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FREE 2019 FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION • COMPILED & PUBLISHED BY THE ALBANY NEWS www.thealbanynews.net FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 PAGE 3 Table of contents ______Katherine Thomson George T. Reynolds’ story is part of Shackelford County lore. Texas’ Oldest Outdoor Musical 04 ______The late Bob Green A special gold watch at the Old Jail Art Center has a history. 09 ______JJONESONES AAGG & SSERVICEERVICE CCO.O. The late Ethel Matthews Casey Bert & Delnita Jones, Brock Jones, Wade, Kate & Blake Jones The descendant of pioneer families reminisces about the land. 13 ______325-762-3203 Melinda L. Lucas These “Famous Fandanglers” are just a few of many over the years. WWelcomeelcome toto thethe 18 ______Donnie A. Lucas FFortort GriffiGriffi n Find out what the Fandangle staff does in real life. 22 ______FFandangleandangle Donnie A. & Melinda L. Lucas Scenes from 2019 give a preview of this year’s show. 26 ______WWESTEST TTEXASEXAS Pictures from the Past 28 Pioneer family members contribute to the Fandangle over 81 years. AAPPRAISALPPRAISAL ASSOCIATESASSOCIATES ______Behind the Scenes 7762-342062-3420 29 On stage and backstage, Albany citizens help put on the show.

In a tribute to Robert E. Nail, Jr., The Robert Nail Scholarship Fund In these 52 years, scholarship awards paid through 2018 amounted to $195,975 and with following his death of the Ex-Students Association the $3,000 awarded this year for 2019, the total on the 11th of November 1968, it was said: THANKS YOU FOR YOUR amount should be $198,975. “In this Twentieth Century, it is not rare Bob Nail was very proud of this Scholarship to fi nd some man or some woman who has “Dollars for Bob’s Scholarships” Fund. Let us strive to make it what it should be by donating our “Dollars for Bob’s Scholar- given something of his or her talents for the ships.” We will honor the memory of a very benefi ts of others. It is rare, however, to fi nd outstanding citizen and friend. a person who has dedicated all of his life, his Your donations will be tax deductible and energies, his intellect, his vision, his funds, can be made by mail – payable to Robert Nail Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 2650, Albany, Texas and his accomplishments to the betterment 76430. Your consideration will be appreciated. of his community and its citizenry. Bob Nail dedicated his entire life to his mother and THANK YOU to his hometown of Albany.” ROBERT NAIL SCHOLARSHIP BOARD The Ex-Student Association is dedicated to this — President — most worthy project – The Robert Nail Scholarship Jeff Pleasant Fund. The total in the accounts is $207,627.57, — Secretary — and the earned interest from this fund has pro- Melinda Viertel Lucas vided for 154 scholarship awards since 1967. — Treasurer — Although interest rates have caused decreased Dan A. Neff awards at times over the years, the Fund was still able to award two grants this year in the Kim Bartee Neece amount of $1,500 each. Our appreciation to Donna Martin Schkade all of you, for in 52 years it has grown from a RRobertobert EE.. NNailail JJr.r. Cori Ayers Bezner $100 annual grant in 1967 to $3,000 in 2019. SEPTEMBER 13, 1908 to NOVEMBER 11, 1968 Clint Chapman 4 PAGE FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 www.thealbanynews.net You just can’t make up stuff like this... BY KATHERINE THOMSON staff writer on which they could lay their hands,” wrote his youngest sister Sallie Reynolds Matthews in her book Interwoven. isitors to the Fandangle may wonder if the stories “My brother was a rather resourceful, intrepid youngster told on stage are based on truth or tall tales. The and fared through without mishap in that enterprise.” Vanswer is often a mixture of both, but the history of By 1860 the Reynolds had moved to Buchanan (Stephens) Shackelford County, along with that of the families who County and entered into the ranching business on what settled this prairie land, is rich enough that sometimes was then the western frontier. Their nearest neighbors the answer is nothing but the honest-to-goodness truth. were the Joseph Beck Matthews family. One of the many early settlers with a bio that reads like George joined the Confederate army in 1862 when he it came out of a dime novel was George Thomas Reynolds. was 17. He served in Company E, 19th Texas Calvary, and During his lifetime, George was a farmer, pony express participated in his quota of battles, according to historian rider, college student, confederate soldier, trail driver, Frances Mayhugh Holden in Lambshead Before Interwoven. hunter, Indian fi ghter, rancher, banker, and millionaire. Years afterward, George included memories about his Early Life fi rst battle in a letter he sent his family. George was born in Montgomery County, Alabama, on “When thinking that President Davis could not possibly Feb. 14, 1844, the second child of Barber Watkins Reynolds run the war business without my assistance, I shouldered and Anne Maria Campbell Reynolds. my old shot gun and ‘jined’ the army,” he wrote. “At the fi rst George’s older brother died before the family moved to fi re I shot so hard one hammer of my gun was broken and Texas when George was three. the other would not work, so I failed to get my man…we The Reynolds lived on a cotton farm in Shelby County continued to charge, and fi nally made the timber, minus in East Texas for 12 years and then moved to Golconda hat, gun, military ardor, and half our force.” (later named Palo Pinto) in 1859. George served 18 months, was wounded, and was hon- George took a job riding for the pony express, carrying orably discharged. the mail 35 miles from Golconda to Weatherford. Back In Texas George fi rst attended school in Shelby County. Before “It was a dangerous undertaking for anyone and seemed REPRINTED WITH THE FAMILY’S PERMISSION the Civil War, the Reynolds children especially so for a lad of 15 years, with hostile Indians GEORGE THOMAS REYNOLDS roaming at will through the country, picking up every horse had attended a school in Miller Val- continued

CC.E..E. JACOBSJACOBS CCOMPANYOMPANY WWELCOMEELCOME VVISITORSISITORS TO THE FORT GRIFFIN FANDANGLE www.thealbanynews.net FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 PAGE 5 LUNCH: GEORGE T. REYNOLDS / continued 11 am-2 pm ley, taught by Sam Newcomb. After his owners for a reward, but the young men Monday-Friday discharge, George attended McKenzie were arrested and thrown in jail by the 5-9 pm College one winter, completing his formal Texas Rangers, who mistook them for the Monday-Thursday education. horse thieves. After several days, George In 1863 George and some of his friends and his friends were able to prove who 5-10 pm were out hunting cattle when they were they were, and were released but only Friday robbed by a young man called “Jacko,” who allowed to leave with one horse each. 11 am-10 pm stole, among other things, George’s horse. Cattle Drive Saturday They tracked Jacko down and decided In October 1865 George and two of his to hang him for stealing the horse, which friends, Si Hough and Riley St. John, left Closed Sunday would have been within their legal rights, Fort Davis (a civilian fort in northwestern but George intervened. He argued that Stephens County) to drive a herd of about because of his youth, they should give the 80 head of cattle to market. 2915 W. Walker 254-559-8821 Breckenridge, Texas young man a fl ogging instead. “When they left here they expected to George did the whipping, which in drive to old Mexico,” Newcomb wrote in his Texas was a criminal offense, and offi - diary on Jan. 14,1866, “but after getting cers from Palo Pinto later tried to arrest down upon the Concho they heard that George for the crime, according to James beef steers were not selling very well in old Cox in his book Historical and Biographi- Mexico, so they changed their notions and WWelcomeelcome cal Record of the Cattle Industry and the course for New Mexico. There were only Cattlemen of Texas. three of them…they made it through… to the Stolen Horses though they ran some very narrow risks.” In 1864, George, Newcomb, and fi ve In 1866 Charles Goodnight and Oliver others went out on an extended excur- Loving took a herd of cattle west, “follow- FORT GRIFFIN FANDANGLE sion. During their trip, they came upon ing the ruts of the Butterfi eld Trail as a party of Indians and gave chase. The George Reynolds and his outfi t had done 124 Welco Rd. Indians abandoned extra horses they the year before,” wrote Holder. P.O. Box 2037 had been driving, which George and his The Stone Ranch Albany, TX 76430 friends quickly decided had been stolen. The Reynolds family moved from Fort 325-762-2200 They drove the horses to Fort Mason, Davis to the Stone intending to return them to their previous Ranch in Throck- continued

