The Passing of the Texas Longhorn Remembered and Preserved
The Texas Folklore Society urges the legislature to fund preservation of the Texas longhorn breed. A nucleus herd has been placed in Wichita National Forest by Will G. Barnes, linking nostalgia for the range with modern conservation efforts. The creature’s fate echoes the buffalo as public interest protects historic cattle lines.
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Texas
Texas Folklore Society
Lone Star State
Wichita National Forest Reserve
Will GC. Barnes
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Texas Plains
Hernando Cortez
Mexico
Tehuantepec
Texas Longhorns and brands etched on Garrison Hall
The piece recounts how wild longhorn cattle roamed Texas after 1836, the Civil War, and later overland drives to Kansas. It notes Texas preservation of the breed and branding as proof of ownership, then describes Garrison Hall at the University of Texas with 32 engraved Texas brands including Austin Spanish and notable figures like Goodnight and Maverick, plus key brand stories.
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Texas
Lone Star
Kansas
Garrison Hall
University of Texas
E. W. Winkler
Stephen F. Austin
Capt
Richard King
Maj
George W. Littlefield
S. M. Swenson
S. B. Bur
Joe Gunter
Preston Rose
Charles Goodnight
S. A. Maverick
Anna Martin and Sons
George W. Saunders
D. H. Snyder
J. J. Myers
John Lytle
Mark Withers
E. B. Millett
W. T. Waggoner
H. L. Kobernot
S. B. Burnett
Jose Antonio de la Garza
Leonardo de la Garza
A. H
Goodnight
Buffalo
S. A
Maverick
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Pontiac
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