[Re: rolyat.nosaj] #7842920 05/18/20 01:40 AM: Besides, its good advertising. little valley, I never got very far up the hills. All field trips will begin at Tri-la-Bite, which is the food Kokernot 06 ranch and collected more than 300 lbs of agate from two locations. My current thought is that I will indeed come This site contains affiliate links to products. When the men had saddled and mounted, Chris Lacy divided them into four groups, each headed by an 06 regular. I find in the other buckets or anything like that. They rounded up 1800 cattle in four days and later shipped another 10,000 yearlings from pens. It was a great experience working with some really good people. Better wait, he said. Many movies and commercials have been filmed there. Leoncita Cattle Co. 42. They looked up from their grazing as Chris stopped the truck and walked toward them. The Top 50 Texas BBQ Joints: 2021 Edition, The Campaign to Sabotage Texass Public Schools, West Texans Are Learning What It Means to Live in Bear Country, Jimmy Carters Peanut-and-Egg Taco Made Quite the Impression on San Antonians. Kokernot 06 Ranch. perhaps the size of a brick. They also created paintings and sculptures alongside one . Though we could see for miles in all directions, we didnt see a single cow for nearly two hours. can send you a bucket that Ive curated, taking the best cutting I hope to add selected specimens to the Polks Peak was off to our left. Hardly anyone recognized him in the crushed cowboy hat, necktie, brown slacks, and scuffed street shoes or realized that he was the virtual patrn of Alpine. Williams Brangus ranch was horseshoe-shaped, surrounded on three sides by the 06; it was necessary to cross Williams ranch to get to the 06s Willow Springs camp or to gain easy access to the top country, just as it was necessary to cross a part of the 06 to reach Williams ranch house. Many movies and commercials have been filmed there. Aaron and James and the other guys that were there A couple of them did Lacy ran his operation well. I might decide to let the grass grow.. Theyre usually open Thursday through Monday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. When I die, he said, the catclaw of the world will hold the damnedest celebration you ever saw., To put it bluntly, Clayton Williams did not believe in bending to nature. There are moss agates and occasional tube agates, and some very neat stuff place, and now its pretty much summertime conditions: very hot, often windy, Im waiting for the market to adjust, he said. The 06 was an awesome, spectacular spread. They ate quickly, talking in soft voices about the days drive and other things. I have mixed . The towns only doctor had died, and the only drugstore didnt sell drugs, though it advertised the best fountain Cokes in Texas. The Union Trading Company, located in an old stone building that dated back to 1906, was a Fort Davis landmark and a sort of hangout for locals, who sometimes gathered there after business hours to drink beer and gossip. Nature tells us when its time to sell and get off the land.. Kokernot o6 Ranch Ranching/Horses/Hunting/Ranch tours Welcome to the Kokernot o6 Ranch. of us is here: Teri Smiths rockhunts: Although there was supposed to be agate up on both hillsides of the Why Cant Texas Just Bury Its Electrical Lines? wandered away from there. Grande, from Southern Colorado through New Mexico and the Big Bend of (Photo: Larry Weishuhn) A Two Part Story. A tank truck sprinkled precious water to hold down the dust. Or, worse, what if he turned out to be in ranching only for the short haul, to get what he could now and bail out at the first sign of trouble? I didnt seen any rind on any of the pieces, so they However, Ive figured out a way to gather Walker They had not tried to mold the land into new forms of usefulness but [had molded] themselves to its shrunken possibilities. The drought wasnt the reason they were losing the drought was their excuse. There was a reason it rained only fifteen inches a year. THE WILLOW SPRINGS RANCH house, where Joel Nelson and his wife, Barney, lived, sat on a finger of land along Musquiz Creek, near the center of the 06 and yet isolated by Williams ranch from the 06s Cienega camp far to the north and the 06s Berrendo Flat camp well to the south. yellow/gold/brown moss in a background of cream, white, or blue He owns the land and he owns the cattle. Jeff Bezos owns Corn Ranch, a 165,000-acre ranch in West Texas, which he uses for a . Across the fence, however, on the flats of the 06, there was an abundance of catclaw, a vicious, spindly shrub that sucks up water and shows its appreciation by tearing open the hides of cows, and sometimes cowboys, with spiked claws on stems that grow as tall as ten feet. or teri@terismithrockhunts.com. Membership will run I try to meet with everyone once theyre out He knows if Im impressed Ill encourage Chris to buy some of them., The bull that Joel was borrowing was big-boned, with a straight topline, a broad, well-muscled rear end, and huge shoulders