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RATES: Subscriptions – Albany & Moran $40, Texas addresses $45, other U.S. addresses $50. Advertising – National rate $7.70 per column inch. Local rate $6.50 per column inch. Notices & classi- fi ed ads 10 cents per word per insertion net, $6 minimum paid in advance. 6 PAGE FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 www.thealbanynews.net The story of GEORGE T. REYNOLDS / continued George T. Reynolds’ in- morton County in 1866. It was while ised to get revenge. jury in a fi ght the family lived here that George and Hough scalped the Indian that had his brother Ben shot a white buffalo, the shot George, and he later gave George the with Indians hide of which was eventually sent to the silver studded bridle that the chieftain’s was reenacted Smithsonian Museum in Washington, horse was wearing. in a show and according to Sallie Matthews. William and another member of the parade in the It was also from the Stone Ranch that party rode all night to carry news of the 1950s. Riders in April of 1867, George, his brother Wil- shooting to the Reynolds family. in the Fan- liam, and Hough joined a group of men The cowboys rigged up a stretcher dangle parade pursuing Indians who had stolen a herd made of saddlebags between two horses, demonstrate of horses. with a man walking beside each of the how Reynolds They caught up to the Indians 40 miles horses, so they could transport the criti- was transport- later and surprised them at the Double cally injured young man back home. ed home on Fork of the Brazos River. The 10 cowboys When the caravan drew close to the the backs on killed all but one of the seven Indians in ranch, George asked to be put in the two horses. the fi ght. saddle. FROM THE FANDANGLE FILES George was the only one of the cowboys “He wanted his family to see him sitting who was seriously hurt. his horse!” Sallie Matthews said. ”They, of though he was often in pain, according Benjamine Franklin Reynolds and Flor- “He was shot with an arrow that course, did not know that he was still alive. to Sallie Matthews. ence Rebecca Matthews in 1879, Phineas entered his body just above the navel,” When the scouting party approached the Marriage Watkins Reynolds and Roseannah Marion Sallie Matthews wrote. “He was wearing ranch, the younger boys were on top of George married Lucinda Elizabeth Matthews in 1883, and Sallie Ann Reyn- a United States Army belt buckle which the smokehouse watching, and when they “Bettie” Matthews on July 15, 1867, tying olds and John Alexander Matthews in was about two inches wide by three inches counted the full number it was a great the fi rst of many knots that eventually 1876. long. This buckle, we think, may have relief and joy to those at home.” interwove the two frontier families. Two more of Bettie’s cousins married saved his life, as the arrow hit the edge Newcomb rode night and day to Weath- Marriages between the two families one of George’s nephews and one of his of the buckle, breaking the force of the erford, swapping horses along the way, over the next several years included four cousins. shot to some extent.” and brought back a doctor. of George’s siblings weddings with two of One interesting note to George and Bet- George pulled out the shaft of the Dr. James D. Ray was unable to fi nd the Bettie’s siblings and two of her cousins. tie’s wedding was caused by George’s re- arrow, but the arrow head wasn’t found. arrowhead, but the wound healed quickly William David Reynolds and Susan fusal to hang Jacko The wounded man’s close friend prom- and George went back to his active life, Alice Matthews were married in 1879, years before. continued

