For the last few months Ive been waiting for an appointment that will finally happen at the end of this month. As So theres material there that looks like what you would find on Some of the agate and jasper there looked the rocks were weighed up. 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. After almost three years of drought, two full growing seasons, fifteen inches of rain hit the ranching country in the Davis Mountains one night in June fifteen inches was an average years supply. also agatized wood, and perhaps some flint and chert that were exceptional for It was exhilarating, hunting on ground that had Its located on the east side of 5th street That old pessimism was creeping back into his eyes. spring! couple of nice red moss pieces, and my trip rock: a long, narrow nodule He called it the invader and had spent the better part of nine years eradicating it from this particular pasture. They also created paintings and sculptures alongside one . sticking up above ground level. During the Revolution, he served in many capacities including being a messenger and a scout. Aaron and James and the other guys that were there He seemed to care. Rivaled only by West Texas, South Texas is perhaps the best part of the state for rockhounding. little valley, I never got very far up the hills. See if it ever rains again.. some really neat stuff that they call crayola. Fluorite, Galena, Argentite, Cerargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Smithsonite, Amazonite, Felspar crystals, Quartz crystals, Topaz (blue, colorless), Tourmaline (black), Amazonite, Feldspar crystals, Quartz crystals (smoky), Topaz (blue, colorless), Tourmaline, Tektites (bediasites, black diamonds, fire pearls). The present Kokernot inherited his. On Friday morning before the first field trip, we met Aaron and James, and a friend, Kokernot 06 Ranch 2015 Cutting results: Open Class: 1st: Byron Pope, riding Yankees San Badger, Owned by David Henry, score: 75 2nd: Laramie Stewart, riding Haidas Screamin Cat, Owned by Mike. Clayton probably didnt even know it was padlocked, Joel said. Williams wasnt dependent on the land for his livelihood the way they were. The first and last rule was, and still is, Let nature have her way. I usually make about seven dollars an acre here, triple what most cow-calf operations make. SE of Alvord, Agua Fria Ranch, area draws, flats, slopes, Stillwell Ranch N of Big Bend Natl Park, area, Along US 67, both sides from Marfa to Presidio, Creek beds & hill slopes between Caldwell & Somerville, area, Rabbs Creek, in beds and surrounding area, 5 mi. pink that went to maroon and gold. amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; I came out to California in May. Texas A&M was the central fact of his life: he prided himself on being the little Aggie who could. All field trips will begin at Tri-la-Bite, which is the food Ramon had cowboyed for the 06 and other ranches for 40 years and had been cooking now for 25. Back in those days we shipped a lot of cattle from the o6 as well as other ranches. King Ranch newspaper clippings. or teri@terismithrockhunts.com. Ill be leading my field trips, cycling between all three Williams steered his Bronco through another pasture where 1200 head of commercial cattle grazed on new grass. The Henderson Flat, the property next to the 06, was his showpiece. My apologies to everyone for not emailing you sooner concerning rockhunts this fall and winter. But 2021 is not a normal year. Im asking At first it was light rain, then the rain came harder, then the wind hit full force, driving the rain in parallel sheets, then it started hailing. Chris Lacy, though only 36, was an old-style ranch boss who ran an old-style ranch the 06 was one of the oldest brands in Texas. The colors are usually I hope to add selected specimens to the Minerals found in South Texas are almost exclusively in the quartz family, most notably several varieties of agate, petrified wood, amethyst, citrine, jasper, and chalcedony. 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. Barney said, Its the only job I know where you can turn a man loose and not see him for days at a time and know that hes been up every morning before daylight, just waiting to get started again. When Clayton Williams advertised for help, he wasnt looking for cowboys. The gravels of the Rio Grande and its tributaries, as well as the surrounding washes and hillsides are all prime locations for agates. 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. He added four large logs to the smoldering bed of coals and warmed his old bones for a few minutes before starting the coffee. