Category: The History of Texas

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The Faith Family

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I had always heard of the Faith Family and knew there was a connection with them and Smithwick. Since they were all gone by the time I came along I never knew anything about them.I found this information online. There are references here to them operating a cotton gin in Smithwick and having members of both the Stinnett and Boultinghouse families (both of which I’m related on different sides of my family- R. Lewis) marrying into that family.It also gives a little insight into the old Jim Cox home that was across the street and where I spent many hours … Continue reading The Faith Family

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Ready To Be Confused? Some Misunderstood Texas State Law

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If you own cow and she get’s out on the highway and a car hits her, who is responsible? The landowner or the driver of the car? Does the landowner have a duty to maintain good fences to insure their livestock don’t get out? Is it a different argument if a gate is left open? No respectable cattleman would have bad fences or leave his gate open, but there is always that wild animal that is going to tear up every fence in sight. And there is the issue of the weekend rancher that isn’t sure what a good fence … Continue reading Ready To Be Confused? Some Misunderstood Texas State Law

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The Man That Helped So Many To Become Winners

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I attended the memorial service for Popeye today. It was so amazing to hear the testimonials of those Champions that were helped by Popeye and Jan Boultinghouse. Jake Barnes told of being just a kid when Popeye took him in and taught him about roping, what a good horse was and how to become a champion. Tee Woolman also gave his testimony about the value that Popeye brought to his life. How he was always available as a friend and a mentor. Both of those men and others there today told about what a fine man that Popeye was. How … Continue reading The Man That Helped So Many To Become Winners

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Pleasant Valley Community – Martin Co. Texas

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I rarely find any information on this community, but I know my grandparents lived in this clapboard house there. There was a school at one time in the 1920’s and my father started to school there. A few years later, my father and his siblings rode horseback to a one room school in Patricia. The only thing I saw of the school or community was a mulberry tree and a piece of concrete which was said to be part of the steps of the school.Royce Scott in his “My Rambling History of Patricia, Tx.” mentions the Pleasant Valley School. His … Continue reading Pleasant Valley Community – Martin Co. Texas

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The Angora Goat Industry In Texas Owes It All (or at least a big part) To This Man – William Leslie Black

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This link is to a paper written by Christine Reh Wyse back in 1995. It is a story of a great advocate of Cattle, Sheep & Angora Goat Ranching in early Texas. https://www.facebook.com/groups/729839877052650/1670117333024895/ The barn below is the cannery building where Goat Meat was canned to go to market. (Still Standing) EXCERPT FROM THE WYSE PAPER“Although the canning process progressed smoothly. Black at first experienced difficulty disposing of his canned meat. At the suggestion of Armour and Company, he had labeled the cans “Roast Mutton.” To promote his product. Black had distributed belt buckles that sported a facsimile of the … Continue reading The Angora Goat Industry In Texas Owes It All (or at least a big part) To This Man – William Leslie Black

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Big Time Goat Business

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Vol.21-No.4February 20, 1969 Arrott Takes Rain And Shearing Crew Any Time They Come, Even Together TENNYSON, Tex. -Monroe Arrott is shearing about 7000 Angora goats this winter, enough to place him well toward the top among Texas’ larger goat ranchers. He started shearing last Saturday during cold, damp weather even though forecasters predicted rain. These days, he says, he shears when he gets the crew. Almost half a century of goat ranching has taught him how to reduce death loss hazards to a minimum. He has two sheds big enough to shelter 2000 goats each on the Coke County ranch … Continue reading Big Time Goat Business