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He also served as acres in Throckmorton, Haskell, and president of the First National Bank of Shackelford Counties, and 64,000 in LUNCH SERVED DAILY Oklahoma, which he had helped organize, Hartley County. and was vice-president of the Norman He was survived by his wife and their ((SandwichesSandwiches • SaladSalad PlatesPlates • SoupsSoups • CCasseroles)asseroles) State Bank in Oklahoma. adopted daughter Betty Cantelou, who George was a charter member of the was the orphaned daughter of Lulu Mat- 1111 A.M.A.M. - 2 PP.M..M. • CCALL-INALL-IN OORDERSRDERS WWELCOMEELCOME Texas Cattle Raisers Association and the thews and Frazier Cantelou (a nephew senior partner of Reynolds Cattle Com- of George’s mother). ❑ pany. When the Reynolds Cattle Company moved their headquarters to Fort Worth Sources used included the following:Lambshead 7762-303062-3030 Before Interwoven, by Frances Mayhugh Holden, 1997, in 1901, George bought ranch land near Texas A&M University Press. Interwoven, by Sallie Fort Worth. Reynolds Matthews, 1982, Texas A&M University Press. Death The Albany News, March 13, 1925. The Northwest Sun, 104 S. Main Street • Albany, Texas George died on Thursday morning, Nov. 4, 2018, “In Old Lake Worth - George and Lucinda Reynolds,” by Joe McDaniel. Historical and Biographi- March 6, 1925 in Fort Worth, and is buried cal Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of 3325-762-303025-762-3030 in the Albany cemetery. Texas, by James Cox, Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co, When he died, the Reynolds Cattle St Louis, 1895 - Transcribed by Veneta McKinney from 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. • Monday - Saturday Company owned 330,000 acres of ranch- Texas Genealogy Trails.com website. www.thealbanynews.net FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 PAGE 9 True story related in script of 2019 Fandangle BY BOB GREEN 1924 – 2009 Colorado in 1976 and they returned to Texas and settled on the Clear Fork of the Brazos just above Camp Cooper in Throckmorton County, which was organized two years later in 1878. [EDITOR’S NOTE: For three decades, the late Bob Green, Shack- Glenn, tall, handsome, fearless and well liked, was quickly elected the elford County historian and rancher, wrote articles and columns for county’s fi rst sheriff. The census of 1880 still listed him as sheriff, but The Albany News, many of them published in this special Fandangle along with his law enforcement duties, he had ventured strongly into section. In 1998, he researched and penned this true story about the sheep business, only to go broke when, in 1884, the tariff on wool Glenn Reynolds, Shackelford County’s fi rst sheriff. Since it is part of was suddenly removed. After this severe fi nancial reverse and now no the script of the 2019 Fandangle, the story is presented here again. longer sheriff, he moved to Albany where his brothers and sisters lived. Reynold’s Gold Watch mong the treasures displayed in the Old Jail Art Center in It was there in Albany that he was presented with a fi ne gold watch Albany is a beautiful large gold pocket watch that belonged and chain in grateful appreciation for services rendered while serving Ato Glenn Reynolds, a member of a well known family of the ably as sheriff in turbulent times. The double cased gold watch is inscribed: Northwest Texas frontier. “Glenn Reynolds, Albany, Texas, June 10, 1884.” The watch chain was made Glenn was born in 1853, and grew up on the Texas frontier of a string of gold block letters that spelled R-E-Y-N-O-L-D-S and the outer during dangerous times. While a mere lad, he helped protect case had both cattle and sheep engraved in bas relief. It was truly a fi ne Anglo settlements from fi erce Comanche Indian raiders as most of the presentation gift. adult males were either serving in the Civil War or in the frontier Glenn Reynolds now decided to seek a new start in the territory of Arizona ranger force. by joining up with Bud Ellison, who was acquainted with the Reynolds Glenn was a member of the Barber Watkins Reynolds family and who had a plan. Ellison was a tough fl inty little man, family, who were among the earliest pioneer settlers in 20 years Reynolds’ senior, who had served as a Texas Ranger this area. The Elm Creek Raid by the Comanches in around old Camp Cooper during the Civil War and after the 1864 so terrorized the early Anglo settlers that they left war had driven herds of cattle north. their isolated ranches and forted up in a civilian enclave on Now, Ellison had scouted out the Tonto Basin area in Arizona, liked the Clear Fork of the Brazos some 15 miles downstream what he saw and had returned to Texas to organize a circle of his Texas from Camp Cooper. They named this civilian fort Fort friends who were willing to pool their cattle for a trek to the west. Glenn, backed Davis after Confederate president Jefferson Davis. by his brothers and sisters, signed on for the venture, and soon 2,000 head of cows One of Glenn’s sisters, Susan, and her husband, and bulls plus 200 horses went by rail from Texas to Bowie Station, Arizona in Sam Newcomb, both kept diaries while at Fort Davis the summer of 1885. that are now remarkable and valuable sources of pri- After unloading from the train, the herd was driven 200 miles to the north mary research concerning this period on the Northwest where Ellison established his ranch east of Payson under the Tonto Rim, while Texas Frontier. Glenn Reynolds took his share of the herd to the rough Sierra Anchos Mountains Another sister, Sallie, would later be the author of Interwoven, a near Pleasant Valley and settled on a creek still known as Reynolds Creek and is classic book that is now listed in A.C. Greene’s The Fifty Best Books on Texas. Sallie where today a Ranger station known as Reynolds Station is located. This very was the mother of Watt R. Matthews, well known Albany rancher and the master area was the setting for many of Zane Grey’s books in later years. of Lambshead Ranch for many years until his death in 1997. Now Pleasant Valley is a nice enough sounding name that in no way prepares you Glenn’s brothers included George T., W.D., Benny and Phin, who all later became for the worst range war in the history of the Old West that erupted there in 1887. important ranchers, bankers, county judges, and men of infl uence in the newly In the several years it lasted, over 50 people were killed in an “eye for an eye” blood developing West Texas. letting between cattlemen and sheep men. Two families, the Glenn, a cowboy and rancher by trade, married Augusta (Gustie) Russell in Grahams and the Tewksberrys, were the main battlers involved continued Texas • FERTILIZATION PROGRAMS Specializing in Lawn, Grass • PRE & POST EMERGENCE • INSECT CONTROL Turf & Agricultural Shall Chemicals Grow • FIREANT CONTROL • SODDING GUARANTEED • WEED CONTROL ESULTS • MOWING & TRIMMING R • TREE & SHRUB CARE J.T. HEATLY • TOTAL CLEANUP • LICENSED & INSURED 325-725-0584 • CERTIFIED APPLICATOR 848 Rose Albany, TX 76430 10PAGE FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 www.thealbanynews.net GLENN REYNOLDS / continued TEX-MEX SPECIALTIES in the lynchings, bush whackings, and including the Apache Kid got drunk, and numerous night riding vigilante groups. Sieber, while trying to arrest them, was MESQUITE-GRILLED STEAKS One particular infamous group was shot in the foot. He turned on his scouts in known as “the committee of 50,” and all fury and fi led charges against them with TRES MESA PRIVATE CLUB this murderous activity quickly turned Sheriff Glenn Reynolds, who proceeded the Tonto Basin area into a bloody battle- to round them up and put them in jail ground that is still remembered today as for a long stay until they were eventually Welcome Fandangle Visitors! the “Pleasant Valley War.” While it was sentenced to serve time in prison. HOURS: going on, it became impossible for anyone Sheriff Reynolds now made plans to Mon-Sat 11 am - 2 pm & 5 pm - 9 pm living in and around Tonto Rim not to transport the eight Apache prisoners and Open till 10 pm Fri & Sat become involved in the mayhem. one Mexican embezzler from his jail in Although Glenn Reynolds was now Globe to the Territorial Prison at Yuma. VISIT OUR SPLIT-LEVEL PIT ROOM a cattle rancher, he nonetheless leaned A new Concord stage coach was hired, MOST UNIQUE DINING towards the side of the Tewksberrys, who driven by its owner, Eugene Middleton. EXPERIENCE IN THE WEST were sheep men. Sheriff Reynolds’ main deputy at this When a cowboy who worked for Glenn time was none other than Tom Horn, who 200 S. 2nd Street • 325/762-3287 Reynolds was sent to Globe to fetch some would later become famous in Wyoming medicine for Reynolds’ sick child, little Territory for killing a 14-year-old boy George T., the cowboy was ambushed while employed as a hired killer, and for and shot off his horse and without the which he would hang. medicine, the child died. Glenn had had But now Deputy Horn, who had served enough. He disposed of his cow herd and as a scout for the army, was most famous for the safety of his family, moved away for being quite a roper and was entered from the Pleasant Valley battleground in a big roping contest that he dearly and into the town of Globe. wanted to participate in. WWEE WELCOMEWELCOME OUROUR Reynolds Again Serves as Sheriff So Reynolds let him off and took along Before long, the tall, impressive Glenn as a guard another less lethal deputy by Reynolds had defeated the incumbent and the unlikely name of Hunkydory Holmes. was elected the sheriff of Gila County, Andy Divine would have been perfect to FANDANGLE VISITORS Arizona in 1888. Throughout all these portray Hunkdory in a western movie. hair-raising, wild west experiences, Glenn Holmes liked to drink, sing songs, write carried his prized gold watch, which had and quote poetry, and felt compelled to ““OverOver tthehe ttreesrees aandnd hhousesouses yonderyonder both cattle and sheep engraved upon it entertain everyone all the time. yyouou ccanan sseeee thethe courthousecourthouse clock.clock. – a curious coincidence in the Pleasant The eight Apache prisoners had the IItt hhasas ttickedicked wwholehole days,days, wholewhole Valley War. utmost respect for the coolly effi cient Arizona was also one of the last battle- Sheriff Reynolds, but not for Hunkydory mmonthsonths aandnd wwholehole yearsyears fromfrom tthehe grounds between the U.S. Army and Holmes, who always had a bottle of whis- llivesives ooff aallll ooff uuss hhereere iinn AAlbany.lbany. the native Americans, in this case the key in his pocket and was overly friendly Apaches, who were now consigned to the toward them. 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Sheriff Reynolds rode his favorite horse, Tex, and was armed with a Colt .45 pistol and a double barreled shotgun loaded with buckshot. Along with his gold watch, his pockets contained the keys for the prisoners’ manacles. Glenn kissed Gustie good-bye, mounted Tex and in the grey light of dawn, departed with his prisoners on the trip to Yuma. After a 40-mile run, the group spent the night at the Riverside Stage Station. The prisoners were unloaded but remained shackled all night. They were loaded up at dawn and the trip continued. Sheriff Reynolds had decided not to ride Tex any further but to leave him at the Riverside Stage Station until he KKIINNGG & RROBERTSONOBERTSON IINSURANCENSURANCE AAGENCYGENCY returned and he got inside the coach with Our Shackelford County Roots Run Deep Hunkydory. It was a fatal mistake. Things Go Terribly Wrong As the coach rumbled along, Hun- WELCOME,FANDANGLE VISITORS kydory decided to cheer everyone up by Glenda Estep • Ramby Anderson • Lori Stendell singing and spouting poetry, Sheriff Rey- 7762-228862-2288 - 9 SSouthouth MainMain - AAlbanylbany nolds had his long coat buttoned up over his holstered pistol in the chill morning air. They soon reached the foot of a long incline known as Kelvin Grade. PHOTO FROM THE ROBERT NAIL ARCHIVES Driver Middleton stopped his teams GLENN REYNOLDS & HIS WIFE GUSTIE and called down that the horses couldn’t pull the loaded coach up this steep grade, same to Hunkydory. and that the prisoners would have to One of the Apaches twisted Holmes’ unload and walk up to the top. rifl e out of his pinioned hands, stuck the The unloading was quickly done. The gun to his head and fi red, killing him SSAVEAVE TTHEHE DDATE!ATE! Apache Kid and one other Indian were instantly. Then the Apache with the rifl e left chained inside the coach while the quickly hopped up to where the fi rst two six other leg-ironed, handcuffed Apaches prisoners were struggling to hold Sheriff were herded into a column of two’s and Reynolds and immediately shot him dead. Friends of started off up the hill with Reynolds The Indian with the rifl e then hopped leading on foot and Hunkydory Holmes up the hill until he could sight on the bringing up the rear. The lightened stage unaware driver Middleton, and with a Fort Griffi n lumbered up the grade and out of sight shot through the neck, blew him off the around a knoll. stage coach. Quickly the Apaches went Suddenly there was a war whoop and through the pockets of the slain Sheriff the two Apaches immediately behind Reynolds, getting the keys and unlocking 17th AAnnualnnual Sheriff Reynolds threw their handcuffed their fetters. arms over his head, pinning his arms to The Apache Kid continued GALA his sides. The last two Apaches did the was let loose from at Collins Creek Ranch FEATURING DOUG MORELAND & THE FLYING ARMADILLOS OCTOBER 5, 2019 www.turnerseed.com Find us on Facebook • susanftgriffi [email protected] 12PAGE FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 www.thealbanynews.net GLENN REYNOLDS / continued OOWDWD the coach and went over to where sheriff later, Hollywood, which produced three H YY!! Reynolds was sprawled dead and ran his greatly glorifi ed movies about him. Al- hands over Reynolds’ body until he found though the Apache Kid was never found, the gold watch he had seen and coveted Sheriff Reynolds’ gold watch did turn up. Welcome to this year’s show! during his long stay in jail in Globe. In May, 1890, Colonel Kosterlitsky, The eight Apaches then vanished a famous, hard-bitten Mexican soldier COLLINS CREEK RANCH quickly into the wilderness, which held known as the “Eagle of Sonora,” while Call Paul Ivy (325) 762-3940 • www.collinscreekranch.com no fear for them. The Mexican prisoner leading his command of Mexican rurales had fl ed at the fi rst shot and hidden on a patrol, came upon three Apaches in from the Apaches. Later he would report Sonora, Mexico and killed them. Clear Fork Outfi tters Lynne & Clifford Teinert • Paul & Ginny Ivy what happened at an inquest and obtain From one’s body, an old man with long a pardon that spared him from going to white hair, and defi nitely not the Apache the Yuma Penitentiary. Kid, Kosterlitsky took Glenn Reynolds’ Driver Middleton lay very still in a gold watch and pistol which he carefully pool of his own blood. He was seriously forwarded to his superiors in Mexico City. CCOMEOME BBACKACK & SSEEEE UUS!S! shot through the neck but still alive, al- They, in turn, contacted the U.S. State though he had feigned being dead while Department in Washington, D.C., and the the Indians were around. But now they watch and pistol traveled up through the WWelcomeelcome toto thethe 881st1st were gone and he painfully pulled himself halls of protocol of both countries until up. He decided he was too weak to climb on June 9, 1890, Arizona governor Lewis up on the coach and manage the team, Wolfl ey received both watch and gun and so he staggered back down the road on returned them to Glenn Reynolds’’ widow. FFortort Grriffiniffin FFandangleandangle foot toward the Riverside Stage Station Gustie never remarried and returned to four miles away. live in Albany, where she died in 1943. He passed the bodies of Sheriff Rey- Today, due to the generosity of her de- SSCHOOLERCHOOLER AASSOCIATESSSOCIATES nolds and Hunkydory Holmes and stum- scendants, this still beautiful gold watch bled his way down the road, fi nally getting and chain are now on view for all to see in MMikeike & LLoriori SSchoolerchooler to the station just as a Globe-bound stage the Old Jail Art Center in Albany, Texas, was loading to depart. The passengers a true surviving relic of the violence, decided to stay and take care of Middle- romance and drama that really did take ton while the stage driver rode Sheriff place in the real American West. ❑ Reynolds’ horse, Tex, over the mountains 40 miles to Globe in record time. Now the greatest organized manhunt in the history of the Arizona Territory be- gan. Captain Bullis, commanding offi cer of the troops at the San Carlos Reservation and who had once been in command at Fort Griffi n, Texas, where Reynolds had Welcome to the Fandangle! come from, sent his cavalry to all points where he thought the fugitives might be intercepted, but to no avail. So Reynolds’ prized gold watch was now being coveted and carried by his killers as they ran for their lives in a chase to the death. Sheriff Reynolds and Hunkydory Hol- mes were buried in the Globe cemetery, Glenn beside his little son, George T., who BBailey-Howardailey-Howard had died for the lack of medicine at the Sierra Anchos Ranch. On Glenn Reynolds’ gravestone is a biblical inscription from Job, Chapter Funeral Home 14: “Man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a fl ower and is cut down.” Hunkydory Holmes’ grave was unmarked. Gold Watch Recovered Serving the community with care & compassion By 1894, the eight Apaches who took part in the massacre at Kelvin Grade were accounted for and were dead from various causes, with the exception of the Apache Kid. 3325-893-425525-893-4255 • ((cell)cell) 3325-280-300325-280-3003 He was never apprehended and en- tered into the mythology of Arizona and www.thealbanynews.net FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 PAGE13 Pioneer descendant ‘reminisces’ about ranch BY ETHEL MATTHEWS CASEY 1887 – 1985

