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Armstrong County
an arrest. He was also the first postmaster
at Goodnight but left the office in the depot
where John Doughterty, railroad agent, took
care of it.
Sam was an excellent cowhand and had his
cutting horses so trained that he could take
his bridle off and work a herd with the
best of them. He had a ranch of ten or
twelve sections on both sides of the rail-
road east of Goodnight but ran only steers.
ranch contained sixteen sections and he also
bought about twenty sections further east
from John Pope.
He built a nice home on his Lone T Ranch
and the next year married Miss Irene
Graves, a niece of Col. Goodnight, and
brought her to his ranch.
Two sons, Walter Mack and Clifford, and
two daughters, Mary Ann and Gevenie,
were born to them.
In 1898 he sold the ranch on Salt Fork to
Leigh and Mrs. Goodnight and ranched for
a time in Donley County.
After Mrs. Dyer's death he lived with his
youngest daughter, Mrs. Rutherford in Ama-
rillo, where he died and was buried in
Clarendon.
Herbert M. Timmons
Sam Dyer
Sam Dyer came to Texas from Colorado
with the first herd Goodnight brought in 1876
-- but returned to Colorado and piloted the
second herd. Mrs. Goodnight came at that
time as did Mr. and Mrs. Adair. Mr.
Adair rode in a buggy most of the way but
Mrs. Adair rode horseback and assisted
with the drive.
Sam Dyer always caught and saddled her
horse for her both morning and afternoon
and assisted her in mounting. Few women
would get on the old side saddles that wo-
men used in those days unless they had a
mounting block or received assistance.
Sam was an excellent shot and furnished
the outfit with fresh antelope every day. He
was very fastidious about his clothes and
always carried a night shirt in his bed roll
and put on his "gown" as he called it
every night.
When Leigh and Walter Dyer sold their
holdings to Gunter, Munson & Summerfield
and went to other ranches, Sam was range
boss for them several years.
He built a nice ranch home and married
Miss Minnie Brown of Waverly, Mo. En-Early JA Campsites
route to his wedding he stopped in Kansas
City and bought a lot of very fine furni-
ture and an excellent surrey.
Goodnight had a very fine stallion called
"Curly" -- his mane and tail were very
curly as were also his colt's. But he was
vicious, and would attack a lot of very rider or rig
that invaded his domain.
While Sam was on his honeymoon Col.
Goodnight had for some reason put Curly
and his harem in Sam's north pasture.
Soon after his return Sam took his bride
in the surrey and would as showing her over
his range. Seeing Curly coming Bam stopped
the team and being a dead shot put a bullet
in Curly's brain which stopped his fighting
forever.
They were the parents of a daughter,
Lizzie, and a son, Sam Jr. Mrs. Dyer raised
their children on the ranch. Lizzie marride
a Dr. Ellis of Clarendon and Sam Jr. mar-
ried Miss Eula Couch also of Clarendon.
Sam Dyer died in Kansas City in 1894
and was buried at Waverly, Mo.
Herbert M. Timmons
Leigh Dyer
Leigh R. Dyer and his brother Sam came
to Armstrong County from Colorado in 1876.
The herd started from Pueblo, Colorado, in
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