FIRST Native Born Cattle King of Texas - Dallas, TX
N 32° 48.036 W 096° 47.836
14S E 706252 N 3631330
A 1988 Texas Historical Marker in front of the Slaughter mausoleum in Dallas's historic Greenwood Cemetery notes that Colonel C.C. Slaughter was the first native born cattle king of Texas.
Waymark Code: WM12W35
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/23/2020
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The historical marker reads:
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.
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Colonel Slaughter rests at peace with his family inside the mausoleum in front of you. It would be interesting to read which cattle kings were considered when the narrative for the historical marker was written, but Colonel Slaughter was born in Sabine, TX, while fellow legends like Oliver Loving, Charles Goodnight, and John Chisum hailed from Kentucky, Illinois, and Tennessee, respectively.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 02/09/1837
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