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Living to tell — Comanche Captives, the Babb Siblings
By Jessica Crabtree
In continuance of last month’s article featuring Thomas Jefferson “Jeff” Waggoner, another historical piece can be written in association with Waggoner. The link is Waggoner’s sister Mary Ella Waggoner Babb. Mary Ella married Hernandez Cortez “Court” Babb in 1879 in Wise County.
Court was born June 8, 1850, in Sauk County Wisconsin. The eldest of four, his father was John S. Babb and mother, Isabel Ann Jenkins Babb. Mr. Babb was Ohio-born in 1818 while all that is known about Isabel’s birth is that the year was 1824 in Ohio. Her life was cut short by an unexpected turn of events.
Mr. Babb and wife Isabel moved from Ohio, then to Wisconsin, before heading south to Texas in 1854. Forming a family, Isabel and Mr. Babb, along with sons Court and Theodore Adolphus, “Dot,” forged the track to Texas in a two-horse wagon. After reaching the mighty Red River, the boundary between Indian Territory and Texas, their journey was halted by flood waters from the swollen Red. While the family waited, their third child, a daughter named Bianca “Banc” Babb Bell was born. Thereafter, the family came to settle in Wise County near present day Chico.
The unimaginable happened in September of 1865. According to the information found coinciding with Bianca’s records, Mr. Babb and son Court left that fateful September, driving cattle up to Fort Smith, leaving his wife, son and now two daughters with the help of a young widow named Mrs. Luster. Not long after John S. and Court’s departure, a Comanche party of more than 35 braves surrounded the Babb homestead. While there was little to no warning, the Babb family took refuge in their home before being invaded by Indians.
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By Krista Lucas Wynn
Each year, when the professional rodeo season wraps on Sept. 30, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association announce the Nutrena Horse of the Year, presented by the American Quarter Horse Association, in each event. This is a prestigious award, voted on by the members of the associations. To be named Horse of the Year by fellow competitors is a high honor only a few achieve.
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By Heather Welper
Husband and wife duo, Heather and Calvin Welper, are the Co-Owners and Operators or Two C Livestock, located in Valley View, Texas.
The pair’s operation has a show cattle focus where they raise and sell purebred heifers of all breeds and club calf Hereford steers.
When it comes to show cattle, the Welpers know a thing or two including how to prepare for the cold winter months and the Texas major show season run.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Tony Dean
Snow on the Mountain is an annual forb that is part of our landscape almost every year.
It is adapted to most of Texas and grows north to Montana and Minnesota and south to Mexico.
Although is seems to be most adapted to clay soils, this plant can be found on a wide variety of soil and moisture conditions.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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