Jack Co., TX - History - Mrs. A. Burk


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The Jacksboro Gazette
Jacksboro, Jack County, Texas
Thursday, March 22, 1917

There is one Texas woman who can boast of membership in the Old Trail Drivers.
This is Mrs. A. Burk, owner of the La Mot ranch in La Salle County, near
Cotulla. Mrs. Burk is 70 years old and is still actively engaged in directing
the ranch. She buys the feed for all stock and directs the purchasing of
everything that is used on the ranch.

In 1871 Mrs. Burk followed the trail to Kansas with her husband, Mark Burk. She
saw the cattle branded on her Texas ranch and saw them driven into slaughter
pens in Kansas; she had been with them all the way. During the following period
of loose ranging, when Burk was herding his cattle along the banks of Smoky
river, Mrs. Burk lived in a tent with her husband until September. Then she
remained in Ellsworth, Kansas, until December, when she returned to her home in
Texas. At that time the Burks lived in Nueces County.

Mrs. Burk now has her ranch in the hands of her nephew, J.W. Baylor. Many
Mexicans are employed on the 40,000 acres.

For two years the family brought all provisions from Corpus Christi, a distance
of about 125 miles.  Ð Star Telegram