near-perfect conformations. That way you can have a longer set of hunts and not have to choose between two ranches on any given day. Chris Lacy was the fourth generation of his family to manage the 06 brand. COVID is still with us, and its still killing people. It was a bitter irony: the high country still hadnt discovered oil, but it had discovered oilmen. He got that operation for Ramon. That was true, admitted Bob Dillard, who ran newspapers in Alpine and Marfa as well as running the Union Trading company. Most of the water gaps would need replacing, but overall the rains had been a great asset. Everything they owned they carried with them their horse, their saddle, their bedroll, and their warbag of gear. The valley we were in now was not very wide, and to have some plume in it. From the flat, grassy crown of Number Nine a cowboy could see for sixty or seventy miles. They begin at the Tri-La-Bite food trucks in Alpine. I was truly grateful for the opportunity that I will never forget. Cowboys worked hard because they believed in the redemption of hard work. Grass needs time. The way I hear it, Clayton said, the 06 pays its cowboys twenty dollars a day, unless they bring their own camera, in which case they get twenty-five. Singer Charlie Daniels had actually worked an 06 roundup he was a pretty fair hand, they said. I bought a lot of heifers and some steers and sent them north, where a heavy snowfall had made grass plentiful. Wash hands with hand sanitizer (bring your own), and social distance at least 6 feet. The ranch house where they lived was a turn-of-the-century model of Western architecture and culture and an archive of cowboy paraphernalia: antique saddles, branding irons, hackamores, swivel rings, ropes. The best rockhounding locations in Central Texas are the areas surrounding the towns of Mason, Llano, and Fredericksburg. The new claves were branded in the spring, then rounded up and sold in the fall, usually to large feedlots that would fatten them for another year or so before sending them to slaughter. Diane Lacy and their two children rode with Chris. Williams drove past some Hispanic workers who were terracing a section of pasture to catch runoff that otherwise would have disappeared into a ravine. the holiday rush. The 06 had one of the largest herds of working horses in the country, close to 150. rockhunts to other ranches (if indeed I am leading any) around the 06 Droughts did freaky things to ranchers. Dont worry, I told him. offering special deals, and going through my studio to see what else I have to The other end of the nodule was For additional reading, Id highly recommend these books you can find on Amazon: Please remember that rock collecting locations are constantly changing. Joel and Barney Nelson were themselves throwbacks, remnants of a distant past buffeted by the clamor and confusion of modern times. Hi yall! Large biscuits 8", down to 1" biscuits. The most common minerals found in Texas include agate, chalcedony, petrified wood, jasper, quartz, and barite. As Ive done in the past few years, Ill be holding my hunts Thursdays, Fridays, and Mondays, which are usually the days when neither Aaron nor Jean has another hunt. I hope all of you are healthy and doing well in this unsettled year. Save; Preview; Lonestar Premier Outdoors . Kokernot o6 Ranch PO Box 918 Ft Davis, Texas 79734 Ranch Manager Chris Lacy ranch house: 432-426-3380 cell: 432-556-6948 chrisdawnlacy@rionet.coop Hunting Manager Lance Lacy cell: 432-661-9695 brandeekatherine@gmail.com Horse Program Kristin Lacy Cavness cell: 432-386-3402 kristin@ellysonabstract.com General Counsel Kokernot 06 Ranch, Inc. and 06 . When the auction ended, Clayton announced that the sales had totaled $2.73 million, then led the crowd in the singing of God Bless America.. lake, and they have some incredible agate in them. A memorial service will be Saturday, February 1, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Waco. to hold the piece in your hands while you grind a flat spot to glue the dop In other areas of Texas many of the largest ranches had survived because of oil; the discovery of petroleum reserves on those ranches had, in effect, subsidized the cowboy traditions. O6 Ranch is a partnership formed by descendants of a ranching family that has been in the cattle business in Texas since the formation of the Republic of Texas in 1836. It was a mercy killing, recalled Hallie Stillwell, the 87-year-old matriarch of the Stillwell Ranch, south of Marathon. Oh yes! But in the highlands of West Texas, there had never been any significant oil finds. Through quite a bit of research and cross-referencing of available literature, I have compiled this list of some prospective locations in Texas which I would recommend to people looking to do some rockhounding. They were unfailingly polite, especially to strangers, and even the give and take among equals showed a respect rare among professionals. one hillside I found several large nodules (the size of one of Johnnys From Number Nine they moved to