0i-1 omen, of the Civil us?.
HO ha0,17 eSatine hie are for
several g he states,becans of the
belief tshould set thenk Poout
His father ti y,van n prceporous'
plqntati s3 a aeos man otter t:1
the 01011 lest he Oust:wen durinr the
wtir ea* SS lusioa his finance an in
a deetituS0 óMjtton. -The .1 toy family
miprated to. in 18,4 They traveled
by train ad thence by Swain and
team SO flU Jam00141111ey located
his feat ,ei tract of land ,iOltuated about
18 0410e if ts arasea z.iver. he ..,11esh
oneaAed in ine and run cattle ‘n
rd Ailey nsoieted hit
ONO 'bolt 18 plasm old end
co ef-bls ors dealL,p in.
r0400 he loot his mutineer
th open
f.,ther it;
then ealte
cattle emS
th.ciaa the JOillie or tau end then cent tr)
-*TWAIN, MO S00% charge of establishInr a
runcb in WW1 SO.for Mdmonecn. "a laIer
€IE3 tabtjoltSá$ OSeOb fare of his own and
fif' fftleetaSe businses and
hrisfUoe leetate basinone_arrins
-in later ~to
StioriPit, %NINO 1 Igt, follec;s:
"Ity frah0 Wee of Tenn.. .nd lived in Tazemuce co,
at which p oco'Ittes: 414 3e ardine the time T,4t1. born or my
af•e.1 h ve for it iii. refrained frGm mentionine Hobe
cause i do not want to s reminded c netntitly about bon p oedir
"14 fothorte.1100OVwee James Dipiilley. O owned nd
cvler.tee planisti000,10e,w s eaguiped in vilveree other -kinds
of wetness.
-Ai tbe.eolmOOOOMMat of the Civil ':-.ar.he wat, ratA-as a
wealthy raknuout et thaT4oaclusion of the hay he iris a financiftl
wronk,us manj other.ts Ibe outhe i6tatee ter*. lie concluded
„inuthior..Jheldon
.,inpetore.
re.int W3, Diett7
eve ;4'2
240
to trg and rehabiliate hit fir4ancial nosition in Texas and
mimted to the tate in 1877. Lie trr,veled to DallOS Texas,
traino.hich w -s the on ni the retiree& co mr a peeednrer
uo.viee t thnt date. The ra:road had entered kOrt knotb,
veveral nthe prior 'to our arrivelout brick in ‘enn.,tickete
wore not ro d inc sj polat begond Deltas.
";from iellne we traveled ovorland.in n covered wne n.nallod.
Ug 6 to -la e to All co, Texas,whern mg fnther neenti,nted for
a it at of turd. On this land we °stabile od a home and eneoped
in f mine Also ranped a few cattle on tho en a -life*
main Pieter wtlic or:flood fat or to settle in flit So,
welz; th t a colony of l'enn..folke worn located tveeop
"At the t mo of ur arrival "ill (oohed a fet sottl-mets
mittadmomm uhich uerealr tt-e most part,along streams of water
afid ne r timber brakes. The prairie or unlands teee open ranee,
i which romped :;.ando of cattle*
neather followed the'system vaAch the maj ritg of ths
settlers adootod for makine a livelihood and thnt une
un a herd of cattle. Uo deltnd the Ormd of '•Ve and turned
hi u otock locale to ranee zith te hunderde of .Aher ranimals in
the section of our landso location:
"fothor hired two eorthfinde ,13'theg .rad I rode thn range
lopt a cort f peneral wnteh over the hredywich ve -did in
oo oforat'on with tt,3 other ranche,13 of the territory. he
ranchers torked tn./tether attendinp to the wattle on the .-anee,
aloe doing the rouadun lork•
"kether-4r °tad r t nf tie cyttendin-
thn developpL...-
%!rauthior.oheldon E.
.angol,re.
.arrant
furm -rah attend U: to the crOPC.
