The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 31, July 1927 - April, 1928 Page: 354
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
A by-product of the disease [Texas fever] was a bitter feeling
engendered between cattlemen of southern Texas and those of the
Panhandle. Our friends to the south regarded us-yes and the
ticks too !-as being humbugs. We were accused of being selfish,
trade haggers, ill bred and lots of other things, because, in lieu
of a protective law, we ourselves put into effect what was known
as the "Winchester Quarantine." Charles Goodnight and I were
neighbors-our houses being but forty-five miles apart-and we
established and cooperatively maintained a patrol for keeping out
the undesired tick breeders.
PART III
TIE WIRE FENCES
The first wire fence built on the J A Ranch was in 1882.
Henry W. Taylor and W. C. Koogle built it. It was what was
known as the plains fence. It extended along the northern part
of the ranch through Armstrong County and a part of Donley
County. It was built more to keep other ranchmen's cattle from
drifting in from the north than to keep the J A cattle from drift-
ing out, because in the winter months it was the tendency of all
cattle to drift southward.
The following year, the Quitaque Ranch was fenced by a man
by the name of Bartlett. Also the Tule Ranch was fenced in
1883 and 1884 and the headquarters of the Tule Ranch were built
at the same time. The cross fence between the J A and J J
Ranches was built in 1884.
Other ranches began to build fences about the same time. How-
ever, some had evidently begun to fence at a much earlier date
than this, judging from an incident which Colonel Goodnight
related.
Just after the Christian Colony had been established in 1879,
I happened along near this colony. I heard they were in the
country, but I had never visited them. I decided to ride by and
look them over. When I got in sight of the colony, I saw they
were all excited over something. I rode over to where the excite-
ment was and saw that they had a bunch of Pueblo Indians sur-
rounded and were fixing to kill them. They thought the Indians
were Comanches, who were killers. I rode up behind the Pueblo
chief and he did not see me and neither did the colonists notice me.
The old chief was trying to tell the colonists in Spanish, as he
could not speak English, that they were Pueblo Indians and not354
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 31, July 1927 - April, 1928, periodical, 1928; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101088/m1/378/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.