headquarters, to Number Five, to Cienega, back to headquarters, to Willow Springs, to Berrendo Flat, and finally back to headquarters again. of tube agate with the edges broken off in several places. said he didnt care. Note: For details about attending one of these incredible hunts, see the note at the end of this post. Ranching is getting to be a business where people have less faith in experience than in new, untried methods. Its at the corner of Holland Avenue The 200 sections of high country west of the rim, which was still called the 06, went to Herbert Junior, and the 250 sections of less desirable low-country range, now called the Leoncita, went to one of Herbert Seniors two daughters (the other daughter inherited enough money to buy her own ranch near San Antonio). What if in the long run his hybrid grasses didnt thrive? Now in his early fifties, he was as lean and fit as a cheerleader and so ultrahyper that he couldnt sit still for more than a few minutes. The Briscoe and Gates Catarina ranches offer 20,000 contiguous acres of low fenced fair chase whitetail deer hunting in the heart of the South Texas "Golden Triangle." Deer hunters come to the Briscoe and Gates Catarina ranches to experience an authentic brush country trophy deer hunt. The partnership and its affiliates operate the Kokernot 06 Ranch located in West Texas. piece of gold moss that was covered on one side with quartz crystals. it worth it? Next year, who knows? Both Aaron and I Both Aaron and Jean are leading hunts in May, but I stopped my calendar at the end of my hunts in order to get it out sooner. He had come out this morning to watch Lance, his great-grandson and potential heir to the 06, play baseball. North Texas and the panhandle are relatively devoid of good rockhounding sites. Claiming 800,000 acres, King Ranch has been the largest cowboy ranch in the U.S. for more than 160 years. You Can Still Buy Agate by the Bucketfull, http://terismithrockhunts.com/rocks-for-sale/. That prospect didnt seem to bother anyone. Walker, Singleton and other ranches. He spotted it outside Bob Dillards Union Trading Company. Spring Works at Kokernot 06 Ranch, Davis Mountains, Texas. the lower part of the nodule, which was solid, there were filaments of A locations listing here is not a guarantee of accuracy. Because the and Big Bend Crystal and Botryoidal Specimens, $100 per bucket. Aarons a bit younger than I am, so he will have another 60 years of rockhunting ahead of him, which yall dont want to miss! In 1900 his son was born, and in 1912 he became sole owner of the 06 a spread thereafter referred to as Herbert Kokernot and Son. Deer Texas Fort Davis, TX 79734, USA. Many movies and commercials have been filmed there. Were going down and work that brush, he told me. David Fasken, a Canadian, purchased a ranch in West Texas in 1913. Along In Claytons view, that described what had happened to Herbert Kokernot and other ranchers. Im working on my plan for His competitive business instincts pushed him to make his ranch operation profitable and it was. The varied and rugged landscape of o6 Ranch has made it the setting for motion picture productions and product commercials. while, and took a different branch of one of the roads. So theres material there that looks like what you would find on The documentary starred Waylon Jennings, who had just been released from a drug treatment center and could barely stand up, much less ride. Clayton probably didnt even know it was padlocked, Joel said. Specimens may become depleted from other collectors, the location may have been built on or altered, locality information in literature may be inaccurate, and property ownership may have changed hands. Pride radiated from his face. Be sure to look at the start time for your field trip because the Ritchie The artists visited the historic Kokernot 06 Ranch in west Texas for a weeklong trail ride. Some of the others gave a thousand, Dillard pointed out. separated specimens and cutting material, the jeanlarremore@yahoo.com, or NOTE: All the locations listed in these tables are clickable, and will take you to the location on Google Maps. Diane and Chris, who coached the team, were extremely attentive to the old mans needs and went out of their way to make him comfortable, but you could tell he would rather have been somewhere else. To his credit, he didnt lose it like a lot of them, but he hasnt improved it much either. By 1939, the Kokernot Ranch amounted to some 300,000 acres. some really neat stuff that they call crayola. Another pasture had cost $35 an acre to plow and replant, but the first year after the improvements Williams made $28 an acre baling and selling hay, and the second year he made $25 an acre. Cowboys wages had tripled in the last decade, as had almost everything else the rancher needed to survive. stick on. - April 2019. In the great old tradition of neighboring, Saunders had promised to lend Joel one of his registered Hereford bulls to put with the cows Joel ran on the leased land near Fort Davis. At this same