Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-05-08
THE SHORT HORN RANCH.
A Visit to B. F. Davis Sons Short H orn
Stock Farm. on Shebang Creek.

On Saturday Last We accepted a long
Standing invitation to visit the short
horn stock farm of B. f. Davis. O.
shebang creek. We had promised tim
and again to visit the ranch and sta
over Sunday. and the visit might still
have been pleasure to come. if Nh
Davis had not sent in team and con
veyance and insisted upon our leavin,
the cares of business behind for few
hours and accepting his hospitality
drive of two hours brought us to the
ranch, which contains $50 acres of the
best land in the county, situated in the
very heart of the prairie, and with an
uniallIng supply of running water the
! year round. Here we w4re welcomed
by Mr.. and Mrs. Davis with true south
ern hospitality, aud during our stay we
lived on the fat of the land. Mr., Davis
arrived on Camas Prairie in the fall of
1887 and bought the land he now owns.
tie brought with him band of about
nifty thorough bred short horn cattle. as
pure In pedigree as any in America, and
all registered in the herd books of the
American Short Horn Association, of
which Mr. Davis is stock holder.
They are handsome lot of cattle and
several farmers on Camas Prairie have
made purchases for breeding purposes.
they are all halter broke and readily
come when they are called. Mr.. Davis
came to this coast from Independence
Mo-, and in The history of Ray county. =.
No.. We find the following account of
his life and pedigree:
"B Frank Davis was born Nav Is.
1854, IN Hart county, Kentucky. He
MAS educated in the private school, of
the nelghborhoOd, and while his litera-
ry training is not extensive. he has a
good English education which is greatly
strengthened by strong, practical COM
mon sense aud improved by intercourse
with men, close observation, a faculty
Tor learning from passing events. and a
felentlve memory stored with useful
Information He was raised on A farm
IN the cultivation and management OF
which he assisted his father. He moved
with his parents to Ray county in 1858
Ills father Was an esteemed and honor
ed citizen OF Kentucky. He lost his
lie about year after his arrival in
Missouri through the accldeutal dis
charge of gun. Ia 1861 Mr.. Davis en-
listed in the NJ ssourI state guards. and
participated in the engagements at Lex
lngton, Carthage, OAK Ii III, Elkhorn and
other places.
In the following year he enlisted IN
The Confederate states army, where h,.
fought with accomplishing bravery for
principles he had cherished from child
hood till the close of the war. He WAS
with his command IN its every move
ment, from the day he enlisted till the
hnal surrender He participated IN the
battles OF Prairie Grove, December 7 '62
Helena, Arkansas, July '63. and Little
Rock, in the fall of 1868. While ct -
my on the enemy at The battle of Hei-
ena shell burst Immediately over the
company of which Mr.. DAVIS had COM
niand and wounded thirteen men. The
following spring he fought Gen. Banks,
at Mansfield and Pleasant Hlll, Louisi-
ana, all the forces of the opposing com
manders on either side ueing concen-
trated. Turning north after these en-
gagements they found Steele at Camden
and pursued him to jenkins Ferry,
Saline river, where general engage
ment took place. Subsequent to this |
battle he took part in numerous skir-
mlshes and engagements of minor inn
portance, and tinaly, in June, 1865, sur
rendered at Alexandria, Louisiana. and
returned 10 his home in Ray county,
where he was cordially welcomed by
his friends. January "a, 1871, he was |
to Miss Mary Bohannon, ,dauyh-
ter of Colonel Louis c. Bohanuon. of
Ray county. She is a lady of intelli- |
gence and refinement, and by her amia-
bic, afiectionate disposition contributes |
to the happiness of her family. Their
three children, James L., Clay and IL
liott are boys IF greal PROMISE"
Such is the record of our host. a tvpe |
Of the soldier who was ready to sacrifice
the last man in the last ditch for the
Lost Cause dnring the war, bu, now "A |
loyal, pros erous and progressive citi-
zen whose hospitable doors are wide
open in true southern style. and gives |
as cordial a welcome to an ex.Union
soldier as to his most intimate personal
friends and comrades.
On Sunday afternoon we visited the |
adjoining ranch OF Mr.. j. s. Hartman,
who is we'll known as breeder OF fine
horses. His colts are nearly all in train
ing at Lewiston now, but he has a fine
Percheron- Morgan stallion. and one of
colt whose brother Mr. ii r
rlnan sold recently for Sl500 recently.
which are splendid animals and well
wort "A ride to see.