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Back in 1835 there was an area of North America that, like the United States some fifty plus years earlier wanted to become independent of their mother country. On October 17, the people of that rebelling area approved the forming of a group of armed and mounted men whose duty was to range the borders […]
OLIVER LOVING
On September 25, 1867, Oliver Loving, one of the great pioneer Texas cattlemen, died at the age of 55. Incidentally, the story of his death may have a familiar ring. Oliver Loving was born in Kentucky, and moved to Texas at the age of 33 where he engaged in farming and freighting. And finally, at […]
MEAT PACKING CAPITAL
Today Chicago, Illinois is considered the meat packing capital of the United States. But that title was supposed to have gone to another town. In the late 1860’s Texas cattlemen were having a problem with a disease called Texas fever. It didn’t affect the Texas Longhorns. But northern cattle, exposed to ticks from the Longhorns, […]
SHANGHAI PIERCE
A friend said to me, “There aren’t any cowboys from Rhode Island.” I had to correct him by telling that there was a great cowboy who came from Rhode Island. Abel Head Pierce was born in Rhode Island on June 29, 1834. At the age of twenty he stowed away on a schooner and ended […]
ZWING HUNT
Zwing Hunt was a minor character in the Old West. But his story is one that has been repeated many times over. Zwing was born in 1858 in Texas. He grew up to be an honest young man. According to one report he was generous to a fault and brave. It was also said that […]
