Cattle Drives

Chapter 51 of the Royal Arch Masons was organized. Major W.M. Phillips of Rancho drove 600 steers to market in Chicago.  He found no market but traded them for a load of whiskey which he brought back to Gonzales and sold for about the same amount as he expected to make from the sale of his cattle. Jim Barnett drove a herd of cattle to market and traded them for overcoats.  He brought the coats back to Gonzales and made a nice profit.