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Big Ranch Keeps Sipe Springs Heritage Alive
Longtime Whitesides family continues control of the large Sipe Springs ranch. The article recounts early settlers led by W. L. D. Whitesides and Cal Watkins, with town growth, churches, schools, mills, and a 1910 railroad arrival shaping west Texas’ Sipe Springs community.
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Jack P. Whitesides
Comanche County
Sipe Springs
Vada Arnold
Ranger Times
Rt. 5
Comanche
Big Whiteside Ranch
Whiteside Ranch
Marks
Westbrook
Jack Whiteside
Jack
W. L. D. Whitesides
Whitesides
Si Springs
Arkansas
Fannie
Samfordfield
Jess Thurman
Cal Watkins
J. J. Smith
M. T. Leonard Ike
Bill Snow
Phy
M. W. Hall
Tom Hale
Childress
John Falls
Bill Shultz
Sine Springs
Sam Percifield
Line Springs
James Buckmaster
United Brethren
William Jude
Sipe Sprines
Hall
Waco
Mr. Anderson
Anderson
Sehe Roach
D. M. Jacobs
Stamey
Tom Miller
Lawrence Woods
Tom Yantis
West Texas
Ross
Hammock
Cloud
Crawford
Roach
Davis
Burrows
E. W. Sublett
Sublett