"140 weero'comp,4104 ond did,live off .o
ovideds bat in. to erkyowe 1 ved from he prod
thd wild vmeitch eLe there in netindanoe. It
table Out A.1d_vme woe eo plentiful thot the.
our crops. *iesof k.ouree,had the Ill
out the deer and otbore boaA1.but the wild few
co -e vith. eor inetaitceour irot
brv-ovised °rib. 4ie crib vinc• b-ilt of rails a
'tot eiX feet hi hOlit hed r -of. It war a
corn end 'Keep the etnok fr m rettinr to It. We
chickeno came to th-t crib V the thoneztndo wtd.
corn .74fht4i, fact* 48 wore comp-llod to place a
crib. I killed meal pcalrie chickens ;Ath rt cl
to Vv7 crib.
"v4Ild t,;rkey were anothor wild whi
to the crops and compelled US to fight off.
f! as fqod in concerned- no one or
in wIlt c';'' it.. All th- settlers had to do in e
and famity n food one to raise some corn,wheat;
The wheat we t ok to the local Comm miller whe-
wore evlund and the pa- for the Prinding zoe a
"1 speak obott tho local-millerebut our
-diet,Alce of 18 imilee,however,- euch Axtencee %,(3
thooS days. A trip to t 0mt was a Whole dew,
made 1! trip to tho Mitl 7e started before .jlti
tom ablo_to fvmplet the round t p by sundown
Liege w3
FC4040
what naturo
e of the farm
seem Inc edi.
in le were
fenced to keep
are hard to
1 -cad in an
the wane wer,
aCC t -nt the
the prairie
re pettier the
ove n the
011ch came
VieN, t =MC
led about beinp
uring thomvotvee
vepetables.
'the pr'ine
rt of th,. grist.
11 or wae off
o convidered local
e jAh, hen we
ht n4 at timee
d a° other times
othier..holdnn
elore•
.nrrorat
Tlase
IC 401
;e 1.ould ct r.:1*r:ve home ..:.til aft°, dark. ho Cue we NV spent
gettinr a trivt donended on the nw'ber of people ahead of us
at the mill. '.;hero were alio s lore or esti ouetnmers welting
Lor their grist and 8.0)1 hnd to wilt their turn tn be seved.
"Ihen to had raised out first crop and bepqn.toloke
grist to he mill I was 'Nat a goune led,but old eir•th to be
depended unon to drive V,* team and attendto f-ettin: ti;o5 rrIst.
mj first trip to. the mill alone,1 had. mg first introduction
t, one .of tW 4exas customs of those dive*
"I started an hour before sanur,fio usuel,when 7.ninr to the
milt. I had -lade a enuyae tripe with f-;.ther aNd knet there was
-expellent fiehtmr in the drawn Aver,on lich'streum the mill
woe.. locnt:d. Therofore, we anxicc,e to make rood time Rolm,
.so wotAd.htiv plenty of time to-fiehvbefore or after I reeeiTe
ed mg grist* about six miles from our home %%as a patch
lode. The rond..throlArh the woods tvicted end turned back a_d
loAh bbtimeou the trees. just before I arrIved at the t ode
dectro to c-tnap came on me 7.nd when I rewchcd tho timer 7was
dozing. I' ems awoko suddenly b, tM twlm shginr off tfs road.
I reined the team Jack to the Send immediately end then looked
to find whit caused tre.tenmit, action. -There nt the side of the
lad vie a. m n bovine. frnp a tree: at thn-end of a not rope. Tho
toleht nt the end of tho rope waived it to untwistens a
Ae zi'l do until 7t is ert ipletelg stretched.
ell, when I cols up to this.then,pold t sen the r,pe
stlmpletely stotamd andithorefore the man was
.,nd and round and round Gioia,
4authioripholdon Prig,' 116
iin,etore. PC 240
Tarrant t-os.,1ut,.1-1
"As .,,cu knci thorn aro certain things which hnroons-during
()note life which registers mobs strew]; on c porsons mind
than (Abort'. 14)11, thic eirht at the earll of a soring
Morning it etill with me and I can _visualise the b4ly easily
anii eon the follow 9lain RP I did th!,it morning ligie at this 1
minute pcing round and round.
