A RANCHMAN'S RECOLLECTIONS 



Red River below Gainesville on to Fort Arbuckle, and in- 

 tersected the main trail at the south fork of the Canadian. 

 The last main western trail ran by Coleman, Tex., Bell 

 Plain, Baird, Albany, Fort Griffin and Double Mountain 

 Fork, crossing Red River at Doan's Store. 



Saunders records another trail known as the Mc- 

 Coy trail, which started at Corpus Christi, Tex., and 

 ran to Austin, Georgetown, Buchanan, Decatur and 

 Red River Station, all in Texas, and thence to Abi- 

 lene in Kansas. 



McCoy relates that In 1870 1,400 selected beeves 

 sold in Chicago at 4^ to 6j4 cents, netting $20 per 

 head to the producer, and that In 1 867 a buyer bought 

 from a herd of 3,500 head his choice at $6 for 600 

 head, and a second cut, his choice, of 600 head at 

 $3 per head, or an average of $4.50 for 1,125-pound 

 beeves or 40 cents per 100 pounds. They were prob- 

 ably fours, fives and sixes. This Is the only refer- 

 ence to weights during the early period found so far 

 In my reading. 



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