[EDITOR’S NOTE: In 1958, the late Ethel Matthews Casey wrote “Reminiscences,” a narrative about the Matthews and Reynolds families for the 100th anniversary of Throckmorton County, where much of the family ranch is located. The small book was reprinted in 1978 by the Lambshead Ranch, then expanded with more photos and published 50 years later in 2008 for the family and their friends. Because many of the stories for the Fandangle scripts over the years have been gleaned from the “inter- weaving” of these two families, excerpts from Mrs. Casey’s book are reprinted below.

here are many defi nitions of the word land – solid part of the earth’s surface, soil, meadows, realm, or pastures. The latter makes us think of a ranch, T our ranch. One often wonders just what urge brought certain settlers to certain places as the Germans to Fredericksburg, the Swedes to the Lueders country, and those pioneers who chose Throckmorton County. Whatever the urge, the descendants of those who settled here are grateful for the rolling hills and valleys of the Clear Fork of the Brazos river country. The Matthews family came to the Clear Fork area in 1858, and the Reynolds family in 1859. The A V, or Matthews Ranch, was originally two large pastures: the Culver of 15,000 acres and the Stone Ranch of 25,000 acres. The fi rst was named for Doctor Culver who was one of the original owners and our fi rst family physician; and the other for the Old Stone Ranch which had the fi rst stone house in Throckmorton County. It was the last house as one went west until reaching the settlements of New Mexico. This house was built by Captain Newton C. Given in 1856. The Reyn- REPRINTED WITH THE FAMILY’S PERMISSION olds lived there in 1866 and ‘67. The keystone of this house was placed in the large ETHEL MATTHEWS (LATER CASEY) DRIVING HER PONY CHAPPO, chimney of the headquarters cookshack at Lambshead Ranch, and the 1856 date WITH LUCILE MATTHEWS BRITTINGHAM ON BACK SEAT is still readable. Also a large stepping stone was taken to the family residence in Albany, built in 1929 by J.A. Matthews. to where the men are working, and all return to the headquarters or their homes The Ranch for supper and the night. All ranch operations were on the open range until the late ‘70s and early ‘80s What a difference from the early days when the chuck wagon was pulled out of when titles to the land were acquired. In those days all the cow work was done with the shed and cleaned up, the groceries hauled out from town in a wagon, bedrolls the chuck wagon as the base of operations; camp was made where there was good made ready. All the horses were rounded up and the remuda taken along. Bedrolls water and a convenient place to work the herds. consisted of several quilts or blankets with a tarpaulin wrapped around them in a Now there are many cross fences, more pastures, and working pens in selected way to keep out all moisture. The tarp could be pulled over your head at night if it places. A dozen pastures have been taken from the original two named above, with rained. The cowboy usually pulled off only his boots and hat. such names as The William Reynolds, the Hayford, the Lambshead, the Overton, The chuck wagon was driven by the camp cook to a place convenient for the fi rst the Weighing Trap, the V-H and the Horse Pasture. day’s work. There he pitched camp. The bedrolls were stacked under the wagon and Today the horses are hauled to the back of the pastures in trucks, the men taken the campfi re equipment set up. An iron rod was placed across in pick-ups, and the roundup is started without a long ride out. Lunch is taken out two iron posts with Y tops; the pots were hung on this rod. A continued WELCOME TO DDyeye GGuestuest HouseHouse Stay with me when you’re in Albany ALBANY • 2 BEDROOM - 2 BATH • AVAILABLE BY NIGHT OR WEEKEND THE BOB GREEN • FOR FAMILY OR GROUPS RRANCHANCH 8817-925-666317-925-6663 14PAGE FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 www.thealbanynews.net REMINISCENCES / continued large Dutch oven for baking sour dough stampedes and swollen streams. There biscuits was set on the coals. Food that was much free spending and celebrating simmered all day was delicious at night. by the cowboys when they reached the The coffee was boiled in a large pot. A railroad towns. tenderfoot once asked the camp cook how J.A. Matthews started building up he could tell when the coffee was ready. his herd in the ‘90s, using registered The cook replied, “Oh, I just throw in a Herefords and Shorthorn bulls in equal horseshoe. If it fl oats, it’s done.” For des- numbers. Due to his observation that sert there was syrup and hot biscuits, or two Hereford cows could survive on the stewed apricots. range where one Shorthorn would perish, Often one or two cowboys were musi- about 50 years ago he went entirely to the cal and played a French harp, fi ddle, or Hereford breed. However, even after 50 guitar, and there was singing for a little years, there is an occasional outcropping while after supper around the campfi re. of the Shorthorn blood. Much of the romance of the Cow Many of these registered bulls, brought Country was lost with the passing of the from the North, sickened and died of the chuck wagon. Texas fever, caused by the fever tick which Cattle infested this area until 1916 or 1917. We, The fi rst cattle were the Longhorns, as children would go to the small corral descendants of Coronado’s herd, well REPRINTED WITH THE FAMILY’S PERMISSION near the house in town to gaze at these LUNCH BREAK AT THE LAMBSHEAD RANCH CHUCK WAGON described by J. Frank Dobie, in his book long-bodied bulls with rings in their noses The Longhorns. These were driven up the only to learn later that they barely made it at Princeton University where J.A. a ramp with slats nailed across for foot- trail to the rail heads – Dodge City and to the ranch before they sickened and died. Matthews has been well represented by ing. They were then held in a cement or Abilene, Kansas; some to New Mexico, J.A. Matthews was a pioneer in build- one son, fi ve grandsons* and one great- rock-bottom pen to drip so there would Wyoming, Montana, and even to Califor- ing dipping vats for controlling the ticks grandson who graduated there. not be so much of the dip lost as it could nia. J.A. (Bud) Matthews, in 1872, at age prior to 1915 when a concerted effort was The dipping vats were built of stone then drain back into the vat. 19 drove a herd to the Humboldt River in made for the eradication in Throckmorton with a chute approaching them, a slick The dip in the early days was an arsenic Nevada for George T. Reynolds. and Shackelford counties. Incidentally, place for the cattle to slide in. Cowboys mixture. Now they use benzedrene-hexo- Going up the trail was a real experi- the discovery of the cause of Texas fever stood along the side to see that head and chloride, rotenone ence, fi lled with dangers from Indians, was made at the Rockefeller Institute all went under. The cattle walked out on and sulphur. This continued

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For more photos of the home go to: www.facebook.com/CasadeCitaAlbanyTX www.thealbanynews.net FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 PAGE15 REMINISCENCES / continued on a Star Route, we went there, but only benches, sometimes on a tarp or a blanket as a duty – not for pleasure! on the grass. There was a ride along the ridge of the Out mother had taken several Chau- hills back of the old dipping vat tank, to tauqua courses, and one of these on as- the farm, that we often chose. tronomy. So, at night, we had the great At the mouth of Cottonwood Creek, or expanse of the heavens at which to marvel at Burkett’s Bend, we would get off our and we learned to locate many stars. The horses and hunt the beautiful fresh water North Star, so important to sailors and clam shells on the rock shores. Sometimes cowboys, was always the fi rst one we we rode our horses through a slough fairly looked for. deep and our father would be displeased With the earth and the sky to study, we if the saddles were wet. did not miss the sea. We were fortunate When Bill Avery, as our guide and children to live on a ranch with such a nurse, took us out, he would entertain us. wonderful mother and loving father. ❑ He called his greyhounds

