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"On
Highway 172, south of Ganada, is this steer which I had decided, years ago, was
the steer I wanted to photograph to represent the
breed (and it finally posed). As you will notice its color is Burnt Orange
and White, too." - Ken
Rudine Team, June 2008 photo. |
History
in a Rice Hull
Jackson County’s “second city,” Ganado was originally
known as Mustang Settlement, after nearby Mustang Creek. Cattle ranching was the
primary economic engine and herds were driven to Louisiana for sale and later
to Kansas City. That came to an abrupt end with the coming of the railroad in
1882.
A railroad official is credited with the name Ganado - which is
Spanish for “herd.” The name was well established when the post office opened
a short time later.
Scandinavian immigrants bought land and began farming
in 1891. A second wave of immigration brought Germans and Bohemians in the 1880s
and 1890s.
By 1914 the town was thriving with a rice mill and storage
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Ganado
Texas ForumSubject:
His name is "Tex"...
You
can imagine the surprise and pride that my husband had when he was searching for
an article in our Ganado community, when he ran across a picture on Texas Escapes
of our baby "Tex" and his sidekick "Freckles". Tex has been part of our
family since 1999, when we bought him at 5 months old. We wanted a longhorn to
put on our own "little piece of Texas". Since then, his picture has been taken
by scores of folks who drive up and down Hwy. 172. Some have driven up the drive
and ask to pet him and get close up shots and he's always a willing subject. I
always knew that someday he would be on a postcard or something similar and here
we are!
Today he's approx. 1200 lbs with a horn spread of 8' 1" (including
the curl). We invite anyone to come on by and visit....
Thanks for making
our boy a celebrity! - Clyde & Gail McDonald, Ganado, TX, February 22, 2009
Subject:
THE GANADO THEATER
AS A YOUNG LAD OF 12 YEARS OF AGE MY FAMILY MOVED TO
GANADO WHERE MY FATHER WAS TRANSFERRED BY HUMBLE OIL. THE GANADO THEATER WAS ABOUT
ALL THE ENTERTAINMENT THERE WAS IN THE TOWN OUTSIDE OF FOOTBALL. THE OLD GANADO
THEATER HAD NO MARQUEE AND HAD A SIGN OUT FRONT THAT SAID SIMPLY GANADO. IT WAS
PART OF THE LONG THEATER CHAIN, NOW EXTINCT, WAS RUN BY A LITTLE OLD LADY NAMED
MRS. STAHALLA AND BELIEVE YOU ME SHE MADE US KIDS BEHAVE ON SATURDAYS. SHE WAS
NOT ABOVE CALLING PARENTS TO COME GET THEIR WAYWARD BRATS. THE OLD THEATER HAD
A BALCONY FOR WHITES AND ANOTHER ONE FOR BLACKS UP INTO THE 60S. THE GANADO THEATER
( THAT'S WHAT IT WAS CALLED THEN SHOWED 2ND AND 3RD RUN MOVIES, ADULTS 50 CENTS
AND KIDS 25 CENTS. THE PROJECTOR WAS RUN BY A YOUNG BOY NAMED ALVIN SVBODA, PRESENT
OWNER OF SAME. THE GANADO CENEMA HAD EVOLVED THROUGH MR. SVBODA'S CAPABLE HANDS
INTO A FIRST RATE, FIRST RUN SURROUND SOUND THEATER AND THE PRICES HAVE SLIGHTLY
GONE UP TO MEET DEMAND. THIS THEATER HAS FAR OUTLIVED IT'S SISTERS IN SURROUNDING
COUNTIES. THANK YOU - R.R. "HANK" GUPTON, ANAHUAC, TEXAS, December
17, 2004
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