SECRETARY OF

THE TEXAS CATTLE RAISERS' ASSOCIATION

FORT WORTH, TEXAS




CONTENTS


I. IN RETROSPECT
II. MY APPRENTICESHIP
III. A SECOND TRIP TO PORT SUMNER
IV. A FATAL TRIP
V. SUMMER OF '68
VI. SOWING WILD OATS
VII. "THE ANGEL"
VIII. THE "LAZY L"
IX. THE SCHOOL OF EXPERIENCE
X. THE PANIC OF '73
XI. A PROSPEROUS YEAR
XII. CLEAR FORK AND SHENANDOAH
XIII. THE CENTENNIAL YEAR
XIV. ESTABLISHING A NEW RANCH
XV. HARVEST HOME
XVI. AN ACTIVE SUMMER
XVII. FORESHADOWS
XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOM