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Historical
Marker (at corner of Cove Ave. and Glory Ave., 3020 Oak Grove, Dallas)
Colonel C.
C. Slaughter
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) |
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