The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-11
WOMAN MANAGED
LARGEST RANCH
Mrs. Adair, Range EimrEss"
One Of Southwesf's SSiEii-
ing Personalities "
HAS 100000 ACRES OF lA9B
Her Nephew, Senator James - evssss-
worth Of New YORK, Once Rzzss-
aged Her Vast Cattle, lrnz--
ests-Pioneer In Southwest

Fort Worth.-With tile. 5i@afa sr
Mrs. >Cornelia Adair In. ESszBsn rc-
Gently America lost one OF 2z roust
striking feminine personalities Shs
not only owned one OF taa Eurgnyt
ranches In the world but tErsKs,sh &C
tive management and busfnsS1s 1sre-
sight made her ranch the. hesS szsryinE
In the United States
pioneer of the Southwest. xzsna 10
the hardships and rough frcukSsr Rife.
yet Mrs. Adair spent mue9. al aier
time In close associations ufzth Ehe
nobility Of England, ana fsrsHRzaly
entertained nobility at tffa ~2 A.
ranch In DOnley county esazris7nc
100000 acres and more than BtzfBgD
head OF cattle. Only a few xsHfass
ago Mrs. Adair was host to u Vssr1y OK
English. nobility at the ~ a. xzrzsfs-
and returned with them to EIrfon7-
intending TO return to Texas tzrSv M
1920.
Bossed Big Properly
She was eighty-five years GEQ. n1G
since 1885, when her hussaasa died.
mense property. She was iE truth nm
empress of the ranges. hGd' seSsn en-
pert with the lasse rode R'tsh hEr
cowboys. put through big desdss IN IRE
stock and improved the ~ b. 55eris
until IL has become known az Slse EssSzt
in Texas. At all big stock sstDsyz
her cattle have won first prss%s-
Mrs. Adair was native esY yesy
York, the daughter OF SToE &crs ssusss
S. Wadsworth Of Gencseo. STE zz-7---
ried John Adair. an Irishmszs. I'm ftIz.
early '70s and went with hsfza IN Kfsio-
radd. Mrs. Adar, her husband EE-s-
Mary Goodnight, wife es RzT 3lsss-
bands partnerS and q seerse ~ s0yx-
boys made the journey from zsaSbsss.
Colo, to the Texas ranch ssrx1Szzsfs.
driving a herd of cattle s0rgGs:a a
country menaced both by rsaSstszas sggd
Wild animals and where water NAfCss
were few. When within. szsss4 dis
tance of their destination II Ens n
gamble whether the entire rs1.gS zsIefz
animals would die from thfrssE
The horses the men ana ukznnesI
rode shambled along exfsaEz&FSl zzxssl
the cattle were dropping oEfT ESafrxxst
every minute. small stream Hxls
found In the nick of time, rueasssrs NJ
the party reaching II one by srne and
almost gone They reached 5sss xtae
of the ~ A." ranch next dag EfEn N
barren tract Of land. Twss EXAMINES
were built in which Mrs Adhfhr nzsi3
Mrs. Goodnight lived for several ,tarzss-
The ranch at first t0tale6 1ssSsWsD
acres and about year aftsx- &azssfus
there Adair bought out GocssrEcfass
Wadsworth Once Msnag~-
After Adair's death Mrs. AGskir rns-
plOyed Richard Walsh to hesfs I'M ERzzs-
agement and he was associated xdfia
her until ten years age, when Rse west
to Rhodesia, Africa, and ssszzmrd
Of 100000 Rexr samrla
Walsh died in Africa rss<1ily-
When Walsh lefr, James A. WAITS
worth of New York, her nepxszws. s<fr-
ceeded him, but he retired 9B 1abz
when elected United States $'sHaifur
from New York. J. r. HOldess r. ROW
the ranch. 1T rs ss3assrS1
that the Wadsworth family wis5 enss-
time to own and operate the Yrsrsrtr-
Mrs. Adair. despite her ssss 8xe-
took deep interest I'm art, Essusrure
and music, devoting much ffxse de,
study when alone on her ranch In the
seventies. She made fiberaY ee2Jrxsbu-
lions TO charity, helped Duif1 tsse N
NJ. G.. A. at Clarendon, hEsf1 81
hospital at Clarendon for hsr aspnrfs
hands and the public ana isrsszsrzE
largely in Liberty bonds dtrrits TIE
war