Buffalo
Lambshead herd
"The country at that
time was open, not covered with mesquite timber as it is now, and one could see
a long way. I do not remember the month, but it was in the late winter before
the buffaloes had gone north, and on that day, hills, plains and valley were
simply covered with them. Every way that one looked and as far as the eye could
reach, there were the stately animals. They appeared much like a gigantic herd
of cattle that had been rounded up in a bunch, then allowed to scatter out, so
thick were they." Sallie Matthews Reynolds "Interwoven"
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Bartholomew House
Built 1876
"In the
summer of 1876, brother Barney sold his holdings in Eastland County and moved
up near us, locating in the same bend of the river which we called Durham Bend
because of a little herd of Durham cattle that we kept there. He began building
a home, a larger and more commodious stone house and on a better plan than our
little home, although ours was on a solid foundation and still stands intact.
The lumber for both these houses had to be hauled by wagon more that 150 miles,
the end of the Texas and Pacific railroad then being at Eagle Ford just west of
Dallas". Sallie Matthews Reynolds
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