auction a few years back, a group of breeders had paid $200,000 for the rights to one twelfth of the semen from a bull named Rocky Joe 650. Kokernot is at one extreme of the beef production business, and Im crowding the other extreme. Far from being subsidized by oil, for the last five years Williams cattle business had been putting money into his oil business. The floors at Sutlers rang this particular morning with the jingle of spur rowels and the stump of boot heels. take scenic trips around the United States, however, before getting to their I calculated that I had ridden fifteen miles that day. We turned right into a dirt road, and drove east on dirt roads for about half an hour. In Texas, its 56 people per 100k. I hope to see yall out here this More than half of the 06s 220 square miles were on top, above the rimrock, and though we would ride for nearly eleven hours this day, we would see only a tiny fraction of it. This year I estimate Ill make twenty dollars an acre. They regarded change as a betrayal, but whether they knew it or not, change was inevitable. You can But if even just one person signs up, the What if ten or fifteen years from now his land was as barren as the land he remembered in Fort Stockton? Active Fort Davis, TX President for Kokernot 06 Ranch, Inc. Overview 9 Companies 308 Connections 6 Locations Contribute Follow Chris Lacy Overview Chris Lacy has been associated with nine companies, according to public records. Ritchie Ranch, the South Larremore Ranch, and East Needle Peak. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Particularly of note are the pegmatites and stream beds in Mason County, where rockhounds flock for a chance to find blue topaz. of Stillwell Ranch material ($250 per bucket), South Larremore Ranch rocks Is that a question? I have written entire articles which cover the rockhounding laws and regulations for nearly every type of public land you can think of. It was the highest town in Texas and one of the most scenic; geology students, dude ranch fanciers, and explorers of the unbeaten path visited regularly and were always made welcome. Kokernot 06 Ranch || Alpine & Fort Davis, Texas || Hereford Cattle Kokernot 06 Ranch - TEXAS HISTORY NOTEBOOK Kokernot 06 Ranch Herbert Lee Kokernot, Sr. was born in 1867 to Levi Moses and Sarah Littlefield Kokernot. Youre seeing this country in its Sunday best, Lacy said. His daughters are embryo donor cows. James Winn VI. But my grandfather says keep it one hundred per cent the same breed and you know what breed he means. Chris found a shallow place to cross Limpia Creek, hubcap-deep now and as clear and clean as its name suggested. If things didnt work out, well, it wasnt the end of the world. The land is fragile. should find better material. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "rockhoundreso-20"; Most of them were more interested in hunting deer and antelope than raising cattle, and those who did get into the cattle business usually approached it without regard for the old traditions and without love of the land. Many varieties of agates can be found in Texas including highly desirable pompom and bouquet specimens. o6 Ranch is engaged in raising livestock, principally beef cattle and .Read More Popular Searches o6 Ranch Kokernot 06 Ranch Inc o6 Ranch Ltd Kokernot o6 Ranch Kokernot o6 Ranch Inc Revenue $4.2 M the lower part of the nodule, which was solid, there were filaments of On the hill above the Cove, just beyond the 06 property line, stood a massive sentinel of rimrock called Polks Peak. It is something like 130,000 acres of stunning country. The stadium was later turned over to Alpine Independent School District and Sul Ross University also plays its home games there. dense pattern that included red, blue, black grey and gold, and appears cream and blue backgrounds, occasional pieces of red and gold moss, and In about 20 About half of the fifteen cowboys taking part in the roundup were drifters who followed the flow Montana, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, wherever there was work branding or gathering. The 06, for example, bought good registered bulls from other breeders, but its cows were raised exclusively from 06 stock, and almost every cow produced a calf once a year. Cowboys on the 06 shared a sort of masochistic fondness for catclaw and even asserted that some of their fattest cattle came from catclaw country, but Williams hated the shrub with an inordinate, almost demonic intensity. Kokernot 06 Ranch - 278,000 Acres. it worth it? He was an Aggie and an oilman and a banker, a multimillionaire from Midland who represented in clear and stark terms all the things the old-liners had come to hate the modernizations and experimentations and heightened concerns for the bottom line. The emotional effects were sometimes deeper than the ecological effects on the land itself. Besides, Diane could ride with the best of them. I wouldnt have seen his stock otherwise. Spring Works at Kokernot 06 Ranch, Davis Mountains, Texas. Chris Lacy was born to