TX BIOS:  Mrs. C. F. Jackson
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   Warren, Ivey G.
   
   January 7, 1937. 655W
   
   Lubbock County
   
   District 17 250
   
   Pg. 1
   
   Interview With Mrs. C. F. Jackson. Bibliography.
   
   Mrs. C. F. Jackson.
   
   "My husband was in Kansas looking after some cattle that he had
   pastured up there, when that terrible blizzard struck West Texas in
   1918". Said Mrs, C. F. Jackson. "We were living on a place that we
   bought from Jim Brown in 1916. This place was located near Lubbock,
   but we had a ranch out 20 miles west of Sudan: and when that blizzard
   came up the men at the ranch phoned me that the cows were freezing [?]
   in the pastures"
   
   "This ranch consisted of about 2500 acres of land, which belonged to
   C. S. Smith of [Vernon?] and was leased by my husband. He had it
   stocked with 2000 head of registered Black Pole cattle. All of these
   cows were chains around their necks with their numbers on them and
   records were kept of the birth of new calves and their registration
   dates. These cows were well cared for, they had sheds and stalls to
   protect them from the bad weather, but as Mr. Jackson bought, sold and
   traded cattle all of the time, he often had quite a drove of common
   blooded cattle at the ranch. Ofcourse these cows were kept in a
   separate pasture from the Black Poles and they had no protection
   [whatever?] from the cold."
   
   "We had never lived on a ranch and I knew nothing about ranch life or
   the care of cattle, so I simply did not know what to do about the
   cows. Joe Jackson my-son-in-law went out there to see what could be
   done. After a / while he phoned me that they had decided to bring the
   [DEL: wows :DEL] cows [DEL: [in?] :DEL] that were suffering the worst,
   but still able to travel, in to our home place. He told me to have
   plenty of hot water ready for them".
   
   "I ran right out and turned the windmill on". Mrs, Jackson continued.
   "As soon as I could I filled all of the wash-tubs and the pot. It was
   bitter cold and I could hardly stand to get out in the yard, but I
   knew that the men would be half frozen when they got in , so I did
   what I could and then sat down to wait. After a long time I saw them
   coming [.?] I [DEL: [?] :DEL] [will?] never forget how these poor cows
   looked when they came hobbling in over the hardened [ground?]. Their
   legs were frozen from their knees down and were badly swollen,
   
     NOTE: [??]
     
   00022Some of their limbs had [DEL: burst :DEL] burst open and they
   left a trail of blood spattered on the icy roads behind them. The cows
   went lame and got down all over the place, their feet and legs just
   rotted off. Inspite of all that we could do [DEL: [?????] :DEL] we
   lost about 60 of the cows after all of our work and trouble."
   
   "In 1920 we bought a residence in town and moved into town, but Mr.
   Jackson kept the ranch and we continued to run it until his death. I
   did not know anything about cattle and I felt that I could not manage
   the ranch after he was gone, so I gave it up. It seemed to me the only
   thing that I could do, but sometimes I take out his old books and
   study ever the records that he had so carefully kept, the ranch meant
   so much to him, he liked to handle cattle".
   
   C. F. Jackson was [DEL: widly :DEL] widely known as a cattleman over
   Texas and Kansas. His cattle was branded 7 an the hip and L on the
   shoulder of the left side. Steve Edsall of Lubbock and New Mexico was
   at one the foreman on the Jackson ranch. After the untimely death of
   Mr. Jackson the ranch was taken in charge by Albert Tayler, veteran
   cattleman of the South Plains.
   
   Mr. Jackson was shot to death by the accidental discharge of his gun
   at the family home on the 4th of May, 1926. 54

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