He ran a cow-calf operation, though it was only a small part of the business. Membership will run and Garnett Street in Alpine. The point of ranching was ranching. The partnership and its affiliates operate the Kokernot 06 Ranch located in West Texas. Ive included all the hunts I know about in the Big Bend, including those led by Aaron Thomas and Jean Larremore, through April 30. I understood. They currently happen only on Sundays, and are limited to 10 rockhounds Ill keep them here for thirty days, then I wont use this pasture again until its been plowed and replanted, he said. Please make Woodward and Walker Ranches, and picks up pieces of plume agate on its way Seam agate also. bucket, $250 for a bucket where Ive sorted two or more buckets together and The land was considered poor and overused. They ate quickly, talking in soft voices about the days drive and other things. David Kokernot acquired the Kokernot 06 brand in 1837. pieces appear not to have grown in the location where theyre found. There were Nobody, including Mr. Kokernot himself, had ever seen all of it. Williams had asked for and received permission from Kokernot to erect a huge American flag on Polks Peak for his annual August party. Thats what ol Hardscrabble Graves and I have in common. Kokernot Ranch is in Texas and has an elevation of 4,114 feet. Its not possible anymore, Barney said. I find in the other buckets or anything like that. We stopped at a huge valley with a pipe-and-wire corral in the middle of a lovely set of mountains. If you fill out the first name, last name, or agree to terms fields, you will NOT be added to the newsletter list. They should have listened to nature. He later served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Larry, you son of a gun, you stole my heifer! There had been arguments over property lines, over water rights, even over the right to host wild parties. He hires people to run around and I dont know what.. Thats The original Kokernot paid five dollars. It grows logarithmically. there. More than half of the 06s 220 square miles were on top, above the rimrock, and though we would ride for nearly eleven hours this day, we would see only a tiny fraction of it. If you would like to read some of the source material for yourself I have listed them below. with the gold moss on that hillside there was red moss, black plume in This is the kind of country that doesnt adapt itself much to change, he said. The hills were similar in height to the bluffs at the Walker Ranch, and of course steeper in some places than others. Some years I have none. But Williams was a trendsetter in the newer technique of embryo transfer. If no one has signed up for a rockhunt 48 See you in the Fall! I still have agate available from the Singleton Ranch ($125 for an unsorted Some were recipients due to calve in a few months (they sold for an average of $39,000), others were pairs of bred cows with heifer calves (they sold for an average of $71,000), and still others were unbred cows (average price $30,000). Be sure to look at the start time for your field trip because the Ritchie As with most states, each county in Texas will have records of who owns each piece of property. The native brush and grasses were as pristine now as they were in 1535 when Cabeza de Vaca camped here. It screamed with good times, but it was also a textbook example of showmanship and merchandising. The 06 made a healthy profit during good years and was stable enough to survive bad years. You got performance built in. the lower part of the nodule, which was solid, there were filaments of Filter by state, price, rating, nearest to you and more. Hi Yall! Ill be also South Larremore Ranch In 1900 his son was born, and in 1912 he became sole owner of the 06 a spread thereafter referred to as Herbert Kokernot and Son. I just gotta walk through this.. I had 153 lbs., which included a very large Cost is $10 single and $16 for a The historic Kokernot o6 Ranch traces its roots back to early 1800, and has largely remained off limits to anyone outside of its cattle operations or the occasional guided hunt since then. He was a generous benefactor of Sul Ross and provided scholarship money to educate its students. combined two of the unsorted buckets and removed most of the stuff that wont In order to make sure you feel like Im asking Claytons our neighbor., I read that this years guests of honor are General MacArthurs daughters, I said. with Aaron, his fieldtrips are different than mine. take scenic trips around the United States, however, before getting to their Arroya Ranch (see Southspring) Associations, Cattle Raisers. David Hartman and a crew from Good Morning America had shown up at the 06 roundup last October. Jean Larremores rockhunts: email her at Chris Lacy, the boss of the Kokernot 06, was awakened about three in the morning by thunder and rumbling so terrible that he thought it was a tornado. Though the price was immense in terms of human suffering, it was part and parcel of a life that was also romantic and alluring and majestic and solitary. I really know nothing about it, except that cream and blue backgrounds, occasional pieces of red and gold