The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 48, July 1944 - April, 1945 Page: 100
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
John V. Haggard, who was translator of the Bexar Archives
before he entered military service, was promoted to Captain
on April 26. Haggard is serving in the Signal Corps and may
be addressed at Box 1124, Central Station, Arlington, Virginia.
The receipt of a Scrapbook of Young County: A Pictorial
History, which was issued by Young County Federation of
Women's Clubs in 1938 and edited by Mrs. C. F. Marshall of
Graham, Texas, impresses me with how fugitive Texas county
history items really are. This item was not in any library from
which I drew information for Texas County Histories: A
Bibliography and was therefore overlooked and not entered.
The book is packed with information on Young County and must
contain approximately one thousand pictures. Among the pic-
tures is one of L. W. Kemp, president of the Association. It is
also pointed out that two presidents of The University of Texas
were reared in Eliasville: the late Harry Yandell Benedict and
Dr. Homer Price Rainey. Miss Lucille Gay contributed materially
to the photographic section of the book.
The Baker family is well known in connection with the
history of cattle in Texas. The following note was written by
W. H. Roberts of Llano, Texas, a nephew of Captain Dan
Roberts of Texas Ranger fame. Mr. Roberts himself had an
interesting period of service with the Rangers in the early
eighties.
James H. Baker, one of Sam Houston's men, moved a young family
to Bastrop County in the early forties and engaged in the ranching
business, raising horses and cattle. Later he settled on Onion Creek, in
Travis County, Texas. He did not live long. He was a wealthy man.
To use his wife's brief description of his career, he never touched any-
thing that did not make him money. He owned quite a lot of negro slaves
and his herd of cattle grew extensively in a few years. This all hap-
pened before the Rebellion. He was given a grant of land for his seventeen
months services with Sam Houston. He selected this location on the
San Saba River, now in San Saba County, about eight miles above
the present town of San Saba. In later years this location was known
as "Baker Valley."
In about 1856, after the death of James Baker, his young sons moved
6000 head of the Baker cattle from Travis County to the Baker Valley and
ranched them on the holdings left them by their father. These two
young boys, for such they were, were Jim Baker, Jr., and George Baker.
Neither of them was 21 years old.100
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 48, July 1944 - April, 1945, periodical, 1945; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146055/m1/104/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.