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■lave* to Ttus. At that time Rod Itivcr VU navigable for part of the £ar clear to Preston Bund. and that wo* a Bhlpplng point to outlet* on I Missel river. Colonel Potto bought a large acreage of land in Grayson county aud had ~v*r*‘ thousand acre. leased In Ihe lndlan Territory. He was among the f£t to Improve his cattle, and took an Inter eat In the offspring of the first Ked Durham cattle ever brought t.» America, these having been shlp-to Colonel It. G. Shannon ofwar ration, very much.The officer lu charge of the Sherman commlwao «*»s Major Hlalnc. a veteran of the Tvirt war for In-dependencu. and the father of John M. Blaine for n my year* chief of poUco of Shen. . in. l«y rcuson of bountiful crop*, the Sherman com-rnbwary was unusually well «up-plled with grain, flour and meat and become well-known to all the war widow, in the county. However, they become dlssatisftod with theXthefroicott4rofPO!fortItleth*ped to colonel av. ----------- umr„on of the rations they wereSherman by guecn Victoria lt;*irect 1 pvrmllled to dru*. it this time the from England.—--- ..trade between T* Mexico hodOne of the bigger problem. lbal |deV,ioped into gr at proportions. Cot-Colonel Pott, had to deal with wa. r;i|a#d m Tex, ua4 hauled to the the problem of cattle rustlers. •* K!o Grande, .old for a big price andthieve*. . 'the money Invmt- such HUsupplies us lit. blockade had de-brl re i »€The Potto home was the social center of North Texas and the Indian Territory. This family b^rrterUln-cd Sam Houston. James W. Throe k morion and other men of the day There were several young hull*, and, „Now young men In the family, and *** lhc report ... • -.round would eath-! ,— --prised the p~p • of. -nd you • o«M buy mom anythng In the priori-pal town. If you had good coin with which to pay for it.pioi.agandUt started •ng th. war widowsaceexfn625 aelite for miles around would S»th-|of Qrayara county that this trade cr at the Potto home and enjoy d^Mwas a|j bring carried on by the gov-tng and other social dltreroloM. |ornment. and that all of thee com-Burly in 1861 men who did not I .....—» • «..*urtaa.want to go to war began to drift into the old Indian Territory. and cow stealing grew worse. IP th. spring of that year guantrell. Jditltl.1-and Krank Janie*. Allan Palmer and a number of I****' ,l«hu of lh# guantrell men came to Grayson county, guantrell soon found a friend In Colonel Potts and frequently made the Pott* home his headquarters. Soon after the arrival of the guerilla chieftain at the Potts home, cat-tie rustler, stopped In this met Ionmodules. Including the luxuries, among w hich wu* coffee nnd t«-a. hacl been purchased by the government for the use of the f ami lie. of the soldiers. but that the officers In charge were selling them to the people and keeping the money. This report resulted in « secret organisation of war widows, determined to have what was coming to them. This organisation was wpicmlly strong In North Texas counties, and also In Bast Texas.tlntlutctctlie iukikio '— —of North Texas and Southern Indiann- ■ - ■ k. U
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Mckinney Weekly Democrat Gazette
Mckinney, Texas, US
Thu, Oct 14, 1926
Page 19
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Natalie B.
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