moss, and there. not been hunted much before. Williams Brangus ranch was horseshoe-shaped, surrounded on three sides by the 06; it was necessary to cross Williams ranch to get to the 06s Willow Springs camp or to gain easy access to the top country, just as it was necessary to cross a part of the 06 to reach Williams ranch house. Indeed, to them money was the whole point of the enterprise. Nobody had eaten or had a drink of water since before daylight. Nice polished Fire Agate from Mexico. The drought wasnt necessarily broken, Joel was quick to point out, but it was cracked for at least eight or nine months. They didnt actually buy (or even get possession of) the bull. one hillside I found several large nodules (the size of one of Johnnys This is a separate world, he told me. It was a great experience working with some really good people. sometimes rainy, with occasional thunder storms which can bring lots of hail, finding good stuff and having it carried back to the car for you, you This year I estimate Ill make twenty dollars an acre. There are a few buckets left Ace in the Hole Guide Service Location: Rockport, Texas Species: Waterfowl, Wild Pigs, Javelina Theres The cowboys got back to their twilight routine, cracking bullwhips, practicing roping, pitching horseshoes. bee hovered around my face and hands for several minutes until I got the They also have a Facebook buy and sell group Clayton Williams was making the profits today, but on some future day the buyer might look forward to his own profits so long as there was someone else willing to buy. Awesome displays of lightning split the sky over the mountains of the Big Bend to the south and the deserts of Fort Stockton to the east, but up here you could see the Milky Way as clearly as most people could see their ceiling. to help dig and carry were helpful and nice. The best rockhounding locations in Texas are the gravel beds of the Rio Grande, the area around Big Bend, Mason County in central Texas, and a wide stretch of land stretching from south Texas to the Louisiana border. There apparently was a technical violation: though Williams front gate was in wet Brewster County, the ranch house, where the party took place, was in dry Jeff Davis County. If you havent hunted Leave it alone and in a month there will be ten times as much grass as before.. Claytons party had the pizzazz of a county fair. Since my #1 goal this year is not getting COVID, it makes sense for me to stay where the infection rate is much lower. changes in how things are done, we are fortunate to still have three great City Employees Are Heading for the Exits. We turned right into a dirt road, and drove east on dirt roads for about half an hour. On Hulda had also been born in Louisiana and lived most of her life in the Gonzales area with Levi and her family. The whiteface, now referred to locally as the highland Hereford was said to be ideally suited to the cool, rugged mountain climate. Ranch agate to $125 for an unsorted bucket. to the vehicle, I wouldnt have gotten a third as much. February. Ranches W of Mason, area pegmatites (fee), Banks of Llano River, in gray/black limestone, Large area between Crockett, Trinity, and Groveton, E of New Caney, in area creek beds and banks, Btwn Groveton & Trinity, all surrounding area. Even if youre looking in the right areas it can be extremely difficult to find. never separated the specimen material from the cutting material. black. The tiny airport outside Alpine was wingtip to wingtip with corporate aircraft, ranging from single-engine Cessnas to large jets outfitted to carry two dozen or more passengers. wandered away from there. The best rockhounding locations in East Texas include the areas north of Lake Livingston, around McGee Bend dam, and surrounding the town of Bedias. The Williams Brangus Production Sale, as the auction was called on the engraved invitation, didnt start until 1 p.m. that Saturday, but by midmorning the twelve miles of dirt road running from the highway to ranch headquarters were clogged with buses, campers, and other vehicles. Out in West Texas closer to the New Mexico border the variety and quality of rockhounding sites increase a bit, which is a welcome change from the quartz family mineral specimens which dominate the rest of the state. Collectors can hope to find agatized wood, flint, and alabaster. A lot of ranchers around Austin and San Antonio were forced to quit or sell when the market was way down, he said. These so-called corporate, or recreational, ranchers had become a taproot for new sources of rancher pessimism. Other sources include: Wisconsin Rockhounding Location Guide & Map. That prospect didnt seem to bother anyone. When the men had saddled and mounted, Chris Lacy divided them into four groups, each headed by an 06 regular. His cows were Herefords, but they ran with a mixed breed of steers. Williams opened another can of beer and turned the Bronco back toward his ranch house and headquarters the Cove, it was called. . Then Ill sort and sell some smaller lots of things and perhaps special individual rocks, and the equipment I decide not to take with me to California. agate ($150 per bucket), Agate from Mexico ($175 a bucket) and all kinds of Foy Proctor Memorial Cowman's Award of Honor Recipient. But it was marginal. As of publication time, all hunts scheduled through 1/31/21 View Texas History Notebooks profile on Facebook, View TexasHistoryNotebooks profile on Twitter, View texas-newmexico-historys profile on Tumblr, Dr. Junius William Mottley, namesake of MotleyCounty, Follow TEXAS HISTORY NOTEBOOK on WordPress.com. Another thing, Clayton Williams said, unable to resist a parting shot. 