"When I eaw the men 1" loet no timr, in Ivhir inp no the team
to pet owe," from th.e sot f looked back two, or thre, Union and
tho nan an.e °till goinp round and round. I kept whip ing n7 the
horpos ar,d rk; hat b-ok on mg hoed when mg hair raised it
A' T y Filial. I finally /opt Wrht of to ran roinr r,und and
hair
round and than my/Pebbled so I could give all mj time to driving
which t did to get o -t of the woods.
"I had not traveled far until I ft ard huann vf)ices off a
dist%noes Just as I armed out of the timber I eightod i pnrty
of mountmi AIMM ouid riftvA they sighted. m0 they strted to ride
towords no. iihint we met I roconised o?,14 one of the in and he
vas ono of our neirors. He spoke to as nnd arked:
"Did ;,,,on'oeo any i06y on your any tp this
'Yeet'ol wemere4,1I enw-a an heinelne at the end of a
vçu4with his fOet eqout ii inchen frrm tho ground and he.wen
'sg round and round".
"rho onokonlaa smilod a little f.'t 'ng reqqrke nnl replied
all you wri' told him I hnd seen n thing or any
.t on with nw grit and was fortunate in Ulm' ',no
at'tto mill th-t day and so sir s rved fr,rly. I did
0 uth,er. heldo_1„
Aqnpolorey
%-flierrint Co,Dist„.
Pap,. 16
,C 240
not remoiln to fish that .iny„beenuse wit anxious to pass the
tree where the man twas going round nnd roundobefore dark set in.
liowever, when I arrived at the spot thorn was no sign of the
man go;ne r-mnd and round.
"'ate men which vent round nnd round,I learned °nem/Iran,
es proven guilt:, of stealing hoseestbx thorn Olom 1 mot thf,t
morn1ng.
"Am ng our ereatost troubles wore fiphtinr rustlere. 40
oould.handle the wattle drifts durine and borers et rms„r a
stemoede,but the rustlers presented sa problem v.hieh 11,10 dangerous
to handle also (mused cons!Urable loss.
"Horses v.ere the ani-tnls ritich the rustlers stole firstly
durinp the A.rst few ,',Fenrs after we earns to Texas. At thn time
it wt,o not necessary to steal oettle,becaure there still existed
aree umbers of Javericks and if 'no wanted cattle the ,-7itters
ld be obtninod on the r nes. Aft -r the Ravericks 4 eappeared
t1;en ru.tline of cattle beowle a reootIOn of rimr0 lel-sons for
n 1.4111e.
"Horne t;ten ing continued to be ft Ole proble.1 so long
aL, heroes v;ere rnleod on tho range. .Horees %Nov, hind ee saltier
in uriving off of the range and the ante o. the amimals could
be found in manj more places. A horee thief could drive a number
of horseu off about as fast as Pies cr7.Ad be trailed. hereof to,
if a thief tem had n dnye start, he war hard to catch.
"etc ion ho-ses wore driven to 41w.Tomiu. ales., and irk.,
whorr 1armin was more extensively atestopodend at those Places
F
lithier.-4.iheidon ki
ngelo:-0..
raat Co.,«;01etop
:Vigo 7
rC 4C
sold. .1:110 thief could drop into say forminr.eteolemerat and find
a market -for tAlms nf the horses.,
".4arstline becollo to nrevalent .or a tine thmt r*Anohers
adoptodina4 organised the -r ow moans or combating he menace.
It became necessary frAlt the rnohers.to deal directly with the
ruotiersebooauve th<i. law enforeevnt offieele.eero :Jot moettnetho
menace and deprodations of the rustlore: l n eons •netInce the
of7loals vor ooreoed into refrainne from adegnately,dealing
with the steallar and in a few inetancot the °Maple r,orn in.
v ivied with the rustlera•
On the '..:rinity ‘;reek bottom,Ma. of 4ranview there now
is stifl. stundinc un Onk tree which•ore ke onnrt bputle -nd temple
,f Nuitioe Iseod by thn cc-!lwtoo of nchere, who inf reed their
'..he tree le n lnrgo one fu0 durinf Ito early period of -roeth
it was bent ot4t of It normal ,l,f,sit'ono he tree prow in a olmntm
trip position irid ono special -taib extende out In a ntralpIlt lovel
with to grenade i'uring 'rle two year period k.now of 11 men
vhom were Me vod citisons hani,inp at the. 'r f a rope from
tal-A strAght limb ip The 11 hanged flen were the reculte of 58
trials hetd-under to tree.