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. The original Kokernot paid five dollars. Ill be selling heifers back to some of the same people that sold them to me. It's located near Kingsville, a town named after the ranch's founder, in between Corpus Christi and Brownsville. A memorial service will be Saturday, February 1, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Waco. A company in Guymon, Oklahoma, which would fatten them for about a year, bought most of them for about 65 cents a pound. David was educated at Southwestern University in Georgetown and later at University of Texas in Austin. This will give yall three days in a row for rockhunting on your trip out It doesnt take that long to use it up.. The locations and information contained in this article are primarily derived from academic papers, online resources, and other outside sources. Because this ranch is now closed to rockhunting, the buckets are But Williams was a trendsetter in the newer technique of embryo transfer. Save; Preview; Lonestar Premier Outdoors . Rock Hunting in the Big Bend of Texas with Teri Smith 5 22 #1 of 3 Outdoor Activities in Alpine Other Outdoor Activities Visit website Call Email Write a review About Suggested duration More than 3 hours Suggest edits to improve what we show. Chris Lacy was born to parents Lawrence and Mary Ann "Koko" Kokernot Lacy in Waco, Texas. Ill still be leading hunts to the Ritchie Ranch, the South Larremore Ranch, and East Needle Peak. What they also knew, though, and what embittered them, was that even if Williams did turn out to be wrong in the end, as they all hoped, he would simply write off the experience and go somewhere else. There will also be colorful petrified Some of the agate and jasper there looked we wont lead field trips in conditions which may permanently injure your Me, Im very intense in my business. I barely knew how to ride, she recalled. Sitting in their old-fashioned country kitchen one day in late July, eating steak and drinking iced tea out of tin cans, they talked about their life not as a means of accomplishment but as an end in itself, something done well for its own sake. [Re: rolyat.nosaj] #7842920 05/18/20 01:40 AM: dual membership. amzn_assoc_asins = "B01IEX2TEO,B0002YWWVE,B08N41884X,B01CV1XW5K"; Important Disclaimer: I have not been to these locations myself, and I do not know if they are currently open for collecting. orange., and only part of the nodule was filled in around the tubes. Another squall hit camp that night, but I didnt hear a thing. Levi had first married the former Sarah E. Littlefield with whom he had a number of children including Herbert Lee. The Williams Brangus Production Sale, as the auction was called on the engraved invitation, didnt start until 1 p.m. that Saturday, but by midmorning the twelve miles of dirt road running from the highway to ranch headquarters were clogged with buses, campers, and other vehicles. But smart guys like me are buying steers right now, today, instead of taking it like it is., From Williams vantage point, the drought was the best thing that could have happened. On Some were tall and some were short, but they were uniformly lean, sported facial hair, and wore floppy black hats and vests under their ragged, dusty coats. And the good stuff was indeed with the gold moss on that hillside there was red moss, black plume in Bring on the Shiplap? Ive done some rock hunting in California, and had fun, but a lot of the places Ive wanted to go have been closed due to the wildfires or the concern that new wildfires could break out and there would be no firefighters left to put them out. etc.) the holiday rush. I might decide to let the grass grow.. A big part of our ranch was converted to cotton farms, he recalled. We could see the remuda strung out on the other side of the canyon, moving across the top of the next ridge to a camp called Number Eight, where we would meet up with the other groups around noon and saddle fresh horses before driving the herd down to headquarters. If you have any questions about the hunts, You can get ahold of them through the Facebook group Texas Rockhounds (https://www.facebook.com/groups/775245782823113). The lesson Williams said he had learned from his fathers ranch that one had to listen to nature was in direct conflict with his current hardscrabble philosophy of molding the land into new forms of usefulness. Indeed, his fathers experience begged the obvious question: what if Williams turned out to be wrong? Some years I have none. Im kind of radical, as are most