Ranch Life in Yoakum County

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1918 - Muriel & Sam Dixon on the JAD Ranch

1939 - Sam Dixon's Invitation to the "Last Big Roundup"

1938 - Branding Group on Lunch Break
L to R: Alfred Mabry, Travis Been, Buck Morris,
Bigay Morris, Irby Bedford, an oil man and Bayne Price

1938 - Hog Killing Time.
L to R: Rusty McGinty, Elizabeth Cleveland, Alma Lynn McGinty, Pearl Price, Travis Been, Bayne Price.

Herbert and Bessie FitzGerald owned the T2 Ranch which was located on section 728 seven miles SW of Plains TX. In 1908 they decided to homestead four more sections of land there and so the family built a house with indoor plumbing. They lived in it for the required three years, returning to Roswell in 1911. The FitzGerald home was filled with music and books. They had a family band. Among the instruments were a bass horn, clarinet, trumpet, violin and piano. They also enjoyed singing. Some of the family members practiced and became excellent players while others practiced avoiding practicing. Herbert and Bessie FitzGerald were determined that their eight children would be well educated. While the family was living at the T2 Ranch, Joyce Hunter, Phyllis Lee Nisbet and Lemoine Armstrong each lived with the family for a school year and taught the children.