parents Lawrence and Mary Ann "Koko" Kokernot Lacy in Waco, Texas. Clayton plows the ground and raises tumbleweeds. Diane touched each one and called it by name. He served on the board of trustees for both Baylor University and Texas A&M University and as President of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Feel is everything. bits in a chalcedony background, often in a regular pattern. Williams steered his Bronco through another pasture where 1200 head of commercial cattle grazed on new grass. wandered away from there. the morning you dont know what youll find later, and when youre The ownership and status of land can and does change frequently, making it impossible to document accurate information on this page. I will be sending out another email on my website, www.terismithrockhunts.com. Im a cattle entrepreneur, he said. cream and blue backgrounds, occasional pieces of red and gold moss, and in fall, winter and spring. Ill still be leading hunts to the Ritchie Ranch, the South Larremore Ranch, and East Needle Peak. Because Book a Hunt WE ARE TAKE -A- HIKE TEXAS Our rockhounding tours are lead by professional outdoor guides that have lead adventures for more than five years in the Alpine, Texas area. Out in West Texas two ranches are fighting a new kind of range war that pits the helicopter against the horse, the fence against the open range, the working cowboy against the modern businessman. Most had been married at some time, but cowboying could take its toll on a marriage. They may have originated any where along the course of the Rio The 06 paid what were standard cowboy wages: $50 a day plus tobacco and chuck. Improve this listing All photos (23) Top ways to experience nearby attractions Full-Day River Trip from finding good stuff and having it carried back to the car for you, you Many of his holdings came from repossessions he would rather have had the money, but the economics of the times got him into the cattle business. He was 84, bent and slender as a twig; he looked as though he might blow away with the next gust of wind. Commercial mining never really took root in Texas and, while there are some old mining dumps to be picked over by rockhounds, most of the best rockhounding sites are in the gravels of rivers and streams and exposed hillsides. Some of the prettiest colors were lavender, maroon The family acquired some land in the Big Bend area in the early 1880s and this cattle ranch was operated in those days by Lee and his brother John Kokernot. quartz crystal covered tubes. quartz crystal covered tubes. Ive gone through different buckets to find In The Kokernot 06 Ranch. amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; In fact, you might say our cattle have 150 years of background - ever since Captain Samuel "Burk" Burnett purchased those first 100 head wearing the "6666" brand from Frank Crowley of Denton, Texas, way back in 1870. In order to make sure you feel like so the material looks great if you cut diagonally across the bands for your and mauve. Regards, The hills were similar in height to the bluffs at the Walker Ranch, and of course steeper in some places than others. Theres a residence hall called Kokernot which I mentioned in the story. prev / next. one hillside I found several large nodules (the size of one of Johnnys Walker. On David's two sons, Lee and John, followed him into ranching. Modern electric pumps and elaborate systems of water pipes were largely disdained in favor of windmills and old-style concrete stock tanks. But whats best for cows is not necessarily best for grass in the balance of management. It will be years before that particular back to Texas this Fall to lead more field trips, probably from Mid-October He had also donated $100 to the sonic boom fund, a campaign to pressure the Air Force to abandon its practice of holding dogfight maneuvers over the Davis Mountains. You can get ahold of them through the Facebook group Texas Rockhounds (https://www.facebook.com/groups/775245782823113). Walker, Singleton and other ranches. There was no television, no air conditioner, no clothes dryer only splendid isolation. He ran a cow-calf operation, though it was only a small part of the business. It looks like the Nobody, including Mr. Kokernot himself, had ever seen all of it. We could miss some cattle. We stopped for a time and sat astride our mounts, listening to the wind. Kokernot 06 Ranch Texas $ 38.00 Add to cart. It was too wet to work, but even during the drought there wasnt a lot to do this time of year except get ready for roundup in October. Even in a state that is not well known for its rockhounding, the Texas Panhandle is relatively lacking in rockhounding locations and varieties of rocks to be found. Agates and Specimens from Ranches Now Closed for Rockhunting, Agate and Specimens from Ranches Still Open for Rockhunting, Agate From the Big Bend Region But Not Sorted by Ranch. The Kokernot household's 06 Ranch registered within the state since 1837. 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