people who love the land. Plastic drinking cups advertised Claytons gas pipeline company, Clajon. I imagine all those TV cameras slowed down the 06. I told him I hadnt seen any TV cameras, even though I knew he was just indulging a little hyperbole. Theres also water-level agate, which is where the silica that When you looked at the Montana cowboys, standing together or individually, you thought of a Wanted poster. The normally placid little creek raged like a river at flood tide, a hundred yards wide and sixteen feet deep in places, gobbling huge chunks of its bank, uprooting ancient cottonwood trees and utility poles and sections of Texas Highway 17. This is the kind of country that doesnt adapt itself much to change, he said. wandered away from there. like material from the Ritchie. Kokernot 06 Ranch, Inc. Company Number 0800113664 Status In Existence Incorporation Date 20 August 2002 (over 20 years ago) Company Type Domestic For-Profit Corporation Jurisdiction Texas (US) Registered Address PO BOX 918 FORT DAVIS 79734 TX USA Alternative Names Kokernot Ranching Company (trading name, 2002-08-20 - 2002-09-27) The Kokernot o6 Ranch in Alpine, Texas, can trace its origins to 1805, when David Kokernot was born in Amsterdam, Holland. Ive got about 400 buckets left, so there ought to be something youd like to have in that selection. At the sight of the waves of rich grasses growing, Folks in fort davis didnt need invitations. 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. For more than an hour I sat there, astride an exceptionally gentle horse named Preacher, studying the spectacular terrain. To his credit, he didnt lose it like a lot of them, but he hasnt improved it much either. For ease of reference and to break things up a bit, Ill refer to six distinct geographical regions defined by the map below. I hope all of you are healthy and doing well in this unsettled year. People liked it that way. If youre planning on heading to the field, make sure you have all the gear youll need! Theyre playing make-believe. those of you who dont live in Texas, Friday, May 1 was when some restrictions I had 153 lbs., which included a very large He owns the land and he owns the cattle. N of Cross, area fields, banks, cuts, washes, etc. I have mixed of us is here: Teri Smiths rockhunts: After that there will need to be more appointments, each with a number of variables which can go wrong, thus pushing back schedules even farther. formed the agate was dissolved in ground water flowing horizontally. found agatized petrified wood in nine different color combinations. agates that came from there. jasper, flint, chert and petrified wood. The cowboys seldom used profanity, even among themselves, and when they joked about women the tone may have been sexist but it wasnt sexual it was the sort of homespun humor you heard from comedians in the fifties, about women drivers and that sort of stuff. holidays. it worth it? He was also a co-founder of the Baptist Foundation of Texas, now known as High Ground Advisors. Thats own trips. Help Santa out this year and buy Holiday Gift Rock Buckets from me. The varied and rugged landscape of o6 Ranch has made it the setting for motion picture productions and product commercials. Or, you can come out These guides will help you traverse the vast and dynamic landscapes of local private ranches. Use this resource as a guide to get you started. Wishlist. Aarons field trips will be limited to 25 the Walker Ranch agate, and I now have 2 buckets of Walker Ranch agate to circumstances (such as your bringing your pet aardvark along, bringing a bulldozer, rockhunts to other ranches (if indeed I am leading any) around the 06 "Fossil Hunting" by Ted Gray, Santa Lucia Rockhounds (CFMS) From: Rockenteur, 10/21 3. Monacarch Butterfly on Milkweed, Austin, Texas, October 2017. info. We got another years leeway., There was something else that Joel wanted to talk about. That idea is working well. Ramon woke his assistant, a Mexican boy who spoke no English, and as the boy began preparing pancake batter and frying bacon, Ramon raked a piece of firewood across the corrugated tin sides of the shed and hollered, Chuck! Tent flaps opened, and the cowboys began crawling out, boots first. ranches available for rockhunting: The The land had been in the families for years, long ago bought and paid for, and so had the breed stock. Since my #1 goal this year is not getting COVID, it makes sense for me to stay where the infection rate is much lower. Of course it was easier to gather cattle on the flats than it was in high country, but still the difference seemed enormous. However, I have compiled a list of resources here so that you may investigate and obtain permission for any locations (found here or elsewhere) for yourself. again in 2 weeks. 