REPRINTED WITH THE FAMILY’S PERMISSION his “Chilluns.” He had determined effort to eradicate these ticks them well trained to stay and made many trips to Austin to put by his horse, never ahead over his ideas to the State Legislature. of him. If they saw a coyote, His efforts were fi nally rewarded with that was a real treat. They the passing of a law forcing ranchers to ran by sight only, not by clean up the ticks. scent. Many times Bill got Matthews was also one of the fi rst to kill off his horse and caught prairie dogs and to grub the prickly-pear. young killdeers and put Cowboys them in his shirt to carry Some of the most important and neces- home for us. He also picked sary adjuncts of ranch life are the cowboy, wild fl owers and plums. the ranch boss, and the foreman. The How wonderful those main boss was usually J.A. Matthews in days were. How fortunate person, but he had many faithful expert we were to grow up on a helpers, some not so good with cattle but ranch, never dreaming helpful in other ways. Some men possess that in later years people an innate sense of how to handle a cow. would pay a small fortune Favorite Places on the Ranch just to spend a summer When starting out for our morning on a Dude Ranch. We REPRINTED WITH THE FAMILY’S PERMISSION horseback rides, we would decide where had nature all around ABOVE-GROUND DIPPING VATS to go before we left the saddle room: us – the hills, the dales, USED ON THE MATTHEWS RANCH should it be down rocky where it ran into the streams, the many the river, through a grove of beautiful wild fl owers, the “pretty gets the grubs along the back, which would pecan trees? Nearby was the John House rocks” as they called the later hatch out as the heel fl y. The heel fl ies dugout where a man by that name had stones colored by different worried the cattle terribly in the spring tried unsuccessfully to live out a claim. minerals. when they were thin. They stood in water One favorite place was down to Miss With no electric lights whenever possible. In their misery, they Alice’s, a neighbor, Mrs. J.D. Overton, (nor air-conditioning) in REPRINTED WITH THE FAMILY’S PERMISSION ran with their tails straight up and their She would usually hand out a delicious the ranch house, we spent ETHEL MATTHEWS CASEY’S PARENTS, J.A. MATTHEWS running took off a lot of valuable weight. cookie or a piece of her famous pulled taffy. the evenings in the front & SALLIE REYNOLDS MATTHEWS (c. 1880) J.A. Matthews was the leader in a When our mail came out to Fort Griffi n yard on lawn chairs and

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for 81 years Serving ALBANY for 136 years 20PAGE FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 www.thealbanynews.net FAMOUS FANDANGLERS The history of Shackelford County is rich and meaningful, steeped with the events of BBENEFACTORENEFACTOR / over 150 years. We welcome you as you WWATTATT MMATTHEWSATTHEWS AASSN.SSN. PPRESIDENTRESIDENT join us in celebration of our heritage No one was a bigger proponent in song and dance through the of the Fandangle and its long term welfare than legendary rancher Watt FORT GRIFFIN R. Matthews. The youngest of the Matthews ranching clan, whose mother Sallie FANDANGLE Reynolds Matthews wrote the book Interwoven that much of the Fan- GGEORGEEORGE & PPRISSYRISSY HHARVICKARVICK dangle story is based upon, Watt was & FAMILY the manager of the iconic Lambshead Ranch almost until his death in 1997 at age 98. Matthews served for years as Electronic Gate Operators, the president of the Fandangle As- sociation during good times and bad, providing sage guidance. He helped Gates & Garage Doors rally the community behind saving of the historic “rolling stock,” such as the show in the mid-1960’s, leasing the chuck wagons, buggies, and buck- a portion of the Gourd Ranch to the boards, along with the drivers and association for just $1 per year so a teams of livestock needed to pull them. permanent outdoor amphitheater He also built a venue for Fan- could be constructed on the outskirts dangle Samplers to be presented of Albany. at Reynolds Bend on Lambshead Matthews continued to be a Ranch, hosting thousands of guests staunch supporter of the annual over many years to promote the local production for years, providing much outdoor presentation. 525 Oak Street Abilene, Tx 79602 • 325-692-5501 PI Community starts with YYIPPIIP YYii YYEA!EA! neighbors who care. WWELCOMEELCOME TTOO TThat’shat’s wwhathat oourur ttownown iiss mmadeade oof.f. State Farm® has a long heritage of helping out in the community. AALBANY!LBANY! That’s why we’re proud to support the Fort Griffi n Fandangle. HHomeome ofof tthehe FFandangle!andangle! Get to a better State®. Jenny Coffee, Agent FromFro all of us at 1818 W Walker Street • Breckenridge, TX 76424 SandersSand Drug Store Bus: 254-559-8521 • [email protected] 325-762-397932 Clint Coffee, ChFC CLU, Agent ShackelfordShackShacke County EMS 939 E Main Street • Eastland, TX 76448 325-762-33133 Bus: 254-629-1222 • [email protected] Shackelford County Health Clinic 325-762-3661

“Helping our community in a heartbeat” 1201234 State Farm, Bloomington, IL www.thealbanynews.net FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 PAGE21 FEATURING FAMOUS FANDANGLERS IN DDIRECTORIRECTOR SHAVE ICE 2244 MMARGEARGE BBRAYRAY 11974974 TTOO 11993993 Like many people in FANDANGLE FLAVORS Albany, Marge Bray was associated with the Fan- 301 N. Main St. dangle most of her life. Albany, Texas She performed in the 325-762-2633 original show in 1938, graduating from Albany A Great Coffee Drive Thru High School in 1941. She Pioneers in Specialty Coffee later worked with Robert Nail as a choreographer and assistant director, WATT M. CASEY D.V.M. 1920-2018 and fi nally became the director for 20 years IN 11938938 WAATTTT MAATTHEWSTTHEWS CAASEYSEY WWASAS A MMEMBEREMBER OOFF TTHEHE starting in 1974. SSENIORENIOR CCLASSLASS PPLAYLAY TTHATHAT WWOULDOULD LLATERATER BBECAMEECAME TTHEHE FAANDANGLENDANGLE. Bray was a dancer and chore- dangle for several years before ographer fi rst and foremost. She being named assistant director IN 11948948 WAATTTT BBEGANEGAN CAASEYSEY BEEEMASTERSEMASTERS. earned degrees in ballet theater in 1970 following his death. The and dance from Christian College Fandangle fl ourished under her OOWW IINN TTHEHE AANDANGLENDANGLE IISS CCELEBRATINGELEBRATING N 22019019 F in Columbia, Missouri and the direction, with attendance numbers IITSTS 8811SSTT AANNIVERSARYNNIVERSARY! University of Texas. Returning to climbing throughout the 1970’s Albany in 1950 as a widow with and 1980’s. She strived to insure CCaseyasey BBeefmasterseefmasters ccongratulatesongratulates two young children, she opened a that the Fandangle was always a tthehe FFortort GGriffinriffin FFandangleandangle successful dance studio, teaching family-friendly show that appealed literally thousands of students over to all generations. oonn 8811 yyearsears ooff eexcellence!xcellence! a 30-year period. Bray lost a brief battle with can- 325-668-1373 • CaseyBeefmasters.com She assisted Nail with the Fan- cer in January 1994 at the age of 69. THHEE AYYERSERS FAAMILYMILY

Prairie Land Each man holds within his heart A dream of a land all his own No other land will do No other land is home. Here beneath the western sun I know at last my quest is done. A prairie plain, a bright blue sky, A snow-white cloud a-sailing high A wanton wind a-blowing free — JJohnohn & LLornaorna AAyersyers This is the land for men like me. TThehe Bezners,Bezners, TheThe Roses,Roses, andand thethe hoardshoards Serving the area since 1954 We join with the cast and crew of the We conduct Visitations FORT GRIFFIN FANDANGLE and Services in Albany in welcoming our visitors!!

417 WEST 2ND STREET • ALBANY, TEXAS 76430 Phone: 325-762-2554 • Obituary Line: 254-559-2058 www.meltonkitchens.com RRANCHANCH 22PAGE FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 www.thealbanynews.net LORNA AYERS — Artistic Director

Longtime Fandangle performer Lorna Ayers stepped into the 24 years as a registered nurse, she is now a nurse educator at role of director of the show just last year, but is by no means Hendrick Medical Center. She and her husband, John, have a theater novice. She has a wealth of experience both as a three married daughters – Cori and Jeff Bezner of Albany, Fandangle performer and soloist, along with being a director Cali and Nick Rose of Graham, and Abby and Matt Hoard of and performer with Albany’s Mainstreet Playhouse since 1999. Calabases, California. They have seven grandchildren, and She has directed over 30 plays and musicals featuring adults all but one appear in the show this season. and children, and taught theater arts classes to school-age Ayers says that directing the Fandangle is a longtime dream. students through “All the World’s a Stage.” She also starred “Fandangle has been part of my family for so long. Some of in a number a performances of Always...Patsy Cline, perform- my favorite memories are of days spent at the Prairie Theater ing for sold-out crowds across the Big Country and beyond. singing, dancing, and laughing with friends. The Fandangle is Ayers holds a BSN from Hardin-Simmons University and after the heart of Albany, and I’m honored to be part of this legacy.”

