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Explanatory ...................................................................................................... 1
Organization of The Old Time Trail Drivers’ Association............................... 4
Minutes of The Annual Reunion of The Old Time Trail Drivers’ Assn.,
Held in San Antonio, Texas, September 10th and 11th, 1919 ................ 17
Origin and Close of The Old-time Northern Trail .......................................... 20
The Pumphrey Brothers’ Experience on the Trail. By J. B. Pumphrey,
Taylor, Texas, and R. B. Pumphrey of San Antonio ............................... 26
Dodging Indians near Packsaddle Mountains. By E. A. (Berry)
Robuck, Lockhart, Texas ........................................................................ 32
Fought Indians on the Trail. By Henry Ramsdale, Sabinal, Texas ................ 37
Location of The Old Chisholm Trail. By C. H. Rust, San Angelo, Texas ..... 37
What Has Become of The Old-fashioned Boy? By C. H. Rust, San
Angelo, Texas ......................................................................................... 41
Cyclones, Blizzards, High Water, Stampedes and Indians on the Trail.
By G. H. Mohle, Lockhart, Texas ........................................................... 42
Mistaken for Cole Younger and Arrested. By S. A. Hickock, Karnes
City, Texas .............................................................................................. 45
A Thorny Experience. By. S. A. Brite, Pleasanton, Texas ............................ 47
A Trip to California. By Jeff M. White, Pleasanton, Texas .......................... 48
Raised on the Frontier. By Walter Smith, Del Rio, Texas............................. 52
Drove a Herd over the Trail to California. By W. E. Cureton, Meridian,
Texas ....................................................................................................... 53
Parents Settled in the Republic of Texas. By Joseph S. Cruze, Sr.,
San Antonio, Texas ................................................................................. 57
Coming up the Trail in 1882. By Jack Potter, Kenton, Oklahoma ................ 58
When a Girl Masqueraded as a Cowboy and Spent Four Months on the
Trail. By Samuel Dunn, Houston, San Antonio, Texas ......................... 71
A Trying Trip Alone through the Wilderness. By Samuel Dunn
Houston, San Antonio, Texas ................................................................. 78
First Camp Meeting in Grayson County. By Z. N. Morell ............................ 88
Seven Trips up the Trail. By J. F. Ellison, Fort Cobb, Oklahoma ................. 92
The Old Trailers ............................................................................................. 93
Killing and Capturing Buffalo in Kansas. By M. A. Withers, Lockhart,
Texas ....................................................................................................... 96
On the Trail to Nebraska. By Jeff. D. Farris, Bryan, Texas ........................ 104
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Echoes of the Cattle Trail. By Jerry M. Nance, Kyle, Texas ....................... 105
Reminiscences of Old Trail Driving. By J. M. Hankins, San Antonio,
Texas ....................................................................................................... 111
Got "Wild and Woolly" on the Chisholm Trail. By J. N. Byler,
Dallas, Texas ........................................................................................... 114
With Herds to Colorado and New Mexico. By G. W. Scott of Uvalde,
Texas ....................................................................................................... 115
Recollections of Old Trail Days. By B. A. Borrourn, Del Rio, Texas ........ 117
High-heeled Boots and Striped Breeches. By G. O. Burrows, Del Rio,
Texas ....................................................................................................... 120
Sixty Years in Texas. By William J. Bennett, Pearsall, Texas .................... 121
The Good Old Cowboy Days. By Luther A. Lawhon ................................. 124
Courage and Hardihood on the Old Cattle Trail. Sketch of Sal West ......... 126
Lived on the Frontier during Indian Times. By Joe F. Spettel, Rio
Medina, Texas ......................................................................................... 132
Made a Long Trip to Wyoming. By H. D. Gruene, Goodwin, Texas.......... 135
Played Pranks on the Tenderfoot. By Henry D. Steele, San Antonio,
Texas ....................................................................................................... 137
When a Man's Word was as Good as a Gilt-edged Note. By George N.
