Middletown transcript., 1871-04-29
,sntrrrstin0 SArttll.
THE TEALS CATTLE KINGS.
weei.D ~ he orpsier. or t;,e ria!n..

13e NsBp ssi ftass Il ~ fee Ira.
t5it Breaaa--f ,.sc Eteio ~ ne Htg
eth CHntf-T ft afsa n t9eWs Ha-
TeNas alal has 3,sG0 900 cattle, ii.
yidcl into alp.uN0 leey,s. 800. 0uU COWS.
and 800 ,uud young eaIilr The plains
ou which IL cattle roeM contain about
To- .uy7 W5 'ps Of c}auni The pfin
cipa Iasturlges fc uu The Auaees, Rio
G5aut,y, Eap.aluPt, 1n 3aeW!l, cd
raau Lron, Erazps, Trinity, s-,lius and
iyd hagers The eaul. are ewnra b,
,entes Il faHelanen, eaeh on Of whom
h4a irqe l.f6a T. ra,aaa h=ai On til
.sani eaI0fas kieef iala contain.
iug s.. - aefzz Z is a@0 /. M
man. Rielrtf King. and IL, n i Gsoan
haad Il r.flis. an.efn hasses .tta1
sheep. ani 5 s.H1a esdis fiis i,smsase
nnlHHef q, If s'r4 rt9uii = 4 ~
lie horse aHi aaa NeSi6aHs = attend
ana hefa i Tn taatsaH heeses are
auaaals snii I'm the r8ueh. md + I'M
yum. ralyes hranded III r Is another
faueh III ths sau Auiaaia Rieef, near
Gali8l. ~ai.d af1z Haal hsal ai eat.
H.. and h ~ u aea hzll pf ealva an
HaaIe i. osfaHusf. IL aHnr e lhis
laas t. sa5t ? with Il siesk eaeh
year. aal Ii. astl- ar constantly inerals.
ing. In iSa2 h. h #san eaaI t..iGt
with ,9su f5al. ani lis pt.tat ri fm.
aHs hHfals mi with ar ilia resalt uf
uatur4 inefaass. III thH cult bstween
lAe lie tirau = mi vi ass. is ranch
+ containing i "a acre. mi owasi ~
Mr.. Ralesax |, is ea a peninsula,
surrounded an .lles sid. Is water, and.
10 fneIasa the aihfr silz. has required the
! huHfnr Of thiftyzane miles II plank
fence. Every tln nil .lan9 tie teuer
are hons fif the hefief-. and enormous
sinhles anil peus far the sfae1 fhefs arr
erazel IN ilis enclosure n .an1 heal nf
] beef ealile. besides III immense number
Of other stock
\ ransH - The Brax1. River contains
~ .ooa hea1 81 ta,llr 3n, horse. aud 81
herdefs .i1hu ilitsan. the owner drives
Ia, nDu eallls Il market annually Ten
years aga he was pot farmer m Tn
nessee, but selling his lan1 ani going IL
the Bru1as he sueseetsl hY lini If bafd
labor in petting together siNly raMs nnl
nine brood marf5 Wien he went to rais-
ius stock He L.. INV ~ non heai of
cattle worth, ut laas.e s loh. I'M. and he i
still nni} iafty years oil This man i
establishing a staek ranch III the South
Platte, in Nebraska. where l.e now has
) 900 head ot cattle and ne&t spring will
bring III II .0lD moro.
There is ranch On the fonehe River.
TeAas. where. | am tall one LIN owns
70 ,nnD head Of steers aud mlch cows.
The hest grazing counties in Texas are
those of Throckmorion. Stevens, jack.
Young. Callahan. Coleman Brown. Tar
rant. Edrath, Gomanehc. l'alo Pinto. Hill
and johnson. These counties lie along
the Rio Grand Nueees. tiuadalupe. San
Antonio, Colorado. Leon Dra1os, Trinity,
Sabine aud Red Riycrs. The stock from
these counties are driven To the ,iulf in
gren, numbers where they are slaughter.
cd aud packed n steamers, or put on
alive, aud shipped to New York, Boston,
and other Northern markets great
many cattle are driven North on fnot hy
way of Abilene, Mnnsas and senylcr,
Nebraska. shrlc follow the Pecos, and
pass into Arizona and California; others
keep nlong the Arkansas TO Bent's Ford.
thence acrnss eoioradol ever the Black
Hills and into Wyoming, AMI on up into
Utah. Montana. Nevada, and Idaho
There are some drivers whose names
cannot mention, but the whole number Of
cattle brought North overland from, Texas
during the year 1870 did no, fall short of
100, 900 heal Of these % 900 went to
! Montana. 5000 TO Utah. 5000 to Neya-
d. 1000 to Wyoming. 5000 to Califor-
n;s, II 900 TO Idaho. nrd 30. 900 to Colo