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CATTLE INDUSTRY. 263
Cattle raising got a start in Llano County in
the late 1840s and early 1850s. Operations
were on a small scale until after the Civil
War. Many of the early settlers ran some
cattle but their holdings were rarely large.
Among the early cattlemen of that section
who operated extensively were Matthew Moss,
Bill ano Seth Mabry, Paul Deats, M. C. and
John Oatman Jr., Jim Haynie, E. L. Handy,
T. J. McCnristian, Jim Phillips, Joe Grimes,
Ed Burleson Bud Allen, I. T. Pryor, Ship
Martin. Charles Lehmberg Sr., George Epper-
son, Damon Slator, J. D. and J. M. Slator,
A. F. and C. T. Moss, J. C. Stribling and,
later on, C. E. Shults.
Lack of surface water held back the taking
of much of the lower Trans-Pecos range to a
greater extent perhaps than any other section
of Texas.
Prominent early cattle outfits of that sec-
tion were: Dan Franks, in the 1880s; Charles
Downie, 1881. at one time owning 80,000 sheep
and 20.000 cattle; the Pecos Land and Cattle
Company, 1878, John Doak, 1885; C. Hart,
1895, owning at one time 1.000 sections of
land; the Big Canyon Ranch, established by
Andrew and J. J. Dull. The late Joe Kerr,
in recent years one of the larger landowners.
did not arrive until 1901.
Francis Rooney, George M. Frazier, Peter
Gallaher. Joseph Frelander and Caezario Tor-
res wei e pioneer settlers and early cowmen
of the Fort Stockton country. Rooney. who
later had extensive holdings, and several
others, came in about 1868.
The Elsinore Cattle Company in Pecos
County was established in 1886 by J. S. Lock-
wood.
Lower Sabine.Neches Area.
The first brand recorded In Jefferson Coun-
ty was by Lena Runnels in 1836. though
ranches had been established several years
earlier. Then followed I in alphabetical order)
the recording of the brands of Ashworth. 1837;
Tanas Arceneaux, 1866: Charles H. Arceneaux,
1876. Sevennie Broussard, 1846; Emile Brous-
sard, 1847; Felix Broussard. 1864; Moise
Broussard. 1860; Mana Broussard, 1868; David
Burrell, 1841: Frank Burrell, 1862; J. Burrell,
1876; W. E. Cotton, 1842; Richard Coward,
1846; John J. French, 1840: Oscar Galiler,
1886: David Harman, 1837; Joseph Hebert,
1842; Martin Hebert, 1847: Matilda Hamp-
shire, 139: Levi Hillebrandt, 1840; Robert
Hillebrandt, 1840; Valentine Hargrove, 1847;
James Jacwson, 1847; James Kendall, 1849;
T. H. L angham, 1879; Henry Langham, 1886;
William McFaddin. 1847; J. A. McFadden,
later et Victoria. 1840; Rachel McFaddin,
1842: Lillian S. McFadden, 1878: W. P. H.
McFadden. 1891; John Pevitot, 1844; Francois
Revier, 1851: Margaret Spell, 1846; John
Sparks. 1847; John Stephenson, 1837: Elizan
Stephenson. 1841; Sarah Walker, 1851; Alex-
ander Weed, 1847; George Wilkinson. 1847.
and many others whose descendants are still
ldentlfted with the cattle business of that era.
Many of tie fatsmilies of French descent
came in from Louisiana and have been ranch-
ing along, the Gulf Coast from the Louisiana
line tc Galveston Bay for over 100 years-
such as the Heberts, Broussards, Landrys.
Arceneauxs and others.
Fort Worth Area.
West and north of Fort Worth was a great
ranching area that produced many of the men
who made the Texas cattle Industry world
famous.
The present Texas and Southwestern Cattle
Raisers Association was founded at Graham
in 1877. largely by C. L. Carter and C. C.
Slaughter of Palo Pinto County. and J. C.
