Colonel C. C. Slaughter
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N 32° 48.038 W 096° 47.834
14S E 706256 N 3631333
Christopher Columbus Slaughter was the first native born cattle king of Texas.
Waymark Code: WM710V
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/16/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member clayj
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This marker is located in historic Greenwood Cemetery.
Marker Number: 6883

Marker Text:
(Feb. 9, 1837 - Jan. 25, 1919)

Christopher Columbus Slaughter was the first native born cattle king of Texas. While living on the West Texas frontier he was a ranger, Confederate beef supplier, and trail driver. His ranching empire, including the Long S and Lazy S Ranches, totaled over one million acres. In the early 1870s he moved to Dallas, where he founded, and was an officer in, three early banks. An initiator of the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assn., he was also noted for his philanthropy to Baptist schools, churches, and hospitals, especially Baylor Hospital. (1988)

Plate on reverse:

Mary Isham Keith Chapter,
DAR, Ft. Worth
Descendants of C.C. Slaughter
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