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FROM KANSAS TO TEXAS
About 1900
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... many herds in So. Texas. The Dewees family who had large ranches near Shiner was a headquarters for Lee Mosty on his buying trips. Mrs. Ola B. Dewees Gammon mentioned on another page of this article was a little girl at the time. Dad told me that many times he rocked her to sleep when he was in the Dewees home. They became close friends.
Later drives were made to Dodge City, Kansas & shipped by rail to Kansas City. In driving up the trails navigation was by the stars. From South Texas they would make calculations & take their bearings for Dodge City. This was followed & ...
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... they never missed their destinations. They would make ve to six miles a day. They knew all the rivers on the way & where crossings were located. Many times the rivers would be on a rise & the cattle had to swim. Dad could not swim but he would slide off his horse & take the horse by the tail & let the horse pull him accross.
A merchant in Lampasas named Andrews (Lee & I used to buy peach seed from him) told me about some of the early life of Lee Mosty. Said one time a gang of toughs in Lampasas sent word out to the Bean Ranch where Lee Mosty was staying that the next time he came to town ...