FIRST HEREPORDS ON THE RANGE 731 



went to Spokane, Wash. He underwent all the 

 vicissitudes and ups and downs of the cattle busi- 

 ness, and in his later years often said: "I was a 

 millionaire before the winter of 1886-87, and a pau- 

 per afterwards." Eventually, however, he left 

 quite an estate. He died and was buried in Italy, 

 and is remembered by all his surviving friends as 

 a man of broad sympathies — one who never tired 

 helping his fellowmen. 



B. C. Rhome. — One of the pioneers in purebred 

 Herefords in north Texas was Mr. B. C. Rhome of 

 Fort Worth. He began around 1882 by making pur- 

 chases of William Powell, who as already stated was 

 probably the first to engage in the trade of supply- 

 ing purebred Herefords for the Texas range. Along 

 about 1880 Mr. Powell sold quite a number of bulls 

 to various range cattle breeders, many of which 

 went into southern Texas in the region around San 

 Antonio. Mr. Rhome states that shortly after he 

 made his first purchases Mr. Gr. H. Mathis and G. 

 P. McCampbell of Rockford also bought cattle from 

 Fowler & VanNatta and the T. L. Miller Co. W. 

 S. Ikard of Henrietta began a purebred herd about 

 this time, making selections from the herds about 

 Beecher. According to Mr. Rhome, another early 

 Texas herd was that of F. M. Houts of Decatur, 

 founded upon purchases from Fowler & VanNatta, 

 which included the imported Carwardine bull Wil- 

 fred. One of the most important introductions of 

 Herefords into Texas during the late '80 's was that 

 of 200 head shipped in by Mr. G. W. Henry of Chi- 



