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Legacy of John Mc Donald

John H. Mc Donald was born on November 11, 1919 in Jonah, Texas. This day being Veterans Day was cause for a double celebration. His daughter Pa...

LESSONS FROM THE OLD MASTER


 One time I called Mr. Carl about a pen of feed lot calves that I ran across that were too heavy for my order most of the packers at this tim...

Sheep and goat Business in Williamson County

Before the big drought of the 1950's a lot of California Bur clover covered the pastures west of I.H. 35 in Williamson County. This clover was s...

I began buying cattle on a commercial basis in the early 1960's after my feed lot business began losing money. I had inherited customers from Le...

Cow Dealing with Lavoy Tubbs

It was August of 1963, and it was hot and dry, a condition that is not unique to Williamson County, Texas. All of the pastures were mostly barre...

Dairying In Williamson County

Photographs of Dub Ramsel and his involvement with dairy farming in Texas are available on the Williamson County Historical Commission web site....

DROUGHT AND BUZZARDS

It was July of 1955. Williamson County was suffering from the worst drought in history - Everything looked like a desert. The North and South Sa...

Dub Ramsel Talks About his Stories

These stories cover a period from early 1950s to the late eighties. These stories have come from my memory with an occasional quote from some Wi...

HORSE TRADING IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY

There were two full time horse traders in Georgetown when I arrived to the County in 1952. Fred Perry lived and had his lot on University Avenue...