Subdeacon Joe Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 SDJ Very cool. I can't make out the name (signature) of the cattle company at the bottom. Any idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 16 minutes ago, Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme said: SDJ Very cool. I can't make out the name (signature) of the cattle company at the bottom. Any idea? Pecos Cattle Company ? LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 16 minutes ago, Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 said: Pecos Cattle Company ? LL Col. Slaughter looks like. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 7 minutes ago, Capt. James H. Callahan said: Col. Slaughter looks like. JHC Or Slaughter-Perod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 31 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Or Slaughter-Perod. If you really zoom in it seems to say Pecos Cattle Co. It says somebody Slaughter. Col Slaughter was C C Slaughter, can't tell what the first part is. Even a pharmacist can't read it. Col. Slaughter's ranch was the Lazy S, so may be someone else. JHC https://dallasgateway.com/col-c-c-slaughter-cattle-baron/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 19 minutes ago, Capt. James H. Callahan said: If you really zoom in it seems to say Pecos Cattle Co. It says somebody Slaughter. Col Slaughter was C C Slaughter, can't tell what the first part is. Even a pharmacist can't read it. Col. Slaughter's ranch was the Lazy S, so may be someone else. JHC https://dallasgateway.com/col-c-c-slaughter-cattle-baron/ Thanks. I went and looked at it on my desktop rather than my phone and that makes sense. Maybe a joint venture of the CC Slaughter Cattle Company and the Pecos Cattle Company? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 What was the source of this? It would be interesting to find out more. I did a search and the only references I find on Pecos Cattle Company are modern. Could be New Mexico ala John Chism, as the Pecos River runs across most of the state into the Rio Grande near the Big Bend area of Texas. Here abouts they sell "Pecos cantaloupes" from I suppose Pecos Tx. and the Pecos valley. Been thru there quite a few times and have never seen a river valley, but I guess it's there. I must have sneezed. Drove to Norco Ca. for the second to last EoT there. I was really looking forward to seeing the mighty Mojave and Death Valley. Guess what. The most desolate country I saw on the whole trip was around Pecos Tx. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 27 minutes ago, Capt. James H. Callahan said: What was the source of this? It's just an image I found on FB that looked interesting.Pecos Land & Cattle Company " Quote The Pecos Land and Cattle Company was organized in 1884 by investors from Attleboro, Massachusetts, who hoped to turn a good profit. Headquarters were located near Meyers Spring, seven miles east of the railroad station at Dryden in south central Terrell County. Although the owners had no experience in ranching, they bought 106 checkerboard sections, or 67,840 acres, of land from the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway for a dollar an acre. In 1884 the company purchased a nearby recently established ranch, the King Spring Cattle Company. Sometime later the company added the cattle of the KL brand and the O Bar brand to its holdings. The headquarters of the Pecos Land and Cattle Company were then moved to Dryden, where the management built three structures north of the railroad and opposite the depot. In 1886 W. W. Simonds, general manager of the ranch, patented the section of school land where the townsite of Dryden was laid out. He built a large two-story building for a store, a post office, and sleeping quarters. Two adobe buildings were constructed near the store. One of these was home to the family of ranch foreman Daniel G. Franks. https://dallasgateway.com/col-c-c-slaughter-cattle-baron/ https://swco-ir.tdl.org/handle/10605/346136 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Interesting! I had to look up Dryden. Looks like it's about 150 miles south of the middle of nowhere! I've been to the Big Bend a few times, but traveled farther west thru Marfa, Alpine, and Marathon (aptly named). After college I worked for a year or two in San Angelo. San Angelo is almost a jumping off point of civilization. I'm originally from Abilene, now live just east of there. If you zoom in on the map you can see these places. Not much our past San Angelo. Oh yeah, oil. So I guess this was Slaughter's outfit? Don't know the date of this poster, but it would seem Kansas was a lot closer than Montana to a railhead. JHC https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dryden+tx&t=newext&atb=v255-1&ia=maps&iaxm=maps Oops, you actually have to zoom out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 There were railroads HERE in 1881. Abilene Tx was built on the railroad. The town I live in Clyde was named for Clyde's Camp during the railroad construction. Helluva lot closer than Montana! JHC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abilene,_Texas#History Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Speaking of oil, here's the story of Santa Rita #1 near Big Lake, Tx (no, I've been there and saw no big lake....or any lake) If you ever wondered what the H*ll the ending of The Rookie was with nuns walking in the desert, now you know. In case you get bored. JHC This is long, but in the middle is the story of the nuns and the rose petals. https://pboilandgasmagazine.com/the-well-that-launched-the-permian/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 SDJ, LL, & Capt JHC, Thanks for the lesson in history, geography, orienteering, cartography, and Catholicism. And, all from one little cattle drive poster. Much appreciated. Capt RHK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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