The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-26
DRIVING FLOCK Of GOATS.
LOCAL BOYS EXPERIENCE
.Everard knollenbers Writes of Ranch
Life in Texas and Tells Much of In
terest About the Country-tIas
Been Living .CIose to Nature"

A, most interesting letter has been
Received from Eyerard Knonenberg
Who is situated on a ranch in Texas,
near the town OF Langtry. The let
terswas dated as follows Aug. 10
milesffrom nowhere, Same from any
where. Going somewhere. HOPE l
get there"
In part the letter says:
"At presenttI am many miles a1s.
lance from the railroad and civiliza-
ton moving flock of 5000 Angora
Goats ! 60 miles &'cross scountry, travel
ing , in a mountain hack and eating
sleeping and day dreaming all out of
doors. Meals are served a-la-carte.
Bacon and beans three times a day
with beans and bacon as a side dish
Coffee, bread and molasses are Eek
tras." 80
With me are three Mexicans; two
acting as leaders, and one as guide
and cook. | have a partner in the
Goat business with me and for the
past seven months we have been
ranching 10 miles in the interior, lie.
from the railroad. But the many in
conveniences such as irregular mail,
getting supplies, help etc. forced us
TO get range near TO the railroad.
Consequently we secured about 6000
acres adjutant To the Rio Grande Riv-
er close to where the Pecos River
empties into it. This range is also
adjacent to the Southern Pacific rail
road and our headquarters Will be
Langtry, Texas.
Unless detained by accident or
rain we should reach our destination
in four more days. Have now been
three days on the road. This country
is very open both as TO fences and
to timber. Low brush of numerous
kinds, is here in abundance but trees
are almost an unknown quantity, a
few here attain a heighth of Il to 20
feet but they are few indeed, and even
then must almost be classed as
brush. The country can hardly be
called mountainous for the big hills
are not high or rugged enough for
that. Yet as we pass. by the head of
some canyon and see its rocky depth
we realize that this is probably meant
as an introduction To the Rockies
themselves. l said "as we pass by,
for we are on a high plateau inter
laced by canyons of various depths,
widths and constituency, steppes is
the proper name for such land. Every
form of vegetation has on its mantel
of emerald hue. This is due to the
coDious rains that have fallen all
summer Many wild flowers are
blooming The prevailing colors be-
ing yellow and blue with an occasion
al touch of red or white. Indeed the
entire landscape appears as one vast
mentioned In the far distance may
be seen the Santa Rosa Mountains ov-
er in Mexico, screened by a blush
laze and overhung by clouds of fog.
There is much out here TO interest
the sportsman. Fishing and hunting
are fine, for there is abundant game.
The night before we left panther
came into camp and killed one of our
goats We have furnished them with
meat several times, also wildcat
paid us visit and nabbed four YOU 8
goats in one night. Besides these an
imals there are bear, dear, fox, coon,
badger, wolf, wi1dhog, etc, then there
is quail and wild goose, turkey and
several kinds of small game birds
and fish from the mountain trout to
an ordinary minnow. Catfish from 3
to 100 lbs