Steen, Bryan, Texas ................................................................................ 139
My Experience on the Cow Trail. By F. M. Polk, Luling, Texas ................ 140
Punching Cattle on the Trail to Kansas. By W. D. Hardeman, Devine,
Texas ....................................................................................................... 146
Exciting Experiences on the Frontier and on the Trail. By C. W.
Ackerman, San Antonio, Texas .............................................................. 151
Observations and Experiences of Bygone Days. By Louis Schorp,
Rio Medina, Texas .................................................................................. 159
Met Quanah Parker on the Trail. By John Wells Bartlett, Texas ................ 162
Texas Cowboys at a Circus in Minneapolis. By S. H. Woods, Alice,
Texas ....................................................................................................... 169
The Remarkable Career of Colonel Ike T. Pryor .......................................... 173
Habits and Customs of Early Texas. By L. B. Anderson, Seguin,
Texas ....................................................................................................... 182
Hit the Trail in High Places. By Jeff Connolly, Lockhart, Texas ................ 187
The Men Who Made the Trail. By Luther A. Lawhon, San Antonio,
Texas ....................................................................................................... 193
A Few Thrilling Incidents in My Experience on the Trail. By L. B.
Anderson, Seguin, Texas .............................................................................. 203
Memories of the Old Cow Trail. By C. H. Rus, San Angelo, Texas ........... 207
Established the First Packing Plant in Texas. Sketch of W. S. Hall,
Comfort, Texas ....................................................................................... 212
Trail Driving to Kansas and Elsewhere. W. F. Cude, San Antonio,
Texas ....................................................................................................... 214
When Lightning Set the Grass on Fire. By George W. Brock, Lockhart,
Texas ....................................................................................................... 219
"Big Cowboy Ball" ....................................................................................... 226
Did You Ever Do the Square? By James Barton Adams ............................. 226
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Experiences "Tenderfeet" Could Not Survive. By G. W. Mills, Lockhart,
Texas ....................................................................................................... 228
Killing of "Billy the Kid." By Fred E. Sutton, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma ................................................................................................ 240
His Father Made Fine "Bowie" Knives. By John James Haynes, San
Antonio, Texas ........................................................................................ 243
Three Times Up the Trail. By W. E. Laughlin,Bartlett, Texas .................... 248
Will Build a Ten-story Marble Hotel in San Antonio. Sketch of John
Young, Alpine, Texas ............................................................................. 248
When Ab. Blocker Climbed a Fence. By G. M. Carson, Rocksprings,
Texas ....................................................................................................... 251
Found a Lot of Snuff on the Trail. By J. A. Blythe, Del Rio, Texas ........... 252
Eight Trips Up the Trail. By A. N. Eustace, Prairie Lea, Texas .................. 253
A Long Time between Drinks. By Sam Neill, La Pryor, Texas .................. 256
Scouting and Routing in the Good Old Days. By J. M. Custer, alias
Bill Wilson .............................................................................................. 257
Catching Antelope and Buffalo on the Trail. By A. Huffmeyer, San
Antonio, Texas ........................................................................................ 261
The Old Trail Driver. By Branch Isabell, Odessa, Texas ............................. 266
Drove a Herd to Mississippi and Alabama. By W. D. H. Saunders,
San Antonio, Texas ................................................................................. 267
"Trail Life." By James Gibson, Alice, Texas .............................................. 269
An Indian Battle near the Leona River. By L. A. Franks, Pleasanton,
Texas ....................................................................................................... 274
Jack Potter, the "Fighting Parson." By John Warren Hunter ....................... 278
The Chisholm Trail. By Fred Sutton, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma .............. 289
Preferred to Take Older Cattle Up the Trail. By Thomas Welder,
Beeville, Texas........................................................................................ 293
A Woman Trail Driver. By Mrs. A. Burks, Cotulla, Texas ......................... 295
The Experience of an Old Trail Driver. By Richard (Dick) Withers,
Boyes, Montana ...................................................................................... 305
Cornbread and Clabber Made a Good Meal. By Joseph Cotulla,
Cotulla, Texas ......................................................................................... 317
One of the Best-known Trail Drivers. Sketch of John R. Blocker, Big
Wells, Texas............................................................................................ 319
Captain John T. Lytle ................................................................................... 322
J. D. Jackson ................................................................................................. 324
T. A. Coleman .............................................................................................. 325
Twice Across the Plains in Fourteen Months. By Joe S. Clark, Orange
Grove, Texas ........................................................................................... 326
John Z. Means .............................................................................................. 327
