Country Lifestyles
Generations of History in One Place – The Chisum/Waide Ranch History
Jessica Crabtree
Today if you google a map of Denton County, Texas, zooming in to Bolivar, Texas, you will see roads by the name Chisum and Waide. They extend from Bolivar and on west to Slidell. To the unaware, the two roads, names and where they lead offer little to no interest. I assure you, given just a moment’s insight behind both names, your curiosity will be peaked.
Years ago, back in the ’60s, George Seals leased a ranch from two sisters, Bethal Waide and Clara Mae (Waide) Leavitt. The lease lasted 23 years. Seals is a former profile from the October 2016 NTFR issue. It was stated prior he bought out his father’s farm in 1965. That included his cattle and equipment. At the time, the Waide Ranch was 320 acres; prior to that, in all its glory, the ranch was 640 acres. It was made up of rolling hills, open, and tucked back where no one from the road could see it. Seals ran cows and calves on the place.
Producing oats, Seals would wean his calves and feed them with a self-feeder of oats until fattened when he would ship them to market. Often Seals and his late wife Nita found interesting objects or remnants from the past. Seals, a historian and reader by nature, gobbled it all up. That even included a saddle horse gate on the west side of the Waide Ranch, just a half mile southeast of Cove Hollow, the hideout of Sam Bass, a well-known train robber from the 1870s.
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By Dal Houston
I am terribly saddened by all the argumentative discourse that seems to be going on in today’s world. It seems as though it is no longer enough just to disagree on certain issues. We are expected to classify someone as an enemy if they do not always agree with us on all issues, lest we be considered weak.
To make things even worse, because those who disagree with you are now considered enemies, the sentiment seems to be that it is only fair and proper to destroy them, because they are the enemy, again with the fear of ridicule for being weak if we do not fight.
With all that said, and seemingly unrelated, I am a big John Wayne fan. From watching him dive into his role as a cowboy, to marveling at his time portraying a soldier or appreciating his acting gig as a sailor, there is seldom a week that goes by without me watching at least one
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By Martha Crump
That old adage, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.,” may have some basis in truth when applied to minor situations. However, when what you don’t know is presented in the form of a “Trojan Horse” and is what amounts to an incredible attempt to fleece American property rights, it becomes a different story altogether.
To put this unbelievable tale together, we need to step back to Joe Biden’s 2021 Executive Order which pledged commitment to help restore balance on public lands and waters, to create jobs, and to provide a path to align the management of America’s public lands and waters with our nation’s climate, conservation, and clean energy goals.
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By Lacey Vilhauer
Ingredients:
1 whole lemon, seeded and roughly chopped
2 cups sugar
2 pounds strawberries, hulled
Juice of 1 to 2 lemons
¼ cup water
Directions:
Place the chopped lemon and sugar in a food processor and pulse until combined. Transfer to a large bowl. Puree the strawberries in a food processor and add to the lemon mixture along with juice of one lemon and water. Taste and add more juice as desired.
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