Charles, You mention the Slaughter name. Do you know if any of them lived in Breckenridge, Stephens Co.? I have a Hyram B. Slaughter, that was married to one of my cousins, Ruth Harrison, in 1931. My records show he was born in Callahan Co., TX. Dortha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles A. Wyly" <wyly1@juno.com> To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:58 PM Subject: Re: [ERATH] Captain Richard King > Speakinmg of Pitchfork and 4 sixes, Great Grandad George Milton Moxley > had children by first and second wife who left Erath County to work on > 6666Ranch and Pitchfork Ranch-= some would work a few years at one and > move to the other. > > These included Higdon, Higbee, Darnell and possibly Arendell. One left > the ranches to run a newspaper in Post. One was the first postmaster at > Slaton- I have her photo, and in letters home Some of the Darnell- or > Higdons wrote home about trips to Guthrie, Texas ( the Courthouse there > has a pasture fence on two sides). and a small school- church community > building was out of Gutherie a few miles. . The Darnell at Pitchfork > Ranch was responsible for farming and raising winter grazing- of grain > and summer hay, but he also helpped with Roundups. Swenson, Pitchfork, > and 4 -6's Ranch hands were pooled for roundups and branding with proper > brand. One of Grandmother Wyly's sisters said she and other women ran the > Chuck Wagon outdoor cooking 3 meals a day. Thresher crew slept in barns > or under wagons or trees before WW2. > > Know the difference between a Cook Shack and a Chuck Wagon? Early > Thresher crews like Riggs, Hollis, Anderson had the Cook shacks- an Iron > Wheeled wagon with a shack built on it and fold down sides fror tables > and fold up sides to break the sun. I carried wood for Rigs Thresher Crew > when small. I have seen Melvin and Toad Riggs sit near the cook stove and > drink hot coffee off the wood cook stove in the wagon. > > One of the Higdons left Erath County and was a Pitcher with New York > Giants. > Nancy Wyly Hise is doing extensive history of these families and burning > CD history of them. Her Husband Billy was born on the Swenson Ranch near > Stamford. > > Also, Slaughter Ranch has some buildings donated to Texas Tech outdoor > Frontier History park-- next to Buddy Holly MuseumTexas Tech, > surrounded by a tall dirt Brim. When Slaughter leases were divided for > farm settlement around Levelland , Janice Wyly Slaughter(Of Erath County, > Fort Worth, and Roswell) and son of George Slaughter- Donaho Wyly > Slaughter donated the homes , dugout, line shack and some post holes and > other items , and lived in Roswell with Corporate interests in Levelland > and Albequerque. and Roswell. > > The Statue of Col. C.C. Slaughter - life size on his horse- stands near > Buckner's Orphan Home in Dallas. Col. Slaughter gave them a big boost.My > wife's dad, Alvin > Riley of Cleburne moved to Levelland- then not a town, in 1920's and > bought 160 acres from George Sahughter at Pettit with a wooden Windmill. > He was on School Board at Pettit and was in the meeting in Lubbock when > they picked Lubock for the Texas Tech campus location. > Charles Wyly > > On Tue, 24 May 2005 11:01:07 -0700 (PDT) Sarah Herring Claburn > <sbclaburn@yahoo.com> writes: >> That is a GREAT web site! You can look up towns, >> counties, people, and like I did the other night, >> ranches. My husband and I looked up ranches to see how >> big some of the famous ones are like the Pitchfork, >> XIT (which is gone now), Four Sixes, Waggonner and the >> JA. My husband played polo while we were at Tech (yes, >> the kind on horses) and they used to have a match >> every year with the cowboys at the Pitchfork. Great >> entertainment! >> >> Sarah :) >> >> >> --- mygen@att.net wrote: >> >> > This is the biography of Captain Richard King as >> > found in "The Handbook of Texas." There are also >> > articles about his wife, daughter, Mr. Kleberg, >> > etc.; about 40 in all. You can use this link to >> > find them all. Just type "King Ranch" in the search >> > box. >> > http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/ >> >> Sarah Herring Claburn >> http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=sarclaburn >> >> Researching: >> Herring - Thornton - Sechrist - Lammert - Holder - Timian - Torrans >> - Squyres - Claburn >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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