George W. Evans.......................................................................................... 328
Cowboy Life in West Texas ......................................................................... 329
Days Gone By. By Hiram G. Craig, Brenham ............................................ 335
Captain Charles Schreiner, Kerrville, Texas ................................................ 359
The Early Cattle Days in Texas. By A. W. Capt, San Antonio,
Texas ....................................................................................................... 362
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The Cost of Moving a Herd to Northern Markets. By Col. Ike Pryor,
San Antonio, Texas ............................................................................... 367
Lost Twenty-one Thousand Dollars on One Drive. By John S. Kritzer,
Taylor, Texas ........................................................................................ 368
Mose Wesley Hays ....................................................................................... 372
The Platte was Like a Ribbon in the Sunshine. By J. W. Jackson,
Bartlett, Texas ....................................................................................... 374
Put up Five Hundred Steers to Secure Three Hundred Dollars. By
E. L. Brounson, Sample, Texas ............................................................. 376
Some Interesting Things Seen on the Cattle Trail. By John B. Conner,
Yoakum, Texas ..................................................................................... 378
When “Louisiana” Came to Texas. By T. M. Turner, San Antonio,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 380
Made Several Trips up The Trail. By N. L. Word, Alice, Texas ................. 383
Probably the Oldest Feeder in Texas. By R. F. Sellers, Matins, Texas ....... 384
Up the Trail to Northern New Mexico. By L. A. Franks, Pleasanton,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 387
The Son of a Well-known Trail Driver. By Robert Farmer Jennings,
San Antonio, Texas ............................................................................... 388
When George Saunders Made a Bluff “Stick.” By T. T. Hawkins,
Charlotte, Texas .................................................................................... 390
Put Many Herds up for D. R. Fant. By Thomas M. Hodges, Junction,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 397
The Milk of Human Kindness is Drying Up. By George F. Hindes,
Pearsall, Texas ...................................................................................... 398
Took Time to Visit His Sweetheart. By H. C. Williams. San Antonio,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 403
Reminiscences of the Trail. By Jasper (Bob) Lauderdale ........................... 404
From Texas to the Oregon Line. By W. A. Peril, Harper, Texas ................ 411
An Old Frontiersman Tells His Experience. By Joe Chapman, Benton,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 413
Parents were among Early Colonists. By Henry Fest, San Antonio,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 419
Phil L. Wright ............................................................................................... 423
Reflections of the Trail. By George W. Saunders, San Antonio, Texas ...... 426
Mrs. Lou Gore .............................................................................................. 454
Buried a Cowboy in a Lonely Grave on the Prairie. By Alfred Iverson
(Babe) Moye, Kenedy, Texas ............................................................... 455
Some Things I Saw Long Ago. By George Gerdes ..................................... 459
Ate Stolen Meat, Anyway. By Jim Wilson, Alpine, Texas ......................... 464
When a Boy Bossed a Herd. Sketch of J. D. Jackson, Alpine, Texas ......... 466
Spent a Hard Winter near Red Cloud. By D. S. Combs, San Antonio,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 467
Experiences of the Trail and Otherwise. By M. J. Ripps, San Antonio,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 470
Sketch of Col. J. F. Ellison. By J. F. Ellison, Jr., Fort Cobb, Oklahoma ..... 476
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Sixty-eight Years in Texas. By Pleasant Burnell Butler, Kenedy, Texas .... 479
My First Five-dollar Bill. By J. L. McCaleb, Carrizo Springs, Texas ......... 484
Slaked Their Thirst in a Dry Town. By A. D. McGehee, San Marcos,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 488
Lived in San Antonio at Time of Woll’s Invasion. By George W. West,
Jourdanton, Texas ................................................................................. 490
Got Their Names in the Pot for Supper and Breakfast. By E. M. (Mac)
Stoney, Lockhart, Texas ....................................................................... 491
Settled on the Frontier of Texas. Sketch of Ed B. English of Carrizo
Springs .................................................................................................. 494
Some Thrilling Experiences of an Old Trailer. By L. D. Taylor, San
Antonio, Texas ...................................................................................... 498
The Man Who Had Hell in His Neck. By Ab. Blocker, San Antonio,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 504
My Third and Last Trip Up the Trail in 1886. By R. J. Jennings,
San Antonio, Texas ............................................................................... 513
Sketch of Colonel Dillard R. Fant ................................................................ 515
Relates of a Trip Made in 1872. By M. L. Bolding, Bartlett, Texas ........... 518
Paid Three Dollars for Five Gallons of Water. By Sam Garner, Lockhart,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 519
Listened to the Chant of the Night Songs. By I. H. Elder, Sanderson,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 523
Sketch of L. B. Allen .................................................................................... 524
Had Less Trouble with Indians than with the Grangers on the Trail.
