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Cattle Drive Recall From Ellison Dewees Trail 1876
Sam recounts an 1876 cattle drive from Bandera to Dodge City led by Mack Stewart. Eight outfits of eleven men crossed Texas from Seguin to the Devil's River and beyond, facing river crossings, Indian encounters, and long days of guiding five thousand cattle westward. The narrative covers camps, routes, names of foremen and cowboys, rough country, and a meeting with John T. Lytle at the Arkansas River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellison & Dewees
Ellison Ranch
Mack Stewart
Monroe Hardeman
Tom Osborne
Giles Fenner
Little Jim Ellison
Coleman James
Bill Green
Bellport
Seguin
Floresville
San Antonio
Flores Ville
Lodi
Tom Dewees
R. G
Dick) Head
Randow
Dewees
Dick Head
Mack
Captain Smith
Mat Coates
Tull Roebuck
George
Edgar Adams
Luling
Lockhart
Mr. Head
Jim Ellison
Little Jim
Mitchell’s Lake
Town
Alazan
Prospect Hill
Joe Smith
Leon Springs
Guadalupe River
Charlie Schriener
Kerrville
Little Devil’s River
Devil’s River
South Concho
North Concho
Fort Concho
Mobeetie
Canadian River
Red River
Sweetwater
Ikard Range
Ikard
Dodge City
Arkansas River
John T. Lytle
R. G. Head
D. R