This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Lost stockman recalls Lamar era and early cow country
Oscar Adams of the Purinton Bar 7 ranch near Sanderson Texas recalls cattle drives from Brownwood Texas in 1883 and the founding of Lamar Colorado. He notes land values now at seventy five dollars per acre, the movement to sheep ranching, and recalls lost cattle and hardship during a wet August. Also mentions future farming growth, 4000 cattle trails, and old camps near LaMar.
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Colorado
Panhandle
Oscar Adams
S. A
Arkansas Valley
Lamar
Rocky Ford
Las Animas
Cross 7
Frank Collison
Amarillo
Brownwood
Tex
Arkansas River
Doc
Morgan
Bar SS
Denver
Ike Pryor
Ike
Kansas
W. J. Stone
Missouri
Cleveland
Mr. Stone