(Feb. 9, 1837 - Jan. 25, 1919)
Christopher Columbus Slaughter was the first native born cattle king of Texas. While living on the West Texas frontier he was a ranger, Confederate beef supplier, and trail driver. His ranching empire, including the Long S and Lazy S Ranches, totaled over one million acres. In the early 1870s he moved to Dallas, where he founded, and was an officer in, three early banks. An initiator of the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assn., he was also noted for his philanthropy to Baptist schools, churches, and hospitals, especially Baylor Hospital. (1988)
Plate on reverse:
Mary Isham Keith Chapter,
DAR, Ft. Worth
Descendants of C.C. Slaughter