ibe rooulte of the trl.e hold nder thie tole of jt.ettr
vrIrlod. iaomo of the accused wore found no -I t).some
oAeied to leave to co atry 2nd tlime were riven naother chat:zee,
with a aar-ino Lc, netbQoaa Worn the o ---tgettee arsla accused of
being nixed in any metil-A.
al them, tr1t.11a one 71an'set as Nape*, "Itnore vet*
heard for and-tt alet the st tJoodg, After all the testimony wee
Qautblerviiheleon
-gangelere.
teresnt Geo.
41470 A
AO
prieented the veddict rostOted iro a vote of the', nombero r tr)
eOmmettoa preellt. J1III OTT lde me the luepe v,ho ent durIng
the triale the bb mon of whom I speak.
"In '.iherrlan ri.cr7no, there in nn 4 t.roe still stl)Alw
which hat, a record of furniehinr the 7Amb from which U6 rz v4lre
beagedothat is the tree.w-c etaedlng,a jour ape.
atij men took edvant p. et the .-.-nr1.144on
x1tthc '-n
the settle rtrpo f:41ownp. the Civil Viernn g thorod n herd rf
.-eottle from anbrn.dod cattle Which rnn tho ronge Thnip lc ion
104 into trouble which -eanit.ld in shooti:,g naw t O.
1e rnaeo :yt,Ainod thane,%de of .41brfedoil cattle
pore
I got attended to drinr, tho war. for v-rious re,A, ru. i -n- the
'reasons vere lock of en to do .ork and no market. ao .oelern1
Arley. hed.c(!ntrol of the g',141sieellpiltiver end tho "exp:.,E1 t,cherc
could Alt ClOteeverethe cattle to the'onfederte rm7 -11 to
impaist4n L.of the .41eviecio 4 giver. Thorefre, crAtle
Od by the then VG mang were not -branded. 44) wh• m pqr-
tionlar critter belo,e gor weeti n impeerible to n
rancher
the rule followed r.-41 each/ put hie bo:11 -n the animni nd
on the rams with hie Elttlir. he l'iandine. of Agiverievs 00c-:10
a DusLmessoater the cattle market war. provided,v,hich Vtin!ls,
led -to trouule wbecanse come ranchero conviderod Fteslinp o t'o'
or4t ore Finn takinc OlAcew
"I shall *elate an incident which in tntCit of
branding bueinees- wieting dnriflc. that time.
aA. jounr fellow,who wee captain n tllo ;onfeder o ,rnj,
thier.ohelJon
:.aneolOre.
Coviiistea7
Page AO
"Thi co!Amet oe et •rted for t I' np fellow rach (forty
of the rx1rning apreed cvl fir holdi2v t?v, partge All the plembero
of the party wera inthuolootio at t_o °tart of the ttipsbut
!MIA riding tof1rd ty rnnoh tho- l':,otioe of -their act tr :Wed
DOM of the qoLahOre of tho rowtg. The oz o moct yorl000lg trouoted
at tho.unolo of Dv Chao larrio. ton tho port stoppod at n
otreom to at tol!7 unc7,e6 argued,ith do Ut,
ivy) t t43 Oulltioe of the p-trtyto p-rpooet000t the. mojo-it2; o42 tes
inelOtod on oarrgimp out theer parpoee.
maroon,/ At noon Ann the pit; oto pq fo: feedinparrioevi
nrain brow. t ty the lueotion,otill tto mvjoritrincivted
oa holdinp tho paned,bot ehoved pone ,4eakneees, 4 -ho
part/ (ootinued on ntil the. c..t'rivd at tho entvoce of tho_
mulch headlOvrtero and theft to/ otorpod for ft final parlmy.
AnrA.ege uncle ngoin argued againct s rope oartg -tnd prodiontod
olo oopition o tho f-,ct thot the you -ollov.vos doinp noth.
