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Mcneills Sr Ranch (Hardcover)
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Mcneills Sr Ranch (Hardcover)
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"Wife," one longtime resident of Blanco Canyon was overheard
sighing, "we've spent most of our forty years here just waiting for
a rain!" Blanco Canyon, on the edge of West Texas' Cap Rock, is a
land of charm and brutality, generosity and denial, exquisite
beauty after a rain and harsh death when the rains don't come. It
is a land where over a hundred years ago one Captain J. C. McNeill
started a cattle ranch in the mistaken hope that range and weather
conditions then prevailing would continue. It is a land where his
descendants still raise cattle, but with full knowledge now that
any good years will have to carry them through some lean ones too.
The story of Texas cattle raising has been told from the
perspective of the big ranches. Here it is told as seen through the
eyes of a small landholder and his family. J. C. "Cap" McNeill III
was born on the SR Ranch in 1905, grandson and namesake of the
ranch's founder. His memories and family stories provide anecdotes
that show the region's way of life over the last century. From
unusually full files of early-day correspondence and his own
experience he culls the essence of the cattle business as it has
been successfully practiced through changing conditions and times
by one family. The economic hardships that have periodically
assailed area ranchers are vividly described and incisively
analyzed. The hardiness, intelligence, and gentle humor of a native
who knows both his business and his roots paint a picture of ranch
life as it has been known by few whose families did not similarly
persevere on rugged land.
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