ROCKIN' CHAIR RANCH CACHE (NML) Multi-Cache
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ROCKIN' CHAIR RANCH CACHE (NML)
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I WAS RAISED HERE..... LOT OF STORIES ABOUT THE RANCH.....
HAD TO CHANGE COORDS....... PLZ ADVISE COORDS..... THX...
N 34 57.499 W 100 13.452
PLZ READ THE HISTORICAL SIGNS IN THE PARK....
N 34 57.564 W 100 13.330
[THE CAP TELLS THE STORY AS IT WAS TOLD TO ME....]
THERE IS A STORY ABOUT THE LOST OF A OF THE ROYAL BUGGY (COACH) WITH 250-500, $5 GOLD PEICES AT THE START OF THE ROUND-UP..... ABOUT 8 MILES UP THE RIVER FROM HERE..... NOW THERE IS A CACHE....
HERE IS THE STORY....THERE ARE VERY FEW PLACES THAT ONE CAN FORD THE RIVER, BECAUSE OF THE QUICKSAND..... IT IS SAID THAT ABOUT 8 MILES UP THE RIVER, IS ONE????
THE ROCKIN' CHAIR WAS ACQUIRED BY A WEALTHY LORD FROM ENGLAND????
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{The Rocking Chair Ranch was, however, without a legal home until February 17, 1883, when the partners bought 235 sections of former Houston and Great Northern Railroad land from the New York and Texas Land Company.qv On April 3 Conkle and Lytle sold their land, brand, cattle, and horses for $365,000 to Early W. Spencer and J. John Drew, who were seeking a suitable American cattle scheme for British investors. Drew, an Englishman, returned to England to promote the new syndicate. Within five months he resold the property to the Rocking Chair Ranche Company for $26,857. The principal owner was Sir Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, first baron of Tweedmouth; after his death in 1884 his oldest son, Edward Marjoribanks, inherited both the title and company ownership. Another major stockholder was John Campbell Hamilton Gordon, earl of Aberdeen and later governor general of Canada, who in 1887 became joint owner of the Rocking Chair Ranch with Sir Edward, his brother-in-law.} GUESS TEXAS HISTORY TELL MORE???
SOME SAY HE BOUGHT IT WITH FAMILY WEALTH AND SOME SAY HE WON IT IN A POKER GAME???? Edward Marjoribanks first baron of Tweedmouth, John Campbell Hamilton Gordon, earl of Aberdeen who in 1887 became joint owner of the Rocking Chair Ranch with Sir Edward, (his brother-in-law.}
I GUESS ONE MAKES A BETTER STORY?????? THE LORD SENT HIS YOUNGER BROTHER TO GOVERN THE RANCH.... THE POSTOFFICE WAS IN MOBEETIE, TX. WHERE HE SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME IN THE SALOON, ENJOYING, DRINK, WOMEN, AND POKER..... WHEN HE WAS GOING TO GET THE MAIL???????
{In 1889 the company laid out the town of Aberdeen as the nucleus of the ranch. John Drew, who resided with his family in Aberdeen, was appointed general manager of the enterprise, and Henry J. Nesper, who later became the first store owner and postmaster in Aberdeen, was hired as range foreman. Buck Julian trailed the first herd of Rocking Chair cattle to Dodge City in the fall of 1883. For an assistant manager and bookkeeper, the company appointed the second Baron Tweedmouth's youngest brother, Archibald John Marjoribanks, known among the cowboys as "Archie" or "Old Marshie." Uninterested in learning the fine points of ranching, Marshie drank and gambled in the Mobeetie saloons and hunted with purebred hounds. Nevertheless, he hired hands to build a corral, sought out high-grade horses, and spent much time at the North Elm Creek headquarters reading periodicals and writing detailed letters on everyday ranch affairs-all at a $1,500 annual salary. From 1884 to 1893 Drew and Marjoribanks managed the ranch. The high-handed extravagance and arrogance of the British investors caused considerable resentment among the cowhands and other area residents. Throughout his ten-year stay at the ranch, the "Honorable Archie" never mingled or rode with the cowboys. }
TO BE CONTINUED.......
NO COORDS..... NOT MULTIPLE... NO CIPHER ..
N 34 57.499 W 100 13.452 .
STEALTHY, STEALTHY, STEALTHY (THE COUNTY HAS A EMPLOYEE OUT HERE.....) THERE IS A WI-FI SYSTEM WORKING, PARK NEAR THE THE BUILDING IN THE SHADE, OFCURSE....
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