S ANDY ABEL — Musical Director

Sandy Abel stepped into the role of musical director in 2014, a collaborative pianist for productions at the Paramount Theater, just the third person to hold the title in the Fandangle’s 81-year Hardin-Simmons and Abilene Christian University, and currently history. teaches music at Cisco College. While not an Albany native, Abel has been a part of the com- She performed in the Fandangle several times when her son, munity for the last 24 years after moving here to work with a Marc Sanders, was younger. Marc and his wife Abigail, both local attorney as a paralegal. But it has always been music that professional collaborative pianists in Abilene have a daughter, has been the passion of her life. Josephine, age two. Born in Ranger and raised in Ft. Worth and El Paso, she moved Abel has written new underscores used during narration to Oregon during high school. She earned a degree in music and presented in the show, and accompanies the cast in rehearsals piano from Portland State University and completed a Masters of and performances. She serves as church organist at Matthews Music from Hardin-Simmons University in 2001. She has served as Memorial Presbyterian and Trinity Episcopal, both in Albany. LANHAM MARTIN — JOHN AYERS — CODY LEECH — Association President Production/Parade Wagon Master Newly elected Fandangle Association Presi- John Ayers has coordinated the Fandangle This is Cody Leech’s fi fth year to be dent is no newcomer to the show, spending parade for over 30 years, and coordinates Wagon Master, coordinating frequent his entire life involved in the production backstage production activities. A board appearances of rolling stock such as the including as a lead vocalist. Martin is Shack- member for 30 years, he portrays the In- prairie schooner and stagecoach, and also elford County Commissioner for Precinct 3 dian chief and also manages the backstage daily care for the backstage livestock. An in Moran. He vividly remembers childhood crew. His wife, Lorna, is the director. Two ag teacher after graduating from Texas roles beginning in the late 1960s such as of their three daughters and six of their Tech, he moved home to Albany over singing “I Know an Old Lady.” He may be grandchildren appear in the show. Ayers 10 years ago and is now an appraiser. best known for singing “Cowboy’s Prayer” owns an oil and gas construction company He is joined onstage by his family – wife with a herd of Longhorns on stage. and is a partner in TruClear Water Solutions. Kalico, daughter Leddie, and son Laithe. We’re Proud to Serve THOSE WHO SERVE GGODOD SHACKELFORD COUNTY BBLESSLESS

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AAMERICAMERICA www.goldsmithsolutions.com www.thealbanynews.net FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 PAGE23 WADE JONES — DAN KEY — PATRICK BAKER — Sound Director Sound Technician Electrical Technician Wade Jones worked his way up from the Dan Key has stepped in this season to assist A native of London, England, Patrick Baker is bottom to the important role of technical with the huge task of running the sound serving as electrical technician for the 25th director of sound, starting as a sound as- board necessary to amplify the music, season, helping manage all electrical uses sistant in junior high and taking charge of singers, and narrators. Key helped out in needed to bring to life a nighttime outdoor the intricate and always evolving system in the role of sound technician one season production that uses darkness as its stage 1996 at age 16. He has a degree in fi nance several years ago. He and his wife Karen curtain. He and his wife, Lyn, were both from Texas Tech and works with his family’s have two grown children, along with three raised in England, but moved to the States in farm and ranch business. He has two chil- youngsters. Dan also plays “Reveille” and 1982. The couple and their three sons came dren, who are both in the show, 12-year-old “Taps” on the bugle in the show to raise to Albany in 1991. Patrick is a senior service daughter Kate and 11-year-old son Blake. and lower the fl ag at old Fort Griffi n. technician for Atmos Energy. DUSTIN PARSONS — LYN BAKER — DEBRA BOYETT — Straw Boss Offi ce Manager Asst. to the Director Dustin Parsons took on the role of coordinating Raised on the Isle of Wight in England, Lyn Another lifelong Fandangler, Debra Boyett the Flag Parade this season. Like many people Baker and her husband, Patrick, moved to the has worn a lot of hats for the Fandangle, in Albany, Parsons grew up in the show and “States” in the early 80s. She has performed in including coordinating the maze of began riding in the Flag Parade 20 years ago. the show for 25 years. Lyn recently retired after backstage activities in one wing for the An area rancher, he steps into his new role with 21 years with First Financial Bank, accepting last 11 years. She and her husband Jearl experience. He and his wife, Jamie, have three the job of offi ce manager this year. In charge of have two married daughters, Joanie and children, Madison 19, Chelsy 14, and Slayton the ticket offi ce, she helps arrange everything Laci. She is also a longtime employee of 9, who all appear in the show. from “porta-potties to Longhorns.” Albany ISD.

DELNITA JONES — CALI ROSE — RAGAN RILEY — Asst. to the Director Asst. to the Director Asst. to the Director This is Delnita Jones’ third year to be of- Cali Rose has been part of Fandangle most Ragan Riley grew up in the Fandangle, fi cially on staff of the Fandangle, serving of her life, making her fi rst stage appear- and when she moved back to Albany 5 as an assistant to the director. She helped ance as an toddler. She now serves as an years ago, she quickly became involved backstage when her children were young. assistant to her mother, Lorna Ayers. Rose, again as a cast member. In addition to She and husband Bert have two sons, Wade a speech pathologist, lives in Graham with her “day job” as a program assistant and Brock, and two grandchildren. Delnita her husband, Nick, a nurse anesthetist. The at ResourceCare, she is serving for the retired after 32 years teaching and is an couple has 3 children - Parker, 7; Leia, 6; second year on the Fandangle staff. Her administrative assistant to Jon Rex Jones. and Bennett, 2. daughter Lennon, 3, is also in the show. MYRA HISE — KEITH HOLCOMB — CHRIS BEARD — Costume Mistress Lighting Technician Grounds Manager Myra Hise, who taught school here for 35 Keith Holcomb runs the dimmer board that This is the second time that Chris Beard has years, has helped with the show for 25 sea- controls the fi eld lighting, a role he jumped helped with the Fandangle grounds and sons. A longtime resident, Hise performed into 5 years ago. He and his wife Daphne Prairie Theater maintenance, serving in the in the Fandangle as a child, as did both her moved to Albany 6 years ago and built a same capacity for a while in the 1990s. An sons. She is in charge of costumes, and house on the Courthouse Square. He says that ag teacher for the past 23 years, Chris and also helps with backstage activities. She Albany is like “living in a TV show.” They have his wife Susie have 3 children, including a is married to Ellis Hise of Albany. two grown children and two grandchildren. son, Tyler, who works on the grounds crew. CCLEARLEAR FFORKORK REALTYREALTY • RESIDENTIAL