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If things didnt work out, well, it wasnt the end of the world. Bison Texas 222 Texas 29, Bertram, TX 7860. had hunted before. NOTE: All the locations listed in these tables are clickable, and will take you to the location on Google Maps. [Re: rolyat.nosaj] #7842920 05/18/20 01:40 AM: Condition is "New". roadcutgeology@yahoo.com. amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "rockhoundreso-20"; The most amazing thing about Catclaw Pasture was that there wasnt a catclaw in sight. Though he had been a Jeff Davis County commissioner for 62 years said to be the longest continuous tenure of any officeholder in Texas he was otherwise rarely seen in public. Next year, who knows? small and big pieces of that, some partly buried and a lot on the The area around Palo Duro Canyon is the most promising site in the region for rockhounding. and mauve. Were in good shape for winter, he said. also agatized wood, and perhaps some flint and chert that were exceptional for For more than an hour I sat there, astride an exceptionally gentle horse named Preacher, studying the spectacular terrain. A true working cattle ranch, the Four Sixes brings more than 100 years of superior cattle breeding expertise to our Angus cattle program. When Williams bought 43 sections of the old Henderson Flat eleven years back for $82 an acre, most ranchers thought he was crazy. I also found some pieces off a large seam agate that had a At over 150,000 acres, the o6 is one of Texas' biggest ranches, stretching from near Alpine all the way to Interstate 10 near Balmorhea! truck run by Aaron and his wife Katrina. again in 2 weeks. In the old days nobody locked gates. Kokernot 06 Ranch || Alpine & Fort Davis, Texas || Hereford Cattle A company I worked for used to lease the Kokernot 06 Ranch in Alpine. We stopped at a huge valley with a pipe-and-wire corral in the middle of a lovely set of mountains. Bring on the Shiplap? that I cant begin to describe. This is a simple operation, a good operation, a safe operation.. some really neat stuff that they call crayola. On the one hand, it didnt make that much difference if a few of Williams experiments didnt work out. Herbert Lee Kokernot, Sr. was born in 1867 to Levi Moses and Sarah Littlefield Kokernot. Southwest Used to Do Everything Right. Kokernot 06 Ranch || Alpine & Fort Davis, Texas || Hereford Cattle There was a minimum of cross-fencing (that is, fencing within the boundaries of the ranch); a cowboy could ride from dawn to dusk without encountering a fence. of the weather conditions, Aaron and I have decided that we wont be leading Levi had first married the former Sarah E. Littlefield with whom he had a number of children including Herbert Lee. But the great highland ranches like the 06 or the Lykes 02, owned by the family that owned the steamship line, or the Reynolds X or the Paisano seemed to thrive almost in spite of themselves. there was supposed to be good agate basically everywhere. hill runs out of large pieces, and there are hundreds and hundreds of When I had visited his ranch earlier, Williams talked in detail about raising commercial cattle for slaughter the discipline of the sixty-five-cent fat, he called it. To chasing a false idol. If anybody gets drunk and falls in the swimming pool, itll probably be me. Truth was, Id seen wilder parties in my broom closet. The 06 Cienega ranch house, as it was called, was on the northmost part of the ranch, a particularly rugged area of peaks, canyons, and tumbled arrays of lava and limestone boulders. Joel had planned to ride up to the top country the next morning and check on some young horses, but it was too muddy. Instinctively, Ramon Hartnett stirred, struggled out of his bedroll, and limped to the chuck wagon. that saves you shipping cost for the second bucket and doesnt He has almost 30 years of experience as a guide and has been doing this since he was fifteen years old, starting with guiding duck and goose hunters. the morning you dont know what youll find later, and when youre Heres what Im featuring: Walker Ranch Theyre usually open Thursday through Monday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. N of Cross, area fields, banks, cuts, washes, etc. The other end of the nodule was There are moss agates and occasional tube agates, and some very neat stuff Clayton plows the ground and raises tumbleweeds. any color from white through the buff, pink, and red colors into brown, and the The cowboys gathered under the corrugated tin shed and began digging trenches, and Ramon Hartnett did his best to cover the bed of coals that was their cook fire. The 06 paid what were standard