This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HlB.2ACI/2541 Message Board Post: The Bridgeport Index Bridgeport, Wise County, Texas Thursday, July 17, 1924 Col. L.B. Watkins of Dalhart died 27 June 1924 in Amarillo and was buried in Amarillo. Col. Watkins was about 75 years old and was widely known throughout the Panhandle as one of the famous pioneers of Texas. He was called “Col. Watkins from the head of the Blue,” due to the fact that for years he had a ranch at the head of Blue Creek. Col. Watkins had a ranch in Jack County in the early days and will be remembered by the pioneer cattlemen of Jack County.