Lnr qut vhot each rf the orrraottee bad done qnd mnild.do
Ant the only difference botveon tho ex-Wodier and them ,reeonte
tIvit the younp to 1o: vent obout the mark in a eyetomized
ond hoineor vogond rrir' tnA.nf! ra MI ;avertelts ff ts the mnP.0.
gh it the nflootIon to each non o4o,A 7.10hher or not he had 5rando
Anvortokew Aaoh man ndmittod to doinp no. he pnrtg ended
v,lth all npreeiw tht tho y‘trttn- fellow 12A showed moro mmwg
and. hosinoso ,venoe-than any memboi7 ol tho co mottos. 'he prty
nil reo;ned bome and the the ;loon, fellow wl n -t orovented
.1rom aeoomlne ono of th .0adim- onttlemon ot
"To Illnotrate the choractenetios developed in the early
4authier.dheldon
4tttlore.
1rrant Co„Uist,.:7
Page f11
Ft 140
settlers of iixise,wh zero due to varied conditions r.hich they
were compelled to co nd with„I shall mention a incident relating
to the oltbseellence ,aetinit fencing land.
"About tho fi t :once put up in the 3L11 and Johnson
counties section of lto rangeouno built by a rsi,n awed pool. He
4
was related to emlotrner Sall of Tenn., The kenoe we built
X
dv,ring the later pt:rtof the ?Ws and vas placed ground a tr'et
land about 12 mila, boa. of 4;lerburne. Pert of that feriae is
rtill visible.
th
team, *as c moleted,the geed citizens decided
tfrit in the 7ntrest 4, the ::oantry's- welfare thq fenoe'shou d
oe destroyed and thatthe fed and honact citizens did.
sue 4.sr.y a violation of th,1 law and ftol filed
charges of malickms4respees,Walicious festruution of nro'srty
and,#Aluo„ filed a c141 snit for da,Inges seainst them Wto engaged
in tho act.
'Ale ease carnation foc trial before a „Ivry of good and honest
citizens. .4410 Ovid e vas heard and the defe-denrs were szomerat.
ed. amp *hole defen segurnent u.-45 prediceted on the contention
that the accused sot for the good of the country in ovolnting
the range from beim- estrcood throdgh fencing it. And,not rith.
standing the laulitirObrnetanoes alters itu apPlication and destrao.
4
/10n of a fence to esierve the range testified the defeWante
act. do, the lury e floc In a court of law t:rned It into a
court of equity and ,st-fiod the act.
"..he fact 1 -tt nolo t,f the accused &mired to cuuce Pool
Ganthie -h
".3algelort•
.urrant n Apt,„7
rn e fit
PC 240
ary daai7e,eut committed the sot as a notIce to all people th&t
tic ra've must rowan free.
-Bewevec, it v:as not long after a practical fence was
placw -n th marketontil the reign range. disannearedebnt there
is a i7reflt deal of fence cuttingonw in nome instuncee blood
criltedwbefore the fencers on their fight for a right to feriae
their land.
"Too men.one nannd Glidden and the other .411mardseveri the
first men to plies a preotical wire for fent!na on 4he mc-.- et and
they mate millions out of nuriplyine.the demand for rcli with which
to 'IMO(' -,exaS•
,"The first no c.tled lire fonds 41Alt in lexas vat bnilt
Dj .ufue iiinpotiner of the famous King ranch befe7o his death,
which fence an bAlt oometie Not prior t the avil nr. 3 me
cis the fence caa be neon on tho anch at -Vf.la time. 'he
tire used wee chipped to this country fiNk 4nplands It camn by
ont to the A.r)ges place. .The bost anchored in the !Ind the
'Lire woc loaded on 4. aarge. and -floated to- the .land,
"The lead bj Zing wal not revAl tireOut woo a flat
metal- strand eeout 111(11 vide witheilt bnrbs., ,:he vire vas- run
thrty,gh heAes which wore bored in .the poet -d not f'steed .41th
:staples #143 wire is f3stened- to the poet tedays That fencing mnterial
as too expo,isive for practical use mod the x.ing fence was about
thn only roce put up of tat nature,
"The next step in the prodction f vire for fencing parpose
tea the flat stninde twitted acid babe nlacnd at short int •rv-:Iss
Ault tire rove verj cingereue t- coittip,becorles of its cutting
;•auttler.helden ge
ilangolore. FC 40
Torrev,t
q-alities and soon becwo in dims*. Then followed the round.
strands of ttc tires twisted as it is todadebut Ithout barbs
and then the borbe,4as placed botaoen the strangle a! we see it
today. This later nire was the sudden und Ldtarde ire and
it mat the fencing needs staisfact-ry. Thor. was toms of Lit
used after it surviveo the tire cutter,.