By J. E. Pettus, Goliad, Texas ............................................................... 525
My Trip up the Trail. By W. E. Thompson, Pearsall, Texas ....................... 527
Richard King ................................................................................................ 529
Drove Cattle for Doc Burnett. By L. Beasley, Junction, Texas ................... 530
Worked with Cattle for Over Sixty Years. By E. M. (Bud) Daggett,
Fort Worth, Texas ................................................................................. 531
Made First Trip in 1877. By D. B. Sherrill, Rocksprings, Texas ................ 533
Cowboys Dressed Up at End of Trail. By R. J. Jennings, San Antonio,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 534
A Tenderfoot from Kentucky. By J. D. Jackson ......................................... 536
A True Story of Trail Days ........................................................................... 537
Traveling The Trail with Good Men was a Pleasure. By J. F. (Little Jim)
Ellison, Jr., Fort Cobb, Oklahoma ........................................................ 538
Had Plenty of Fun. By Gus Black, Eagle Pass, Texas .................................. 541
Slumbered through the Shooting. By H. H. Peel, Jourdanton, Texas .......... 544
Another Successful Cowman. By J. B. Murrah, San Antonio, Texas ......... 546
The Real Cowboy. By Beulah Rust Kirkland, Phoenix, Arizona ................ 547
Cowboy from the Plains of Nebraska. By V. F. Carvajal ............................ 549
Echoes of the 1916 Convention .................................................................... 551
Early Days in Texas. By J. T. Hazlewood ................................................... 555
Worked for Geo. W. Saunders in 1875. By L. T. Clark, Quanah,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 561
Was Freighter and Trail Driver. By. J. M. Cowley, Fentress, Texas ............ 564
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Sold Cattle in Natchez for $4.50 a Head. By A. E. Scheske, Gonzales,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 566
Days That Were Full of Thrills. By Branch Isbell, Odessa, Texas .............. 571
Some Trips Up the Trail. By J. M. Garner. Texarkana, Arkansas ............... 585
Thrilling Experiences. By Levi J. Harkey, Sinton, Texas ........................... 588
Noted Quantrell Was with Herd on Trail. By Dr. J. W. Hargus of
Dimmit County ..................................................................................... 590
Lost Thousands of Dollars. By C. S. Broadbent, San Antonio, Texas ........ 592
Were Happier in Good Old Days. By Oscar Thompson, Hebronville,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 595
Latch String is on the Outside. By R. T. Mellard, Eddy County,
New Mexico .......................................................................................... 595
Dedicated to the Memory of W. J. Edwards. By E. M. Edwards,
San Antonio, Texas ............................................................................... 602
Lived in Live Oak County Many Years. By W. M. Shannon, Lytle,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 604
William James Slaughter .............................................................................. 607
James Alfred McFaddin ............................................................................... 611
An Old Cow Hand. By John Pat Ryan ........................................................ 617
William C. Irwin .......................................................................................... 619
Lee L. Russell ............................................................................................... 621
Thomas B. Saunders ..................................................................................... 623
Ate Terrapin and Dog Meat and was Glad to Get it. By Ben Drake,
South Antonio, Texas ........................................................................... 624
Gives Some Early Texas History. By W. F. Cude, Pearsall, Texas............. 627
Drove Horses to Mississippi. By F. G. Crawford, Oakville, Texas ............. 633
When Jim Dobie Lost His Pants. By E. S. Boatwright, Falfurrius,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 635
Sketch of Col. J. J. Meyers ........................................................................... 637
Came over from Germany in 1870. By F. Cornelius, Midfield, Texas ........ 642
A Faithful Negro Servant. By J. E. Folts, Columbus, Texas ....................... 645
Grazed on Many Ranges. By T. J. Garner, Loveland, Colorado ................. 646
John H. Ross Was a Bronco Buster .............................................................. 651
Has Had an Eventful Career. By William B. Krempkau, San Antonio,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 651
No Room in the Tent for Polecats. By W. B. Foster, San Antonio,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 655
Garland G. Odom ......................................................................................... 661
