When we moved to town, my husband leased the ranch to Cattle Baron to run his cattle. I've been pestering Cattle Baron about letting me tag along when he's rounding up cattle. He's always got some flimsy excuse like, "I'm working my 300,000 acre spread in Argentina this week." Last night, he came by to see Stephen and I heard him say, "I'll be out rounding up cows tomorrow out at your place." I immediately invited myself along. It was so much fun. On horseback this might take weeks - Cattle Baron has no full-time employees and no horses. He gets it all knocked out in a few hours with his trusty helicopter. That's what makes him a cattle baron.
In other pilot news, after I talked to the pilot in my last blog post, I got busy looking for someone who had flown contraband into Mexico back in the 1980s and I found a guy. I interviewed him last summer and here is what he told me:
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I asked Cattle Baron if he knew any of these contrabandidos because he is a local pilot. He said he did and it was a great era. He's going to tell me what he can remember about the scene and try to scare some other pilot up for me to talk to. Next week, I hope to bring you another report from Cattle Baron. Stay tuned.
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What a fascinating blog. I found this looking for contact information for Robert Marshall (Marshall Ranch). I manage a royalty interest that was carved-out of the Marshall family royalties in 1944 -- a small part of the Kelsey Gas Unit, and an unleased section to the north. I'm going to start in the beginning and work forward, and learn a bit about the surface of nearby Brooks County.
Thanks Don - email me elizabeth@rancholosmalulos.com and I will give you the contact info. Our ranch is part of the Kelsey unit. Exxon just got totally busted for forging production from wells that weren't producing - they allocated back a few MCF to about 65 wells every month to the RRC for the past 18 years - and they were lying. So, now they are plugging all the wells. You were probably getting some totally BS check for a few dollars thinking they were making gas - it was a lie. Exxon just got busted for doing that across the area.
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