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Kilted Scottish masons erected walls of stone quarried a few miles southwest of town. began meeting there in 1893, and it became known as “The Masonic Building” to local residents. 2. SHACKELFORD COUNTY - First inhabited by nomadic Indian tribes, Shackelford County 21. THE WHITE ELEPHANT SALOON - (Blach Building) Alabama businessman Max Blach was fi rst settled in 1858 and named for Dr. Jack Shackelford; offi cially organized Sept. 12, 1874 began construction on a one-story stone structure in March 1884. The building was completed in with Fort Griffi n as temporary county seat. Albany chosen as permanent county seat later that year. April and leased to J.R. Davis, who opened the White Elephant Saloon May 1, 1884. Despite its 3. LYNCH BUILDING - Albany’s fi rst stone mercantile erected in stages starting in 1878. Local popularity, Davis closed the saloon in February 1886. rancher J.C. Lynch purchased the building in 1881 and added the west half and the two upper stories. 22. LT. COL. WILLIAM E. DYESS - A native of Albany, William Edwin Dyess was trained as a 4. SHACKELFORD COUNTY’S FIRST PERMANENT JAIL - Erected 1877-78, before the pilot and fought in the Philippines during WWII. He was captured, survived the Bataan Death Courthouse was built, by Thomas & Woerner of Fort Worth. Gerard B. Allen of Saint Louis fur- March, and later escaped. Through his personal accounts of Japanese atrocities, Dyess infl uenced nished ironwork. Initials on native limestone blocks show masons’ claims to payment for work. world opinion on wartime brutalities. He died when the P-38 he piloted crashed in California. Dyess 5. MATTHEWS MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - Constructed 1898, almost two Air Force Base at Abilene was named his honor in 1956. decades after the congregation organized in 1880. Stone fl oors, handmade pews and tracker pipe 23. WESTERN CATTLE TRAIL CROSSINGS AT FORT GRIFFIN - In 1874, John T. Lytle drove organ added in 1954. The stained glass windows and tracker organ attract manyy visitors. 3,500, head of LonghLonghorns to Nebraska on a new trail, and Fort Griffi n served as an important 6. TOWN OF ALBANY - Chosen county seat of Shackelford in 1874, Albanyy hhadad a 43 acre wateriwateringng anandd ssupplyu point. By 1879, the Western Trail was the primary Texas cattle trail townsite donated by Sheriff Henry C. Jacobs. County Clerk W.R. Cruger namedmed city for uuntilntil the llastast drive in 1893. By then, three to fi ve million cattle and horses had crossed at his old home, Albany, Georgia. Fort GGriffiriffi n on their way to northern markets. Often called the Fort Griffi n Cattle Trail. 7. TEXAS CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY - In 1879, the Texas Central 224. FORT GRIFFIN LODGE HALL - Fort Griffi n Lodge No. 489, A.F. & Railway Company was chartered to extend to Panhandle, but fi nancial prob- AA.M., was chartered Dec. 14, 1878. Volunteers built stone hall, where school, lems in 1881 prevented further expansion, and Albany was rail terminus for ccivic affairs, church services were held downstairs and the lodge meetings 19 years until 1900, when it was extended to Stamford. Discontinued 1967. uupstairs. Burned in 1974, restored by Lynne and Clifford Teinert in 2001. 8. H.C. JACOBS HOUSE - First permanent home in Albany. Built in 1875 225. FRONTIER TOWN OF FORT GRIFFIN - Touted as the “wildest town of stone by Henry Carter Jacobs (1842-94), fi rst sheriff of Shackelford County. oon the prairie,” the town of Fort Griffi n grew up in the shadow of the fort by Jacobs house was restored in 1973. ttheh same name, bustling with buffalo hunters, businessmen, cowboys, outlaws, 9. FORT GRIFFIN CIVIL JAIL - Citizens of town of Fort Griffi n built ggamblers, gunfi ghters, and “painted ladies,” with a reputation for lawlessness. this jail in 1878 near the U.S. Army Post of Fort Griffi n. Used as a cowshed SSome became well-known in western history, including Doc Holliday and after the 1880’s, the jail was moved to Albany in 1954 and then returned to WWyatt Earp, who fi rst met in Fort Griffi n, along with Pat Garrett and John the original site at Griffi n Flat and restored in 2000-2001. WWesley Hardin. When Albany became the county seat in 1874 and the railroad 10. LEDBETTER PICKET HOUSE - William Henry Ledbetter built pickett wwent there, the town began to die. The military fort was abandoned in 1881. house near Fort Griffi n, using construction methods typical of frontier region. 226. LEDBETTER SALT WORKS - W.H. Ledbetter began extensive de- Moved to Albany City Park and restored by City of Albany in 1953. Moved to vvelopment of salt deposits on the Salt Prong of Hubbard Creek eight miles Bank Park on Main Street in 1982. southwests of Albany in 1862, and salt in large quantities was furnished for 11. TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH - Oldest church building in Albany. ConfederateC troops, area ranches and towns. Salt was produced until 1880. Methodists built this sanctuary on Schoolhouse Hill in 1889, moved it to MonumentM erected in celebration of the Texas Centennial. Main Street in 1909. Trinity Episcopal Mission, founded in 1910, bought the 27.2 JOHN BROWN, CLARA BARTON DROUGHT RELIEF - Brown, structure in 1913, remodeled it in 1914, moved it in 1954 to the present site. pastorp of the Albany Presbyterian Church in the 1880s, was almost single- 12. REYNOLDS PRESBYTERIAN ACADEMY - Academy opened in 1898, handedlyh responsible Texas’ fi rst disaster relief bill to help drought-stricken and a building was fi nished in 1899, with a dormitory added in 1907. In farmersfa in the area. It was due to Brown’s urging and persistence that Clara 1909, the school became a college; closed about 1915. Reynolds Presbyterian Barton,B founder of the National Red Cross, made her fi rst trip to Texas to Orphanage used the plant 1916-1923. Fire destroyed the two-story wood dor- visitv with drought-stricken farm families in and around Shackelford County. mitory in 1920 and the original masonry building was sold in 1928 and razed. 228. FORT GRIFFIN FANDANGLE - The oldest outdoor theatrical production 13. FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF ALBANY - Oldest congre-re-e- in TeTexas chronicles the pioneer days of Albany and Fort Griffi n by dramatizing gation in Northwest Texas Conference of Methodist Church. First church of any denominadenomina- events based on hihistorical accounts, adding humor and original music. Created in 1938, fi rst tion founded in Shackelford County. Organized in 1873 at ranch home of J.C. Lynch. The present as a senior play and then a community event, by Robert E. Nail Jr. with musician Alice Reynolds. sanctuary and fellowship hall was built in 1948. 29. DR. JACK SHACKELFORD - Hero of the Texas Revolution. In 1835, he raised a company 14. COOK RANCH OIL FIELD - One of highest yielding fi elds in history. In 1895, William Ivy of 66 Alabama volunteers, the Red Rovers, to join in the Texas War for Independence. Most of the Cook and his brother-in-law J.H. Nail purchased 27.75 section ranch. During 1918 oil booms, Cook Red Rovers died in battle or were executed. Shackelford returned to Alabama, but when Shack- prophesied he could drink from his hat all oil under his land. In 1925, his widow leased all open elford County was established in 1858, it was named in honor of the contributions and sacrifi ces acreage to Roeser & Pendleton, Inc., whose second well in 1926 struck oil at 1,241 feet. Of over he made for the Texas cause. 1,100 wells drilled, 850 yielded oil. Revenues fi nanced Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth. 30. LT. COL. WILLIAM E. DYESS GRAVE MARKER - World War II hero who as squadron 15. JACKSON WAREHOUSE - T.E. Jackson, prominent businessman from Fort Griffi n built commander destroyed 40,000 tons of shipping in Subic Bay. He led remnants of Air Corps personnel this structure in the late 1870s as a general merchandise store warehouse. For more than 100 in victorious Battle of Agoloma Bay. Survived the Bataan Death March and escaped after being years, it served the town of Albany as the site of various businesses. held as a Japanese prisoner for 361 days. Holder of numerous medals, including the Silver Star, 16. COOK RANCH - This 17,760-acre ranch was purchased in 1897 by Missouri Matilda (Dude) he died in an airplane crash in 1943. and William Ivy Cook and her brother, J.H. Nail, who later acquired additional land. By 1899, the 31. MACKENZIE TRAIL - Following the Civil War, the Texas frontier pushed westward, giving ranch consisted of 20,675 acres. In 1926 a major oil discovery was made on the ranch. rise to renewed hostilities as Indian lands were again invaded. Col. Ranald S. MacKenzie was 17. RYE-CAPERTON HOUSE - Built in 1874 and used as an offi ce building, structure was foremost in the campaign to calm the frontier, blazing trails from Fort Griffi n to the Plains and moved here in 1879 from Fort Griffi n. Owner Edgar Rye was a newspaper publisher, cartoon- from Fort Concho to Palo Duro Canyon, and freighting tons of supplies for his forces. ist, held numerous elective offi ces, and was building superintendent of the Shackelford County 32. TOWN OF MORAN - Established in 1883 by Swope Hull, who opened a grocery store at the Courthouse. Anna F. Caperton modifi ed structure’s appearance in 1902-06 and used it as a home. railroad crossing on Deep Creek and was the town’s fi rst postmaster. First called Hulltown, the 18. BUD MATTHEWS SWITCH OF THE TEXAS CENTRAL RAILWAY - In 1900 the Texas name was changed to Hicks in 1890 and Moran in 1892. Central Railway extended on a line northwest from Albany across this portion of Rose Ella (Mat- 33. COTTLE NO. 1 - First natural gas well in Shackelford County, located two miles northeast of thews) Conrad’s cattle ranch. Ella and her brother John A. “Bud” Matthews constructed cattle Moran. Drillers struck natural gas at 2660 feet 13 months after beginning operations. Discovery pens and a loading chute at this location. Ranchers shipped cattle to markets in Fort Worth. As opened the Moran Field. many as 105,000 head of cattle were shipped annually until the railway ceased operations in 1967. 34. GRANVILLE E. WATERS - Came to Texas in 1871 from Ohio and settled in a log cabin 19. SMITH’S STATION - From 1858 until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, a station of the near Deep Creek north of present day Moran. Remembered for his infl uence on the area economy Butterfi eld Overland mail route was located here. Despite a brief existence, it was an important through ranching and early oil and gas exploration. stop on the early stage line that reached from Missouri to California. Located on Chimney Creek 35. CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS (CCC) - Between 1939 and 1941, a CCC camp made between stage stops at Clear Fork (26 mi. SW), Smith’s Station was the only Butterfi eld stop located up of about 200 young men built roads, recreational amenities, drainage system and more at the in present Shackelford County. newly created Fort Griffi n State Park. www.thealbanynews.net FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 PAGE25 HIISTORICALSTORICAL MAARKERRKER GUUIDEIDE < AAlbanylbany P3 36. THE ALBANY NEWS - Established in 1875 as the Frontier CCemeteryemetery M2 Echo in Jackboro, the area’s fi rst newspaper moved to Fort Griffi n i in 1878 and then to Albany in 1883. Colorful 19th century editors d had much to say about crime, religion, politics, and public morals. = 37. FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH - The congregation of this church fi rst met in the Shackelford County Courthouse in Z Dec. 1886, led by evangelist J.P. Pinkerton. A one-room frame Y building built in 1889 was replaced in 1920. X 38. ROBERT E. NAIL JR. - A 1926 Albany graduate and J an alumni of Princeton, Robert Nail wrote Dr. Shackelford’s Paradise in 1938, which became the Fort Griffi n Fandangle.

