Robert Benjamin Masterson. Pioneer Ranchman Of The Texas Panhandle

Z. T. SCOTT

Publication: Privately printed, 1930, N P

First edition. 8vo. Inked gift inscription on the verso of the frontispiece, "For Mr. John Masterson Leighton, Ala. From Mr. R. B. Masterson, 1620 Polk St., Amarillo, Texas, Oct. 28th, 1947." Original printed stiff wrappers, 24 pp., frontispiece, (portrait of R. B. Masterson in 1930), illustrated. Masterson was born in Alabama in 1853, and his family emigrated to Travis County near present day Manor, Texas in 1854. During the next twenty years he and his family shifted ranching operations westward. In 1881 he built his Long S Ranch in Wheeler County. By the 1890s he was ranching near Amarillo with over 90,000 acres. After World War II, he shifted his interest to petroleum and land speculation. Herd 2030 says "Scarce." In this booklet Masterson tells of the prices of goods and cattle, about an accident while crossing a herd on the swollen Canadian River, he mentions Camp Supply Indian Territory and Dodge City. This booklet is rare today and probably printed in a small edition for family and close friends. An old water stain affects about 1/5 of the upper portion of the front cover, covers are gently soiled, with small chips, nicks and closed tears to the extremities. This is the first copy of this item that we have seen.

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