Lovirng of Jack County. With the exception of
one year. Carter was its president until his
death in 188!. Slaughter was at the helm in
1886. Loving, a son of Oliver Loving, who waskilled by Indians on the Pecos in 1867, was
its secretary from 1877 until his death in 1906.
S. B. Burnett of Fort Worth was in Denton
County with nis father in 1859. He moved his
cattle to Wicnita County in 1875 and acquired
large holdings. in late years in Wichita. King,
Carson and Hutchinson Counties. His "6666"
brand was on some cattle he bought in 1871
trom Frank Crowley. From the early 1880s
until the early 1900s, along with E. C. and
J. D. Sugg, D. Waggoner and Son, (W. T.)
and C. T. Herring and others, he grazed thou-
sands of cattle on the Comanche-Klowa reser-
vatnn in Southwest Oklahoma. A son. Tom L.
Burnett. ran the eider Burnett's operations
for many years before acquiring large ranch
acreages of his own near Iowa Park and in
Foard and hardeman Counties.
D. Waggoner and Son (W. T.) built up
large holdings from a small beginning in Wise
County. They moved to the Little Wichita in
1869 and started buying land. Their "Three
D" range is in Wilbarger, Baylor, Archer,
Knox. Foard and Wichita Counties and in
New Mexico. W. T. Waggoner and Sons built
the Arlington Downs race track between Fort
Worth and Dallas.
Halsells and Swensons.
Glenn and W. E. Halsell, originally of Wise
County. first established ranches in partner-
ship in Clay. Jack. King, Knox and Foard
Counties. W. E. Halsell later had large
ranches near the present Tulsa. Okla.. and the
"Mashed O" In Lamb and Bailey Counties.
the latter being part of the old "XIT" Ranch.
Swenson Brothers (E.P. and S.A.) started
the "SMS" brand in 1883 on land around
Stamtord whirh their father. S. M. Swenson,
had acouired shortly after the Civil War. This
firm developed an early mall-order business
for feecer calves and yearlings first under
the management ot Frank S. Hastings. This
practice ha, been continued under the man-
agement of A. J. Swenson and Sons. relatives
of the owners. Among the purchases made in
building up this ranch was that of the old
"Spur" land in 1907. The Swenson Land and
Cattle Company range now embraces about
350.000 acres in King. Dickens. Kent. Jones,
Haskell, Throckmos ton. Garza. Stonewall,
Motley. Crosby. Cottle and Baylor Counties.
Reynolds Interests.
George T., W. D., B. F., Glenn and P. W.
Reynolds, brothers, began a memorable career
in thf cattle business after their father lo-
cated i Throckmnorton County in 1866. They
drove tre trails, operated out of Los Animas,
Colo.. and in 1877 ranched in the Panhandle
before George T. and W. D. Reynolds formed
the Reynolds Cattle Company and W. D.
Reynolds and sons formed the W. D. Reynolds
Trust Eacr. outfit owns a large ranch In the
Davis Mountains country. They also had land
in Throckmorton. Haskell, Shackelford. Bor-
den ana Scurry Counties.
D. B. Gardner and J. W. Godwin bought the
"Pitchfork" holdings of Powers and Savage
in King and Dickens Counties in 1882. The
next year E. F. Williams bought the Godwin
interests. Gardner managed this ranch for
forty-six years, until his death in 1929.
Other operations in these areas deserving
mention were those of John N. Simpson, early
president of the present State Fair of Texas,
in Bayl-i and Throckmorton Counties in 1881,
then Taylo, County. on the Pecos. and with
W. E. Hughes and John W. Buster estab-
lished the "Mill Iron" ranch in Hall. Motley,
Childress and Collingsworth Counties and in
Montana and the Dakotas; White and Swear-
ingen of the "OX," bought from Alfred. S. C.
and J. Forsythe In Childress. Hardeman and
Cottle Counties; the "Moon" Ranch of W. Q.
Richards, established in 1878 by Charles Can-
non, which had several owners; E. 8. and
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