1 recall an incident thloh t at place in AiverGdO.
Johnson colot.hich sho s the intense fooling develonod over fend
ir and tire cutting. A fellow ime "11x-este:I for Axe cutting and
placed In the_Alvaredo e11.• The aiio awbtlilt of lor.s,which
w,Js the wad jail in rnall town ere estat17 built thse days.
The man the hnd his ire cut followed the sheriff to Alvarado
Inc shot the accused nftor he was ,!laced :n all. The shooting
w411 done throurh the crocks of the logs. This,nlvo, chose the
natiirs of sod* of the fomatior jails.
"Ilot, I shell 1.oturn to erittle ra;sing 4, I 2emnined with
mr 1,.Ahor end assisted him with his herd until I nas a Joung.nnt6-
le never e a drive,eizt sold our cattle t drovers ';,ho came
caw through the country gathering cattle from small ranchers,
The drover tould ether cattle until thew had a herd of from 26W
to 3600 head. some of those cattle were sold in Fort torth,aftior
the meat packing Inert:A:ay w established in the city,sone rore
shipped to 4;orthern marketsound some were driven to NoAhern
awes far Jorth at., hn the cattl- tere f,ttenod and then
so 1 d fo beet.
"hen 1 t,s old e -o, h to enrage in buoinass en ny -mno I
'MPV.,tirml.,APIPPONW,1
4authiero4heldon Role fit
4eareloAte Pe.600
Tarr' nt Colei4st
s
sUrted u lorse rtmoh an6 rnn s'few ()retie $r a side line. I
pottered horses,aecnere tho. anlmal is sealer to handUt thus the
cttle. or instAice, cattle mould d.ift a mndred allee or sere
tcom their home range A.0 front of a stros And remain where'thOr
stenpod drifting• Awn a strom dereendt,d the riders would liege
to tido ft end lonc tr-in to hold a herd of cattle and thin
an would r t away. .luring. the ponera toluadup.we frequent',
foaCt Cattle which belongel more. than a hundred mileS easy.
"Horses -will drift to some extent,but riders can held 0
herd of horeals.earily.eumrared with holding cattle. Romeo will
not roam'suay from their bow range so lonr. se thc,re is rfrlenty
of f,rase Und water. If thy do drift.esny before n storm to
fnd o'nelterothe7 cill return to their tango erer tho atom
00$80111
"ho stallion running a harem of mares sill look
after the hordys.n.so 1:.tAtched_the und the rtud ottnd te
th,f rest 1. the herd together and protect it fres
depordatione.., A rtallion. will gathor a herd of 2a to ao
mares. io succoosfuLly h,ndle a hert. of h,rees on the range it
is necessary —to run a atallion witheench Se or 30 mires, Both
stallion will separate its harem from the others and keep his
mares around him. A.th a herd of horses cc little
traaule is elven ki th horsse•
"It may be of intrest to not to diffenence Istfts =tam
of horses nnd cattle raised on the rangeothereforo,I shall spode
of some chbrecteletics.
"The bulls running with a herd of o we will mingle with
4authlor•h-Ad:In
•ngelore•
Turrt,nt co,Diet,w,;-7
aa .1.5
Fe 240
04cb cthor nnd evon ro off In bunches away from th,-, ceue,oseept
daring breedinc seaeonm brc,odinp Beeman Crn wale
ritnritt here and there not pngine ang krticllar nttention to ang
cortain nch of cove• -.41 the other hand tho et9llion will n -t
allow ang other etallion to interfer :ith hie barn.