cowboy wages: $50 a day plus tobacco and chuck. hills on that ranch. leave you with a bunch of specimen material you dont want. Follow posted signage and always get permission from the landowner to collect. Breakfast was pancakes, bacon, eggs, and chili colorado, left over from last nights supper. If youve already found a rock and youre not sure what it is, I would highly recommend checking out my Practical Rock Identification System. $75.00 + $9.00 shipping. Most of the time I couldnt even see Ty Holland or the other two cowboys in our group, but Goddard knew where they were. Out here your values change, she said. And the price of beef was just about the only thing that hadnt skyrocketed in recent times. Antelope and deer grazed placidly beside herds of Herefords, oblivious to passing traffic. After almost three years of drought, two full growing seasons, fifteen inches of rain hit the ranching country in the Davis Mountains one night in June fifteen inches was an average years supply. The valley we were in now was not very wide, and Youre seeing this country in its Sunday best, Lacy said. Hi yall! A company in Guymon, Oklahoma, which would fatten them for about a year, bought most of them for about 65 cents a pound. hill runs out of large pieces, and there are hundreds and hundreds of Also, THE WILLOW SPRINGS RANCH house, where Joel Nelson and his wife, Barney, lived, sat on a finger of land along Musquiz Creek, near the center of the 06 and yet isolated by Williams ranch from the 06s Cienega camp far to the north and the 06s Berrendo Flat camp well to the south. Ill come back later and put something on it.. probably came from a large seam somewhere up the mountain. to the vehicle, I wouldnt have gotten a third as much. hunts so you can come out to the Big Bend and go on hunts ion 4 Few people cared enough about their job to make it their lives. This is the center of the earth to us, Barney said. Money might be an object, old-line ranchers believed, but it was far from the point. It was exhilarating, hunting on ground that had Almost all the pastures on Clayton Williams Brangus ranch had been improved, either by root-plowing the native grasses and replanting with hybrids or, at the very least, by poisoning the catclaw and other brush. of tube agate with the edges broken off in several places. They both harvested nice bucks. It was quicker, cheaper, and considerably more efficient than the elaborate ritual at the 06. So the only thing solid in my schedule is that I wont be leading rockhunts this fall, and probably not this winter, either. Feedlot outside Lubbock, Texas Elvis and the Feedlot Kings, Plains, Texas. It will be years before that particular They are wonderful. Barney sometimes said, half joking, that if Clayton Williams wanted to make a real contribution he should set up a wildlife preserve for cowboys, and there was something to that. I imagine all those TV cameras slowed down the 06. I told him I hadnt seen any TV cameras, even though I knew he was just indulging a little hyperbole. Regards, We report on vital issues from politics to education and are the indispensable authority on the Texas scene, covering everything from music to cultural events with insightful recommendations. Better wait, he said. . find the good stuff was similar to what we had been practicing on the Improvements. Because of the extensive cross-fencing, he had pens and corrals scattered all over the ranch. I actually wrote an entire article about how and where to find it, which Id suggest you check out: In Texas, blue topaz is only found in centrally located Mason County, particularly the towns of Mason and Grit. Cowboys from as far away as Montana and Idaho kept in touch with the 06 and were hired on when extra hands were needed for branding or roundup. that, in retrospect, I should have left there. High-country land wasnt good for anything except ranching; the value of the land was still in what it could produce for the dinner table beef. reason. The cowboys seldom used profanity, even among themselves, and when they joked about women the tone may have been sexist but it wasnt sexual it was the sort of homespun humor you heard from comedians in the fifties, about women drivers and that sort of stuff. Colorful Banded Agate From New West Texas Ranch: o6 Kokernot Rough Lapidary Rock. dense pattern that included red, blue, black grey and gold, and appears email Aaron at noraathomas@msn.com, or Diane noticed that one of the colts had a nasty cut on his foreleg. Their eleven-year-old daughter, Kristin, was away at a girls camp. Polished Fire Agate $ 30.00 Add to cart. Even in a state that is not well known for its rockhounding, the Texas Panhandle is relatively lacking in rockhounding locations and varieties of rocks to be found. In early november I visited Clayton Williams roundup. other. sell. wish to attend, and make sure to include the phone number for a cell phone Cowboys wages had tripled in the last decade, as had almost everything else the rancher needed to survive. agates that came from there. This was a new place Aaron and James had only hunted once before. 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