Hindsights

70 YEARS AGO            Joe Jack is reported to have sold, from his ranch near Bledsoe, Texas, 123 two-year-old steers weighing around 900 pounds and delivered them last week at $17 to Cleo Norwood of Amarillo, buying for Wertheimer Cattle Co.            —————————            Bill McCarty of Dalhart...

Death Notices

L. N. Johnson— 97 —September 23, 2026South Plains, Texas— • — • — • —Patsy Claudine Wilcox— 90 —September 23, 2026Goldthwaite, Texas— • — • — • —Donald Spiller— 84 —September 21, 2026Sonora, Texas

Flood Tests A Lifetime Devoted To Angora Goats And Mohair

ONCE NUMBERING IN THE HUNDREDS, Fred Speck is one of only a few Angora goat breeders left in Texas. A fifth-generation rancher, his love of the industry is in his blood and remains so even during the toughest of times. July 2026 flooding in the Hill Country took lives, and destroyed property.