Reminiscences of an Old Trail Driver. By John C. Jacobs, San Antonio,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 662
“Chawed” the Earmarks. By J. G. Thompson, Devine, Texas .................... 666
James Madison Chittim ................................................................................ 668
A Big Mix-up. By W. M. Nagiller, Williams, Arizona ............................... 669
George T. Reynolds ...................................................................................... 670
Colonel Albert G. Boyce .............................................................................. 672
Born in a Log Cabin. By G. O. Burrow, Del Rio, Texas ............................. 673
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Sixty Years in Texas Around Good Old San Antonio. By Jesse M.
Kilgore, San Antonio, Texas ................................................................. 674
Hardships of a Winter Drive. By Alf. Beadle, North Pleasanton, Texas ..... 678
Mont Woodward Was a Friend. By G. O. Burrow, Del Rio, Texas ............ 680
Dream was Realized. By Charlie Bargsley, San Antonio, Texas ................ 682
When He Got Big Enough to Fight the Indians were Gone. By W. T.
(Bill) Brite, Leming, Texas ................................................................... 684
Fifty Cents a Day Was Considered Good Pay. By Louis and Joseph
Chorp, Rio Medina, Texas .................................................................... 686
When the Elements Wept and Shed Tears. By W. F. Fielder ...................... 687
Sketch of Captain James D. Reed. By Lou Best Porter, Mountainair,
New Mexico .......................................................................................... 690
A Tribute to the Character of William Buckner Houston. By Thomas
H. Lewis ................................................................................................ 691
Served with Lee and Jackson. By J. B. C. Harkness, Pearsall, Texas ......... 696
Harrowing Experiences with Jayhawkers. By J. M. Daugherty,
Daugherty, Texas .................................................................................. 696
Major George W. Littlefield ......................................................................... 700
Kidnapped the Inspectors. By Leo Tucker, Yoakum, Texas ....................... 702
David C. Pryor.............................................................................................. 706
Helped Drive Indians Out of Brown County. By J. W. Driskill, Sabinal,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 707
Robert E. Stafford ........................................................................................ 708
Lafayette Ward ............................................................................................. 710
Thomas Jefferson Moore .............................................................................. 712
William G. Butler ......................................................................................... 715
Seth Mabry ................................................................................................... 718
J. D. Murrah Caught the Measles. By Dan Murrah, Del Rio, Texas ........... 718
Medina County Pioneer. By Xavier Wanz, Castroville, Texas ................... 719
Experiences of a Texas Pioneer. By John M. Sharpe .................................. 721
W. A. (Buck) Pettus ..................................................................................... 730
R. G. (Dick) Head ........................................................................................ 734
Sketch of J. M. Choate ................................................................................. 736
W. M. Choate ............................................................................................... 738
Crossed the Arkansas River in a Skiff. By J. H. Saul .................................. 739
When Temperature Was 72 Degrees Below Zero. By C. C. French, Fort
Worth, Texas......................................................................................... 741
History of an Old Cowman .......................................................................... 743
Indians Got Their Horses. By W. H. Grain, Pipe Creek, Texas .................. 746
George Webb Slaughter ............................................................................... 749
Thomas M. Peeler ........................................................................................ 759
Hardships of a Cowboy’s Life in the Early Days in Texas. By James
T. Johnson, Charco, Texas .................................................................... 760
Associated with Frank James. By Sam H. Nunneley, San Antonio, Texas 763
The Tankersley Family. By Mary Tankersley Lewis, San Angelo, Texas .. 764
Trail Driving was Fascinating. By W. A. Roberts, Frio Town, Texas ........ 767
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Followed Cattle from the Ranch to the Shipping Pen. By Mrs. A. P.