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. More armed men were mounted on horses, and several helicopters patrolled overhead. You come in contact with the real basics the weather, the animals, yourself. I wondered how he could round up 1800 cattle in four days when it took the 06 four weeks to gather about half that. Many had surface pits that were in a regular pattern, as if There was a minimum of cross-fencing (that is, fencing within the boundaries of the ranch); a cowboy could ride from dawn to dusk without encountering a fence. Look at the stretch and length of that female. There were a lot of Gig em Aggies and jokes about what good-looking wives Brangus breeders have, and at one point Clayton even took the microphone and sang a verse of The Eyes of Texas. He stood on the auctioneers table and waved his arms and implored the crowd to buy, buy, buy he had been known to actually get down in the arena and paw dirt. Besides, its good advertising. minutes we were at an area that was the other side of the mountain we $75.00 + $9.00 shipping. The native brush and grasses were as pristine now as they were in 1535 when Cabeza de Vaca camped here. Otherwise it wouldnt be possible to stay in business. Ranch agate from a number of different types of buckets (Walker Ranch The mothers of steer calves would lead their children to the shipping pens, then most of them would also be turned back to pasture. It was a mercy killing, recalled Hallie Stillwell, the 87-year-old matriarch of the Stillwell Ranch, south of Marathon. in their shop. Thirty cents, sixty cents, seventy cents whatever theyre bringing. The cowboys gathered under the corrugated tin shed and began digging trenches, and Ramon Hartnett did his best to cover the bed of coals that was their cook fire. Ty Holland rode up beside us. Grass needs time. Field Trip Report: 06 Ranch (also called Winn VI Ranch). Such prices made absolutely no sense to the traditional ranchers, but they made enormous sense to Clayton Williams. Diane touched each one and called it by name. Then Ill sort and sell some smaller lots of things and perhaps special individual rocks, and the equipment I decide not to take with me to California. Cowboys wages had tripled in the last decade, as had almost everything else the rancher needed to survive. other. Even if not explicitly listed, it would not be uncommon to find agates at most of these locations. Roundup was always the major event in the life of any ranch it was the accounting, the grand finale of the yearly cycle. Copyright 2022 Rockhound Resource | Birch on Trellis Framework by Mediavine, Rocks, Gems, and Minerals of the Southwest, Palo Duro Canyon, outside State Park boundaries, Prairie Dog Town Fork of Red River, in banks and gravels, Between Red River and US 62, in area deposits, Gravel bars of creek beneath bridge 1.8 mi. The herd had spread out now into a long oval, with a point man out front, eight riders at the flanks, and the others riding drag, picking up strays and laggards. Ill also have buckets of agate for sale. Its on my bucket list to go look around out there. amzn_assoc_search_bar = "false"; Calves were still roped and dragged to fire for branding. Most had been married at some time, but cowboying could take its toll on a marriage. one hillside I found several large nodules (the size of one of Johnnys Both Hughes brothers were awarded the Bronze Star. From the front porch of his ranch house he could see a tree as large as a bull elephant being dragged under and thrashed about like a toothpick. Unless things change materially, however, I will be leading rockhunts next March and April. They were as authentic as cowboys got. in fall, winter and spring. Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper, Petrified wood, etc. Good years, we can make improvements. Ted Gray, an old cowboy survivor and ranch owner, had said it eloquently in a passage from Barneys book, The Last Campfire: If you talk to an old man sometimes, you can learn something it maybe took him forty years to learn. When I had visited his ranch earlier, Williams talked in detail about raising commercial cattle for slaughter the discipline of the sixty-five-cent fat, he called it. But first and foremost he was the grandson of a Kokernot. Regards, The most amazing thing about Catclaw Pasture was that there wasnt a catclaw in sight. We pay up to two thousand dollars for a good, practical range bull, but were not afraid to kick him out in the pasture and not see him for a couple of months. His family had a mercantile business and a large cattle ranch. The best rockhounding locations in Texas are the gravel beds of the Rio Grande, the area around Big Bend, Mason County in central Texas, and a wide stretch of land stretching from south Texas to the Louisiana border. in Alpine, just north of Holland Avenue. Kokernot Ranch is covered by the Whirlwind Spring, TX US Topo Map quadrant bed for a while, then ventured only a little ways up each hillside. there. Diane noticed that one of the colts had a nasty cut on his foreleg. The best places to rockhound in West Texas are the areas around Big Bend, Alpine, Van Horn, and Sierra Blanca. Since Im really allergic to bee stings, I took his advice and email Aaron at noraathomas@msn.com, or should find better material. The land would remain. Herbert Seniors grandfather David Kokernot migrated to New Orleans in 1817 and later served as a scout for Sam Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto. Clayton Williams had also hired country singing stars, but as entertainers, not cowboys. Unfortunately for rockhounds, the law prohibits them from publishing their names or contact information online. Although there was supposed to be agate up on both hillsides of the The other hillside had some blue botryoidal pieces with crystals, a He overgrazes, and he root-plows the native grasses and replants with hybrids from Texas A&M. Its not possible anymore, Barney said. 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. I am continually surprised at the variety in Aaron explained a bit of The hills were similar in height to the bluffs at the Walker Ranch, and of course steeper in some places than others. . 06 Ranch, a historic ranch in Brewster County, Texas, and a new agate hunting destination for rockhounds". Feel is everything. Lawrence C. Lacy, a longtime Waco banker remembered by family members for his kindness and passion for tennis, died Sunday. Full grown human: 0, Bee: 1. stick on. Leoncita Cattle Co. 42. This is a separate world, he told me. Kokernot o6 West Texas Hunting Texas Beard Adventures 6.96K subscribers Subscribe 1.7K views 3 years ago I got invited on my buddies company hunt again in West Texas. I cant say theyre unsearched anymore, so Im selling the Walker Ranch searched specimen buckets, and many other buckets of A locations listing here is not a guarantee of accuracy. Jeff Salamon is the deputy editor at Texas Monthly. and Garnett Street in Alpine. Herbert, Sr. died in 1949 and is buried at Mission Park in San Antonio. Herbert Kokernot, Jr. was a well known businessman serving on the boards of national banks and served as County Commissioner of Jeff Davis County for sixty-five years. Watch for part 2 in May. David Hartman and a crew from Good Morning America had shown up at the 06 roundup last October. Almost every institution in town had been owned or controlled or at least deeply touched by the Kokernots the First National Bank, the newspaper, the Masonic lodge, the Baptist church, the various cattle associations, Sul Ross University. there had been filaments of aragonite or another material in the cavity As with most states, each county in Texas will have records of who owns each piece of property. Everyone knew that the water table was dropping, yet Williams was constantly watering the manicured meadow behind his ranch house. Home; . Diane pointed to a dull, dusty-green flower and identified it as locoweed. 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. The buckets of Singleton material are $125 each, since I Do you think it was a lion? she asked. Dont worry, I told him. Colorful Banded Agate From New West Texas Ranch: o6 Kokernot Rough Lapidary Rock. If you are familiar with the Baylor campus, Kokernot also contributed funding with which several buildings of the era were built, including the Tidwell Bible Building. This had been old, rough, used up ranchland, but because of government subsidies farmers were able to irrigate and grow some cotton. with Aaron, his fieldtrips are different than mine. Hi yall! 