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Cattle Guards and Gates Roaming Texas Roads of Old
An essay recalling the era of handmade gates on rural Texas roads. It highlights cattle guards born from gate wreckage, bump gates built by Mack Yates, Dutchmans on hills, saddle gaps near Lone Grove and Tow Valley, and family gate tales from Great-Grandpa Adare and Grandpa Lawrence. It preserves memory of gate-opening rituals and the social landscape around old county roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Saba
Mack Yates
Mack
Bar Ditch
Lone Grove
Tow Valley
Lampasas
Ravel
Guy Alexander
Guy
Adare
Grandpa Lawrence
Pin Oak
Wimberley
San Marcos
Grandpa
Ole Max
Bill
Old Decker Place