Betcher, Del Rio, Texas ........................................................................ 768
Tells of an Indian Fight. By W. A. Franks, Pearsall, Texas ........................ 769
Reminiscences of the Old Trails. By C. F. Doan of Doan’s ........................ 772
Made Many Trips up the Old Cow Trail. By E. P. Byler; Wadsworth,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 779
Fifty Years Ago. By J. J. (Joe) Roberts, Del Rio, Texas ............................. 785
P. E. Slaughter .............................................................................................. 786
Sketch of the Life of Captain J. J. (Jack) Cureton. By W. E. Cureton,
Meridian, Texas .................................................................................... 788
Trail Recollections of George W. Elam ....................................................... 792
Tells About Bob Robertson. By W. B. Hardeman, Devine, Texas ............. 795
“Doc” Burnett ............................................................................................... 796
Ben C. Drago ................................................................................................ 797
An Old Trail Driver ...................................................................................... 797
Richard Robertson Russell ........................................................................... 800
From the Nueces to the North Platte. By J. R. Humphries, Yoakum,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 802
A Long, Hard Trip ........................................................................................ 807
A. P. Rachal .................................................................................................. 809
D. C. Rachal ................................................................................................. 810
Frank S. Rachal ............................................................................................ 811
John Redus. By Mrs. Sallie McLamore Redus ............................................ 811
James David Farmer ..................................................................................... 813
A Well-known Frontier Character ................................................................ 814
Alonzo Millett .............................................................................................. 815
Three Comrade Cowpunchers ...................................................................... 817
Could Ride a Hundred Miles a Day. By C. E. Johnson, Charco, Texas ...... 817
Ranson Capps ............................................................................................... 819
Why I am a Prohibitionist. By George F. Hindus, Pearsall, Texas ............. 821
Fifty Years a Policeman ............................................................................... 825
Trailed ‘Em Across Red River. By Gus Staples, Skidmore, Texas ............. 829
Was in a Railroad Wreck. By John B. Conner, Yoakum, Texas ................. 829
The Rutledge Brothers.................................................................................. 832
Jesse Presnall ................................................................................................ 834
George W. West ........................................................................................... 834
Played the Fiddle on Head at Night .............................................................. 836
Reminiscences of the Trail. By A. F. Carvajal, San Antonio, Texas........... 839
James Dobie ................................................................................................. 842
Made Several Trips up the Trail. By R. J. Jennings, San Antonio, Texas ... 843
Charles de Montel, Jr.................................................................................... 843
Was in Packsaddle Mountain Fight. By N. G. Ozment ............................... 844
The Cowboy’s Prayer ................................................................................... 849
Where They Put a Trail Boss in Jail. By W. T. (Bill) Jackman, San
Marcos, Texas ....................................................................................... 851
Made Several Trips. By Joe P. Smith, Click, Texas .................................... 862
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Relates Incidents of Many Drives. By William Baxter Slaughter,
San Antonio, Texas ............................................................................... 863
A Pioneer Mother’s Experience. By Mrs. Kate Cruze, San Antonio,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 874
A Cowboy Undertaker. By W. K. Shipman, San Antonio, Texas ............... 881
Captured Three Thousand Quarts ................................................................. 883
Would Like to Go Again. By Webster Witter, Beeville, Texas .................. 884
My Experience on the Trail. By Mrs. W. B. Slaughter, San Antonio,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 885
Ed C. Lasater ................................................................................................ 886
The Pluck of a Poor German Boy. By B. Vesper, Big Wells, Texas ........... 889
Mrs. Ike T. Pryor .......................................................................................... 895
Mrs. George W. Saunders ............................................................................ 898
Col. C. C. Slaughter ..................................................................................... 900
M. Halff ........................................................................................................ 901
Daniel Oppenheimer .................................................................................... 902
The Killing of Oliver Loving. By Charles Goodnight, Goodnight, Texas 903
W. J. Wilson’s Narrative .............................................................................. 908