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. A ranch cook sawed off a chain on one of Williams gates, coiled the chain neatly on the ground, and decorated his display with a bowel movement. If you arent coming out here for Some of the prettiest colors were lavender, maroon A lot of ranchers around Austin and San Antonio were forced to quit or sell when the market was way down, he said. From the top of Polks Peak Old Glory flapped in the hot August breeze. It will be years before that particular How about all of them put together? He had been accused of damming up Musquiz Creek, temporarily halting its flow to the ranches downstream. Each of us will be booking our Williams opened another can of beer and turned the Bronco back toward his ranch house and headquarters the Cove, it was called. Kokernot 06 ranch and collected more than 300 lbs of agate from two locations. He later married Hulda Jane Carnes. Theres a residence hall called Kokernot which I mentioned in the story. amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "rockhoundreso-20"; email me at agatehunter@sbcglobal.net North Texas and the panhandle are relatively devoid of good rockhounding sites. 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. We turned right into a dirt road, and drove east on dirt roads for about half an hour. you can reach Aaron Thomas at noraathomas@msn.com or Williams was an eternal optimist, to be sure, but this was where his oil fortune came into play: while nature was compelling the less fortunate to sell, it was inspiring him to buy. The year before, it was a British movie outfit filming a piece called My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys. mine: send me an email with the days you Chip Gaines Bought Larry McMurtrys Historic Texas Bookstore. 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. At the sight of the waves of rich grasses growing in Catclaw Pasture, Clayton Williams was overcome. We specialize in fully guided trophy deer hunts for small . hint. 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 not been hunted much before. He was involved early on in the fighting leading up to and including the Texas Revolution under James Fannin and later under Sam Houston. "Rock Hunting on the Kokernot 06 Ranch-A Rockhound's Dream" by Terry Roberts, East Texas Gem & Mineral Society (SCFMS) From: Rock-N-Rose, 4/21 4. I'm Mike Rhea, and I'm a professional Geologist with a passion for rocks, minerals, and everything related to Geology. The Kokernot family has been ranching in Texas since the Republic formed in 1836. Despite the absence of cross-fencing, the same 06 cows were found, year after year, in the same 06 pastures. When Lacy and his cowboys talked about the loss of traditions and values and a way of life (and they talked about it constantly), they werent just talking in general terms. The best rockhounding locations in South Texas are generally associated with the gravels of the Rio Grande, but locations further inland towards San Antonio should also be considered. So as of now Ill stay out here. It was still dark, but he could see the flicker of ropes in the remuda. If you havent hunted Barney Nelson had told me that she and Joel celebrated Thanksgiving every year by taking their provisions by pack horse and riding as far as we can, to a pasture theyd never seen before. even great rocks, but large With the Aggie War Hymn blaring from the speakers, Claytons voice occasionally drowned out that of the auctioneer. The 06 Cienega ranch house, as it was called, was on the northmost part of the ranch, a particularly rugged area of peaks, canyons, and tumbled arrays of lava and limestone boulders. to hold the piece in your hands while you grind a flat spot to glue the dop They both harvested nice bucks. That was part of the grisly cycle of ranching the mamas literally led their babies to slaughter, then, by some ancient homing instinct, found their own way back to pasture, where they would breed again. It twirls up there by itself. The jet-set ranchers, who attended his annual party and auction had paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for a small share of the semen rights to a single bull. Is that a question? All the tepees had weathered the storm, but some had leaked, and a few of the cowboys would spend the night in soggy bedrolls. Better wait, he said. They didnt actually buy (or even get possession of) the bull. It was a perfect example of what was happening to one of the old traditions neighboring. You can PM them on Facebook and get an answer fairly quickly. I stayed in the creek I have 400 or so buckets yet to sell or sort through to pick out the best material to sell. Seam agate also. All 50 States Answered, Agate (moss, plume), Chalcedony, Jasper, Quartz crystals, Calcite, Calomel, Cinnabar, Fluorite, Mercury, Terlinguaite, Agate (pompom), Aragonite crystals. The 06 paid what were standard cowboy wages: $50 a day plus tobacco and chuck. 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