"It le necem,ry to onctrnte ,J1. male ielte before thn
&Omni muturers vleunag,inorder to have the wommig hors* eem-in
-4th the hord• hen a down horco c cnetrntod tho eta, will not
drive the eninal of, but If w,t,tho wtallion- sill drive the 7ounp
horco asay.fr m the herd about the t:ne it In metl:red casually*
?Lae cf mar lobe d[i Insi th,J, evrlie rolWup v;he lo egotist°
all 'Ialn-c.lte,except a feu we mad lob to nave for brooding purpome.
Thom) colt:: which e saved hod to be herded by thrqrSelves•
'If loft O: i ctud nill merlin vith trmut1lhe
dioe,but when th a;tinl We'll -ma too old to defond'Itralf in a fi.-ht
with some 4,o;Anger et llo .,thoro ic q17,age 7un or et., lion who
dlecevere tto fact IdL 6rivet' the old )07 off. Liod-„each fieht le
ar.lage a vIviaus fight. ,hen an old rind is driven off it will
po -off to Iteef 4nd die„I p-oeumn from a brol'en heart.
A Stallion ic ru:ther conetant it bin harem,b-t will ete.A.
mare ea:i fr-:m another harem if thd orportunity ic vocrntods
"T remained in the hoes beinose until th panic of 1W3
,durinp that busineeb elwan 1 ocwht unnrepared 'unit h.d
:Lacier. out md 04zinesS•
"I pot, mv Jupla-sv aff-1:8 settled by 1t197 !)Ind vent ZIrt
to Solari co, Texans weer. 1 eta. ted a.rnoh for J•lidmencon,am
adoptodtZAI e his- brand•
Ce-uthior.-holien .41p,e416
240
Orr
"At to time I sent 1-aet tho ouratZ7 w 8 14ct petting
IIRee Into cemnties st many Dectionss Darren co, me tt!on
trj.ifir to pet settled o.,tti ocation for its county Peat. he
uor;....tj seat then was at.a place -called. Chicago,but there- wai 7
agitation ft locat-ng it at tommeco. ho qmeetion,as submitted
to a vote und tho 4mesa advordatee s n,in fte of thq fact that
Odoego at thut time V9O the lAreOr plea!). TIOVA,Ver,th man rho
owuod the l'Ald -round Lames offered a lot free to the veterS
in tho event the county:seat rae .located. at Lameaa,n_nd the.P41010.0
of Olicago had no land to offer.
A.thin a year after the toun of :AMIGO was mnde the county
*soatentiout the entire town of Chicago mo-ed to iamosa and now the
tvOn (,f Chicefo is .a ghost town.
Iiret teach iemcea land sus Jim 48r ett !And he woo
elected Ald served au the first Treasure f Da-svIn co,
"I built th,-, first fence n tht seelou f the cGuntry. It
-was locatoc bet -eon tho roilrad and Snider.
"2he cutry was °parcel:, settled at thAt time,but settled
rapidly,. 'bore zee a oock offoohooL and known qc book 97
loes.ed a•of njaer and settler° locatod iu thllt bolsi( bj the
genre. Thic back of territory booamo the first famine community*
WI side of bolck 97 the country a diroted to tattle rang00.
"I open several years ramAinp in that vection and during
rnj i rot fez Jcwir: there the rango became fenoed into separate
ram .do with farms ecnttered throurh out the territory.
-1 nt to'4r-hlm in the eu;1- p. of 1.J-0 91-1: entorod the
horse and mule bu tnossotwonline Mr farriers with uork stook.
jc ArT.r*E.beldpri
ngelore*
Tprrant Co,;tet.o.:7
see 417
i-C 240
"iihilo at 4r%ham I had an experience which I shall ?tante
st it indleaton yew) inform:Alen on the life of the early doyei
'I%urinr the eerij dtra overyb,dy rode or drove 0horce
fee traveling* :he poop e with un-epertine bieidound there wore
mon' of the*, attempted to ivn the fastea horse* A2o (-paid watch
a horse raw, most any- day,if at nome place wix,re people amf.,.erat..
