The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-11-16
WOMAN MANAGED
LARGEST RANCH
Mrs. Adair, Range Empress"
One of SouthWeSt'S Strik-
ing Personalities.
HAS 100000 ACRES OF LAND
Her Nephew, Senator James A. Wads-
worth Of New York, Once Man.
aged Her Vast Cattle Inter-
ests-Pioneer in Southwest

Fort Worth.-With the death Of
Mrs. Cornelia Adair in London re-
Gently America lost n Of its most
striking feminine personalities. She
not only owned one Of the largest
ranches in the world but through ac-
tive management and business fore
sight made her ranch the best paying
in the United States.
A pioneer of the Southwest, used to
the h%ardships and rough frontier life,
yet Mrs. Adair spent much of her
time in close association with the
nobility of England, and frequently
entertained nobility at the 81. A."
ranch in Donley county, comprising
100000 acres and more thar 100000
head of cattle. Only a few months
ago Mrs. Adair was host to a party Of
English nobility at the 81. A." ranch,
and returned with them to England,
intending to return to Texas early In
1922.
sossed Big Property.
She was e~ighty-fve years old, and
since 1885, when her husband died,
she personally superintendent the i'm
mems property. She was In truth an
empress Of the ranges, had been ex-
pert with the lasso, rode with her
cowboys, put through big deals In live
stock and improved the -. A." herd
until it has become known. as the best
In Texas. At all big stock shows
her cattle have won first prizes.
Mrs. Adair vas a native of New
York. the daughter Of Mai. Gen. James
s. Wa3sworth Of Geneseo. She mar
ried John Adair, an Irishman, in the
early '70s and went with him to Colo
RADIO. Mrs. Adair, her husband, Mrs.
Mary Goodnight, wife Of her hus-
bands partner, and a score of COW
boys made the journey from Pueblo.
Colo. to the Texas ranch overland,
driving a herd of cattle through a
country menaced both by Indians and
wild animals and where water holes
were few. When within a short dis
lance of their destination it was a
gamble whether The entire party and
animals would die from thirst.
The horses the men and women
rode shambled along exhausted and
the cattle were dropping out almost
every minute. A small stream was
found in the nick Of time, members Of
the party reaching it one by one and
of the 81. A." ranch next day, then a |
barren tract of land. Two shanties
were built in which Mrs. Adair and
Mrs. Goodnight lived for several years.
The ranch at first totaled 100000
acres and about q year after arriving
Adair bought out Goodnight's
Wadsworth Once Manager.
After Adair's death Mrs. Adair en-
Richard Walsh to help in man.
lgement and he was associated with
her until ten years ago, when he went
management Of a 100000 acre ranch.
Walsh died in Africa recently.
When Walsh left, James A. Wads-
worth of New York, her nephew, sue
'eeded him, but he retired in 1914
vhen elected United States Senator
rom New York. J. H. Holden is now
managing the ranch. It is expected
hat the Wadsworth family will con-
to own and operate the property.
Mrs. Adair. despite her busy life, I
deep interest In art, literature
music, devoting much time to
tudy when alone on her ranch in the U
eventies. She made liberal contribu- |
.ons to charity, helped build the Y.
G. A. at Clarendon, built a
at Clarendon for her ranch
and the public and invested
lrgely in Liberty bonds during the
ar.