Hi, Charles Pettit or Petit had various financial interests in Dallas and turned his ranch into a Registerred Cattle breeding ranch in Bosque and Erath and possibly Somervell counties. He also had high dollar Hunting leases , closely supervised by his employees. The Cain family and family of James Grady Roberts ran the ranch and handled high dollar hunting leases in an Antelope pasture and deer and birds were everywhere. Anterlope are easy to fence as they cannot jump up and forward at the same time, so a good sheep fence will hold them. I have seen the Antelope near Flat Top lined up benind a ridge, with some deer and scouts watching the hunters in deerstands on the creeks below them where Hunters were being assigned Stands. They ignored us unlesss we stopped and stood by the car and appeared to be holding a gun or Stick like a gun. Then a Scout would paw the ground and the herd would run back to a safe spot. Seems like the Deer and Antelope thought the Dallas city boys were a great entertainment seasonally, but the smart ones knew to stay out of the way. From Stephenville, take Hwy 67 past Jackson's Store at the Hico Y off Hwy 67and the old Chalk Mountain Main Street and Lodge Hall, turn right past the old downtown , then Panther Cave and Odom Chapel and the old large red barn to the right, which was a Butterfield Stage stop to change horses going from Waco North to Fort Graham and Fort Belknap on the Mountain Gravel roads with little mud. Keep going and you would have been by the Peters Family store in Walnut Springs on Glen Rose Highway . Mr. Pettit's son in Law Major Long owned the Rough Creek Ranch in 1950-s and today it is on the Internet as a High Dollar Executieve Conference and Training Resort in Somervell County. The Circle 8 Dude Ranch and Dance hall was farther northeast on the Paluxy, best I remember. Bob Stanley and other Stephenville area Scotch- Irish Country musicians played there on Saturday Nights, the Big Boys said. I was never there on Saturday nights. The Glen Rose Groups and Mingus Groups sometimes had rather rugh confrontations when Stephenville was totally dry. Now, anyone can become a club member and buy mixed drinks in Stephenville. Hill County is now wet for alcohol. Bob worked for dad some but left in time for the festivities to start- he mostly played the Banjo or Mandolin. Take care, Charles A. Wyly Take care, Charles Wyly

ok let me get this straight. Are u saying that when you turn off on the county road that goes to Chalk Mountain Cemetery,,,that before that around the Masonic Lodge use to be the main street,,,,,,,,,,or is Hwy 67 past the Jackson store up to the Hamm Place was main street of Chalk Mountain. Our ranch was where Chalk Mountain Cemetery is and of course more...my great grandfather gave that land for the cemetery. Pete Laney was there for the dedication of a Texas Ranger stone for our g grandfather. by the way that is where the Chalk Mountain Ranch is now,,,,,well what they call the ranch,,,,,,that land use to be ours. flowerchild ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles A. Wyly" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 12:31 PM Subject: Re: [ERATH] Cain > Hi, > Charles Pettit or Petit had various financial interests in Dallas and > turned his ranch into a Registerred Cattle breeding ranch in Bosque and > Erath and possibly Somervell counties. He also had high dollar Hunting > leases , closely supervised by his employees. The Cain family and family > of James Grady Roberts ran the ranch and handled high dollar hunting > leases in an Antelope pasture and deer and birds were everywhere. > Anterlope are easy to fence as they cannot jump up and forward at the > same time, so a good sheep fence will hold them. I have seen the > Antelope near Flat Top lined up benind a ridge, with some deer and scouts > watching the hunters in deerstands on the creeks below them where Hunters > were being assigned Stands. They ignored us unlesss we stopped and stood > by the car and appeared to be holding a gun or Stick like a gun. Then a > Scout would paw the ground and the herd would run back to a safe spot. > Seems like the Deer and Antelope thought the Dallas city boys were a > great entertainment seasonally, but the smart ones knew to stay out of > the way. > > From Stephenville, take Hwy 67 past Jackson's Store at the Hico Y off > Hwy 67and the old Chalk Mountain Main Street and Lodge Hall, turn right > past the old downtown , then Panther Cave and Odom Chapel and the old > large red barn to the right, which was a Butterfield Stage stop to > change horses going from Waco North to Fort Graham and Fort Belknap on > the Mountain Gravel roads with little mud. Keep going and you would have > been by the Peters Family store in Walnut Springs on Glen Rose Highway > . > > Mr. Pettit's son in Law Major Long owned the Rough Creek Ranch in 1950-s > and today it is on the Internet as a High Dollar Executieve Conference > and Training Resort in Somervell County. The Circle 8 Dude Ranch and > Dance hall was farther northeast on the Paluxy, best I remember. Bob > Stanley and other Stephenville area Scotch- Irish Country musicians > played there on Saturday Nights, the Big Boys said. I was never there on > Saturday nights. The Glen Rose Groups and Mingus Groups sometimes had > rather rugh confrontations when Stephenville was totally dry. Now, anyone > can become a club member and buy mixed drinks in Stephenville. Hill > County is now wet for alcohol. > > Bob worked for dad some but left in time for the festivities to start- he > mostly played the Banjo or Mandolin. > > Take care, > Charles A. Wyly > > Take care, Charles Wyly > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >