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About 1900
FROM KANSAS TO TEXAS
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... they were going to get him. He immediately headed for town. Tied his horse before entering town, got out in the middle of the street & walked down the street with a six-shooter in each hand. No one was in sight. He said Lee Mosty went into all saloons & pool halls but not a bad man showed up and not a shot was red. He said he could show me bullet marks on several building’s corners in Lampasas that were made by Lee Mosty. That was about 1935 when Mr. Andrews told me this story.
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After the Civil War there were many cattle in this country that had grown during the War when women were at home to brand & work them each year. The ranges being all open these cattle roamed & were wild. They were called “Mavericks”. After the war Capt. Schreiner paid $1.00 for each maverick brought in. Marked & branded with his mark & brand a lot of young cowboys took advantage of this for easy money. At that time Capt. Schreiner had a bar in the back end of his store. On Saturdays when the mavericks were counted & paid for the Capt. would ask all the cowboys in ...