ed* he races wore ran on the strew, of the tons or over a country
traileane geasea*4 to o swatch moos between two hortes*_. Abash
herce would have -more or loss backers and at time co!miderablo
money would change hands as wagers 4
i was living in the-Hill'and Jf.bnson c-untieo
fellow from the ilorth came to the section with seversT hroee
.and settled and settled on a track of land: He oppeord like a
typical farmer and Lent to work breaking pod on his truck* no,
also, would hire out to brfAiit pod for others*
"hls flank.° had ono horse tibiebubould- ran and ho matched
it
against horses of others th,,t thaght they owned a runner* The
iankee too a shseui.raper wul never ire," his 1v)ree ft7,ster than
mom noceseery to win by a close finish* gowever he refueed to
race his horse afainet one borAll in the community which bind the
reputation of beivr tho.factest aatnal in the section* ,he htve
'core cc,nutaatly rAt_ting the iankee Cb ut hie horse being too
slow for the fast animal* :latlione day,while being taunted, by
a crowd of menohe suddenly acted engerly and told the .bo?c to p
put u!, tloir money* A0 told the crowd, th:A he qoald take all thn
tf4Ters they offered an placed money vith a bank,r with which to
011uthler•Shelden e.
,Angelere.
Tar ant CtioDisto.0
Pogo 18
FC £40
cover all off.rs.
ensoof th() town's marobantsowno a thrifty
poison with e lrlrge sum of money poi did money lending. He was
a careful p 'reon with his moneyebnt would alwa.70 tavoet in a
$ure thing. \me saw an opportunity to make owa easy monolog°
1114 a large or against the fankoeso h reg.
"The race woo ran and the boys diecovered that the Yankees
horpe hd lust cantered in the previous races.
"Aoot of the crowd took their defeat IA god graoisbut
Ile, Lune" wee bitter over hip lose.
*%ithin a week follow ng the race a couple .lou were ptFeing
n trewt of law 01 re th- Yankee vas breaking eod and saw hie
paraohornalla scattered in each manner se to Indicate there voliv
some trouble. The men wont to the tanker's Wok tnd found from
the Amy thines appeared th-1 the fellow had not been 3800• for
several WO. oeveral Aegs later basso:de were noticed fling
around a cotton cw,00d grove. In tn000 days vhen.bnawards congoratodo
folks investigated to 'earn if it wee a An r Ivast-th busearda.
were cooperating to feast pd. 8•, tie investigation, reoulted in
finding the body of th ankse hsngin n t!..la end nf a rope. Ile
i.ork homes were tethored_close by and hAl cvisumod all tly, rase
within their rettch.and'were fimished for thicant Of water and feed.
-Tho raoe horse was gona and a'tborough search allelto locate
any of the Ynakeee money. ;he culprit was norer enellended•
"Aori back to iirahanw 411•11 I WOG loorteC at arel!rn It mop
lb genre later and 40Kinney yap elm% located there thon.but had
-4nvtior.;;beldel
anr?eiere.
tarrot L'oopisto.,P7
e tfl9
PC -40
retived from active businece,boceuve of 1 1 health* gig mdnd was
affected mnd the condition was IorefIeselvoliwtich reschia
a otepe thich required eomeone to troop a general match over him
o finully beco-le eo minded that no ono could handle him hut I.
us seemed to h vo confidence in mo and therefore it fell to mj lot
lotw. otter Oc4inney.
"Unitinney bad a Wilma of !ill and Johnson countiee which
had been bliehe ash'rt time and he rould rend tho bertory
constantly. chore unr some mention Of the Yankee's murder end that
1,111 seemed to hold his ittention more than any other part. I be—
came ourioue about the at-ention Acginnej mac pivinp to tho
murder account anA one dag T edged him the folowinf question:
he do gou en'posed killed that ?-.nkeete"
"ildsti;reoho replied with a oeeplesed Loa." There aro
somethinpa in a mans life which to better to remain unsaid".
"I never oreer.id to cinestl.)n f..rtheroocause r was satisfied
14th the answer. I have 'over mentioned thle fact to anyone since
until Ulm time and gou are the first person I have told it to.
XAAney '460 taken to tho insane inatitlition et 4erral emA there
he died.'
"I spent several yeare'in the horse on nules buoineso and
Miring the poet several gears I have delt n the' realestate Waimea.