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Here is a picture that was taken around the early 1900's on our home ranch. This was not the origional spot that my ansestors settled, but they moved here (from NW of here 20 miles, roughly) sometime after the big winter of 1886/87. The horses in the picture were remount type horses raised for WW1. Thoroughbreds. I roughly count just under 100 hd., with the colts. From some of the pictures I have posted, you can see that at the time of this picture, the settlers had taken most of the timber off the pine hills in the background for building purposes. Our rock barn which was built in 1913, I think, was not in the picture, so it must have been before that.

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Mike said:
Wonder what horses sold for back then?

Any of those buildings still standing?
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I don't know the price of the horses Mike, but I do know that our family purchased a high priced Stud from another local ranch, the JB Horse Ranch (no longer in business), for a large sum of money. So there must have been a decent market for them. This JB ranch was approched by the government to purchase a rather large amount of horses. The response from the Jones Brothers (which stood for JB) was, what color would you like them in????? :D I do not remember the #, but it was lots and lots of horses.

None of the buildings are still standing. I was in on demolishing the old house ten years ago. It was quite a house for the day. We have an old picture somewhere that was just after completion, and there was a pet antelope in the picture. I would guess they raised the antelope after it's mother died. The house was a log house, that had been stuccoed over the logs.
 
Thats how my grandpa started out in the early 1900's-- ran sheep and horses...Threw thorobred studs and percheron studs with different herds of old range mares to get the right build to fit the Army specs...Some went for cavalry mounts and some for artillary and supply wagons...And from those crosses eventually came the modern Quarter Horse...

He shipped his last boxcar loads out in the late 30's-early 40's I believe...

I need to get thru a bunch of pictures I have stored away- and have my wife copy them over into the computer so I can post them someday...
 
The price of horses reminds me of a comment made by an old timer I knew. He is gone now, but we were running cattle through for vacinations as a cousin of ours frm St Louis was visiting. Glen mentioned that he had bought his place for $2.00/acre. Tom, the cousin was wowed, and asked Glen what his place was worth now. Glen drawled out "about $2.00/ acre, just takes more paper to cover it." I have never forgot that classic reply.
 

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