Cyrus B. Lucas ............................................................................................. 913
John J. Little ................................................................................................. 914
William Henry Jennings ............................................................................... 915
John B. Slaughter ......................................................................................... 917
Dennis O’Connor ......................................................................................... 922
Shangai Pierce .............................................................................................. 923
J. D. Houston ................................................................................................ 924
Bob Houston................................................................................................. 925
Jess McCoy .................................................................................................. 926
On the Fort Worth and Dodge City Trail. By T. J. Burkett, Sr.,
Waelder, Texas ..................................................................................... 926
Character Impersonation .............................................................................. 930
My Early Days in Good Old San Antonio. By John A. Miller, Bandera,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 933
Captain A. C. Jones. By George W. Saunders ............................................ 936
Captain Henry Scott. By George W. Saunders ............................................ 938
Oscar Fox. Composer of Cowboy Songs .................................................... 939
A. W. Billingsley, Wife, and Son ................................................................. 940
John and Thomas Dewees. By George W. Saunders................................... 940
Came to Texas in 1838. By Mrs. H. C. Mayes, Carlsbad, Texas ................ 942
A Long, Dry Drive ....................................................................................... 943
Chaplain J. Stewart Pearce ........................................................................... 947
Martin and Joe O’Connor ............................................................................. 948
Father Received a Premium for Best Corn. By C. E. Austin, Nixon,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 948
Son of a Trail Driver. By Harry H. Williams, San Antonio, Texas ............. 949
More About the Chisholm Trail. By Charles Goodnight, Goodnight,
Texas ..................................................................................................... 950
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Now a Member of Congress. By Claude Hudspeth, El Paso, Texas ........... 953
Captain Mifflin Kenedy................................................................................ 954
John G. Kenedy ............................................................................................ 957
Felix M. Shaw .............................................................................................. 958
A Log of the Trails. By George W. Saunders, Texas .................................. 959
Thomas H. Shaw .......................................................................................... 971
E. B. Flowers ................................................................................................ 974
Experiences of a Ranger and Scout. By A. M. (Gus) Gildea, Deming,
N. M. ..................................................................................................... 975
Got a Tail-hold and Held on. By R. F. Galbreath, Devine, Texas ............... 986
The Poet of the Range .................................................................................. 988
The Old “Square Dance” of the Western Range .......................................... 988
James B. Gillett ............................................................................................ 995
A Few Bars in the Key of G ......................................................................... 998
The Morris Family ..................................................................................... 1003
One Trip Up the Trail. By B. D. Lindsey, San Antonio, Texas .................. 1003
No Friends Like the Old Trail Drivers. By G. M. Carson, Rocksprings,
Texas ................................................................................................... 1007
Dock Burris was Well Known .................................................................... 1009
Was in Captain Sansom’s Company. By J. W. Minear, San Antonio,
Texas ................................................................................................... 1017
Al. N. McFaddin......................................................................................... 1019
Ira C. Jennings ............................................................................................ 1020
A Trip to Kansas in 1870. By W. R. Massengale, Rio Frio, Texas ........... 1021
From the “Historian of the Plains” ............................................................. 1025
The Trail Drivers of Texas. By Maude Clark Hough, New York City ..... 1027
Made Early Drives. By D. H, Snyder, Georgetown, Texas ....................... 1029
Rather Confusing........................................................................................ 1031
James Washington Walker ......................................................................... 1032
Andrew G. Jones ........................................................................................ 1035
Four Bandera Pioneers ............................................................................... 1040
In Conclusion ............................................................................................. 1042
Index ........................................................................................................... 1045