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TTo Fort Grif years, with more than 1,800 graves, including Moran pioneers.   40. BLACK CEMETERY - Located on private land 15 miles north of Albany off CR 184, this small pioneer burial ground contains more than a dozen graves of black men and women who lived at Fort Griffi n. There are only two visible markers. 41. IBEX - An oilfi eld boomtoom in the 1920s, all that remains of this community 9 miles southeast of Albany is foundations and smokestacks. In addition to the dozens of homes that were built, many workers and families slept in tents or the open pasture. 42. BIG COUNTRY BAPTIST ASSEMBLY - A permanent M Baptist camp was established on the banks of the Clear Fork L River in 1898. Activities have been ongoing since then, and 10,000 campers were believed to have pitched tents there in 1925. 43. FRANK EBEN CONRAD - A well-known merchant at both Fort Griffi n during the buffalo hunting era and later in Albany, Frank Conrad was infl uential in the settling of this area. N MONUMENTS M1. VETERANS MONUMENT & HEROES MONUMENT - Original Veterans Monument re-located from Albany Cemetery to Courthouse Square in 2003. Heroes monument dedicated in 2006 to the memories of Albany World War II heroes Lt. Col. William Edwin Dyess, Rear Admiral Arden Grantham, Lt. Gen. Robert Boyd Williams, and Bob Green. 88HH : M2. FORT GRIFFIN CENTENNIAL MONUMENT - Origi- I KG Football nally erected in 1936, 14 ft. centennial monument commemorates e Fort Griffi n and Shackelford County. Disassembled in 1969, Field restored in 2009 outside the park headquarters. PRIVATE MARKERS P1. FIRST PRODUCING OIL WELL IN WEST TEXAS Q F D - Completed November 9, 1913 by The Texas Company, J.E. TToo CCookook FFieldield  Wild A-1 Survey 65, University Lands. P1 WM1 g E P2. BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL - The trail of the VVUU CCBB R Butterfi eld Overland Mail passed this point in 1858. Marker P 99;; erected 100 years later by Lee’s Legion Chapter DAR. P3. FAMILY FORTS - With little protection from the military g but refusing to abandon their country, families on the Texas frontier during the Civil War gathered together in stockades

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THE ALBANY NEWS / MELINDA LUCAS (TOP LEFT) Bugler: Daniel Key. (TOP MIDDLE) Cowboys of Long Age: (l-r) Steve Riley, John Matthews, Jearl Boyett, Bud Leech. (TOP RIGHT) Grandma’s Sure Fire Cure: (l-r) Mary Beth Jones, Jo Ann Estridge, Parker Rose, Ginny Ivy, Judy Patterson. (BOTTOM LEFT) Fencin’ Up: (l-r) Charli Trail, Steve Waller, Mike Schooler, Megaen Birdwell, Leia Rose, Parker Rose. (BOTTOM MIDDLE) Cowboys of Long Ago Singers: (l-r) Kayla McCauley, Sara Head, Lanham Martin. (BOTTOM LEFT) Over the Age of Consent: (l-r) (front, l-r) Kim Davis, Lyn Baker, Mary Beth Davis, Megaen Birdwell. THE ALBANY NEWS / MELINDA LUCAS THE ALBANY NEWS / MELINDA LUCAS

THIS PAGE SPONSORED BY Miikeke & BBetsyetsy PParsonsarsons www.thealbanynews.net FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 PAGE27 (TOP LEFT) Peach Tree: (l-r) Ayers Bezner, Parker Rose, Leia Rose, Blake Britting, Dally Mae Bezner, Reyse Hash, Myleigh Leveridge, Martha Lee, Tricia Kinnard, Jett Bezner, Jonathan Scott, Lennon Lucas, Tres Bezner. (TOP RIGHT) Thundering Herd: (l-r) Slayton Parsons, Parker Rose, Lesley Jones.

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THE ALBANY NEWS / DONNIE LUCAS (AT LEFT) Think Twice: (l-r) Jeff Davis, Ginny Ivy, Natalie Hayner, Diehlan Key. (ABOVE) Indian War- riers: (l-r) Pascual Todeo, Alvaro Todeo, Jeremiah Valles, John Ayers, Guillermo Sanchez THE ALBANY NEWS / DONNIE LUCAS

THIS PAGE SPONSORED BY JJonon RRexex JJonesones & FFamilyamily 28PAGE FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 www.thealbanynews.net PPicturesictures ffromrom tthehe PPastast “The families that staked their claims here became the cornerstones of our heritage and we embrace

their stories as our own.” FROM THE FANDANGLE SCRIPT, 2019

Over the last 81 years, many families have made valuable contributions to the continuity of the Fort Griffi n Fandangle. The Matthews and the Reynolds, Shackelford and Throckmorton county THE ALBANY NEWS FILE PHOTO / EARLY 1970S FROM THE FANDANGLE FILES / 1967 pioneering families, have been involved since the very beginning in 1938, and descendants are still active today. John Alexander Matthews III (at right), who celebrated his 100th birthday several months ago, is in this year’s show. John’s father, Joe B. Matthews (top left) had a turn as the Old Timer in the early 1970s, and longtime Fandangle supporter Watt Matthews (top right) was in the show, on the board, or provided wagons and cowboys for six decades. They promoted Albany and the Fandangle in many ways, including inviting and hosting guests such as Texas governor Allan Shivers (far right, middle photo, 2nd from left), shown with members of the Matthews family. Various members of the clan have been on stage and behind the scenes almost every season, including (below, photos from left) John and Sharon Matthews, Glenn H Reynolds FROM THE FANDANGLE FILES / 1953 (l), Louise Matthews (r), and Alice Reynolds, who was the Fandangle music director for 45 years. THE ALBANY NEWS / 2019

THE ALBANY NEWS FILE PHOTO / 1984 FROM THE FANDANGLE FILES / 1938 FROM THE FANDANGLE FILES / 1950 FROM THE FANDANGLE FILES / 1967 WE HOPE YOU GET A KICK OUT OF THE SHOW!! NNueveueve

ALBANY, TEXAS DDrillingrilling www.thealbanynews.net FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 PAGE29 Behind the scenes...

THE ALBANY NEWS / DONNIE LUCAS Keeping things on the move backstage are members of the pro- duction crew (above, front l-r), including Coy Knight, David THE ALBANY NEWS / DONNIE LUCAS Scott, Coby Knight, Among the John Ayers, (back) Fandangle Conner Clark, Brooks staff members Neece, Tyler Beard, who help each and (not pictured) performance Matthew Rupp and run smoothly Bryce Asher. And are the narra- making sure the per- tors (above, formers can be seen l-r), Sam Davis are (middle photo) and Connie THE ALBANY NEWS / DONNIE LUCAS Stephen Kayga, Jenny Wood, and the Scott, Chris Beard, and student pro- Kevin Nowell on the duction assis- spotlights. In the Fan- dangle offi ce, (lower tants (at right, photo, center) Sidney front l-r) Briley Bartee and Sydney Key Tabor, Hannah help with ticket sales, Trail, Brodey while Joey Baker (at Jones, Leddie left) has been assist- Leech, Brooke ing with the electrical Kayga, and aspects of the show (not pictured) for more than two Kade Everitt. decades. THE ALBANY NEWS / DONNIE LUCAS THE ALBANY NEWS / DONNIE LUCAS

THIS PAGE BROUGHT TO YOU BY Paatt & A.V.A.V. JJones,ones, JJr.r. 30PAGE FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 www.thealbanynews.net ½Photos from the OOLDLD JJAILAIL AARTRT CCENTERENTER Featured on these two pages are photographs borrowed from the Robert Nail Archives and from Watt Casey Jr., depicting members of the Matthews and Reynolds families. Many Fandangle scenes tell stories gleaned from diaries and legends of these two intertwined Shackelford County frontier clans. Special thanks: to Watt Casey Jr. and to Molly Sauder, archivist at the Old Jail Art Center.

Top left: Watkins Reynolds (Watt) Matthews. Top right: John A. Matthews Jr. (1894-1908). Center left: DeWitt Reynolds and Ben G. Reynolds. Center photo: Suzette and Ethel Matthews, Anna Murle Reynolds, and Mary Brown. Above left: Four generations of the Reynolds Family. Above right: Anne Campbell Reynolds on her 92nd birthday. Lower left: Fern Newcomb, Ethel Matthews, Lucile Matthews, and baby Marie Newcomb. Lower right: Judge J.A. and Sallie Reynolds Matthews with their grandchildren. A RRICHICH PPARTART OOFF TTHEHE HHISTORYISTORY OOFF SSHACKELFORDHACKELFORD CCOUNTYOUNTY Welcome Fandanglers! Parrott & Fox Supply LLAMBSHEADAMBSHEAD Robert, Heather, Hannah & Trey Snyder www.thealbanynews.net FANDANGLE SOUVENIR SECTION JUNE 2019 PAGE31

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