Texas Trail of Fame: Inductees and Profiles
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Profiled inductees
- 1839-1922Amanda BurkIn April 1871 Amanda Burks left Cotulla with her husband's herd and drove her own buggy to Abilene.Texas
- livingBob MoorhouseA Texas Tech graduate who became the sixth manager of the historic Pitchfork Ranch and one of ranching's best-known…Texas
- 1929-2019Bobby (Robert C.) NorrisHe is remembered for the cigarette ads, but the working record is a Colorado ranch, a Quarter Horse program and a lot…Colorado
- 1843-1929Bose IkardBorn enslaved in Mississippi, Ikard became a skilled drover, a valued partner on the trail and a Weatherford farmer.Texas
- 1836-1929Charles GoodnightCowman, trail blazer and early bison conservationist, Goodnight turned the Texas Panhandle into cattle country.Texas
- 1860-1939Daniel Webster "80 John" WallaceBorn into slavery in 1860, Wallace built a Mitchell County ranch and left an estate reported at more than a million…Texas
- 1849-1931Fountain Goodlet OxsheerA Central Texas cattleman who built a West Texas ranch network and then watched the end of an era erode his fortune.Texas
- 1854-1933George W. SaundersA Goliad County rancher's son became San Antonio's best-known livestock commission man and the force behind the book…Texas
- 1832-1925Henrietta KingLeft with roughly 500,000 acres and $500,000 in debt, Henrietta King held the King Ranch together for four decades.Texas
- 1850-1936; 1857-1949J.D. "Bob" & Almeady Chisum JonesA couple born into slavery who built a ranch, a church and a school in North Texas.Texas
- livingJerry BairdA lifelong Texas cowboy who built ranches, cooked from a chuck wagon, announced rodeos and taught the state's heritage…Texas
- 1844-1907John Thomas LytleFrom a Pennsylvania-born sergeant to the manager of one of Texas's largest trail-driving firms, Lytle organized the…Texas
- 1825-1908John V. FarwellA dry goods merchant who financed the Texas Capitol and ended up running one of the largest fenced ranches in the world.Texas
- 1837-1915Joseph G. McCoyAn Illinois mule and cattle dealer who built stockyards beside the railroad at Abilene and opened a market for Texas…Kansas
- Charlie 1949-2021; Kit livingKit & Charlie MoncriefA Fort Worth couple who paired oil-patch success with working ranches, cutting and reined cow horse breeding, and…Texas
- 1824-1873Margaret BorlandAfter three marriages, three widowhoods and a ruinous blizzard, Margaret Borland set out in spring 1873 to take 2,500…Texas
- 1839-1926Mary Ann "Molly" GoodnightIn 1877 she set up the first ranch household in the Texas Panhandle, and her decision to keep orphaned bison calves…Texas
- Sr. 1911-2003; Jr. born 1946Mollie Taylor Stevenson Sr. & Jr.Mother and daughter stewarded one of the oldest Black-owned ranches in America and became the first living African…Texas
- 1812-1867Oliver LovingLoving moved Texas herds north years before the famous railhead trails, and his partnership with Charles Goodnight…Texas
- 1824-1885Richard KingA runaway cabin boy became a river captain, then used the money to put together one of the biggest ranches in America.Texas
- 1849-1922Samuel Burk BurnettFrom a teenage trail boss to the owner of 200,000 fenced acres, Burk Burnett set up the ranch that still carries his…Texas
- b. 1947Temple GrandinFrom a summer on a relative's ranch to university professorship, Grandin built curved chutes, restraint systems and an…Colorado
- 1899-1997Watkins "Watt" Reynolds MatthewsA Princeton graduate went home to Lambshead, lived in the bunkhouse, and spent a lifetime on cattle, wildlife and old…Texas
- livingWilliam D. TateTexas's longest-serving mayor is also a lawyer, a title company operator and a keeper of Grapevine's local history.Texas