Found this yesterday, thats Dora Roberts in the buggie.



That buggie is in a barn at the ranch house.

That is very cool...Do you know what year that was taken?

No but thats an 1897 Winchester he's holding.

That is a great photo. Lot of history right there, very neat.

It would really make another great photo to get take that buggy and try to re-enact that photo in that spot. Be interested to see how things have changed.

I'm going to try and find that spot and take a pic today.

That will be great!

that would be VERY COOL!

cool pic..

awesome photo.. and to still have the buggy..wow... need a pic of the buggy now too!!!


great stuff.

That's cool. Amazing the buggy is still in existence.

This is awesome. I'm guessing that spot looks damn near exactly the same. Time stands still in the desert.

Very cool photo... I wonder how many smoke signals the Indians had coming from top of that hill.

Very cool, thanks for sharing..

really cool picture

Are these relatives or yours?

yes....good pic of the buggy now would be cool.

Wow! That is special for sure since you still have that buggy.

If you are on Facebook look for a page called Traces of Texas. He posts all sorts of old pictures from Texas. I am sure he would love to see this outstanding image.

Thats awsome

Cool! I love those old pics

Looking forward to today's pic.

That's amazing! I'd love to see a pic of the buggy now.

thats really cool HWY

Very cool!

looks like a place I arrow headed hunted many years ago.

very cool to have that you should go take a picture in that same spot to compare it

Awesome photo pretty amazing that's only 116 years ago

ROBERTS, DORA NUNN (1863–1953). Dora Nunn Roberts, philanthropist, was born on April 23, 1863, in Randolph County, Alabama, the daughter of Elijah Hope and Elizabeth (Joyner) Nunn. The family moved in succession to Hope, Arkansas, Bowie, Texas, and Coleman, Texas. In Coleman Dora married Andrew Griffin, and they moved to southeastern Howard County in 1884; they settled south of Signal Mountain on four sections of land. Two daughters were born of their marriage. The family survived the great drought of 1886–87 by burning prickly pear, selling milk, butter, and eggs, and raising vegetables irrigated with water pumped by a windmill. Griffin was killed in a roundup accident, and his wife married a neighboring rancher, John Roberts, on October 21, 1896; Roberts himself was killed in 1909, and their son died in 1912. Dora Roberts continued to run and expand the ranch and ultimately owned twenty-nine sections. A succession of oil strikes beginning in 1927 produced large royalty checks that she used for investments and charities. She bought real estate, helped finance construction of the Big Spring Petroleum Building, and served as president and chairman of the board of the Big Spring First National Bank. She is best remembered for her many philanthropic donations, including large gifts to McMurry College, Texas Wesleyan University, and Southwestern University. She made significant contributions to the Methodist Hospital of Houston and the Health Rehabilitation Center and Vocational and Technical Training facilities in Big Spring, as well as to area churches. She was a member of the Forsan Methodist Church. Mrs. Roberts died on December 27, 1953, at the age of ninety.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: John R. Hutto, Howard County in the Making (Big Spring, Texas: Jordan's, 1938).

Thats where this picture came from.

Awesome picture.

'Ol Dora heirs get some mighty hefty royalty checks from all over. I've seen her name in title chains from Lubbock to Crockett co, and from ward to Mitchell co. Good for them. Must have been a smart lady.

Great pics!

Great pictures and history there. Thanks so much for sharing them.

That's easy... go to Squaw Teat Peak or is that Teet?

Thats who I work for.

That old mountain has seen allot of erosion since that first pic was taken. It and the hills around it drop off big chunks of limestone quite often.

It's called Signal Peak, there old indian camps all around the base.

Very cool! Crazy to see how much the top of that mesa has changed. I

thank you for the pics and history lesson. Love that stuff.

lol @ Bobo

HWYMAN, don't you own some of that ranch now?

Looks old......

Awesome picture, thanks for sharing.

Awesome pics and the history even makes it better

No.

Some great stuff HWY_MAN. Thanks for sharing.

You can tell there is a big difference in the peak

Post your pic, it was pretty good.

Just thought it was interesting to see the old with the new

Great follow up pics!

Cool stuff guys, really neat.

That original photo is a treasure - thanks for sharing... nice landmark too.

The photo-shopping is pretty neat!

im not sure but that might be a 1887 winchester looks like it has a lever and no hammer its hard to tell but very cool photo

Cool Photo.

Great photos. Thanks for sharing.

That's cool

Thats just whats local and in TX, the estate has mineral holdings in NM, OK and LA. The Warren gas plant is right in the middle of her place south of Midland.

very cool i work on the dora roberts ranch for sheridan

Hwy man I'm looking at a hill that looks just like that from location now. Is your ranch east of 87 near frosan?

Your looking at it.

That's wild, was reading your post and showed the pic to a buddy, he looks up and points to the hill saying it looks like that hill. I picked up the binos and sure enough that's it.

You on a rig?

wow

Really cool stuff. I love history like that!

Hummm ok well there's one just like it near Sheffield (I guess off I 10) and the sign says Squaw Teat... unless the state got pollitically correct over the past 30 years

This ain't no where near Sheffield, this is off I-20 in Howard County.

Very neat pic. I believe I have been in that area.

Wind farm.

cool pics, thanks for sharing

to cool

Great photograph. Thanks for posting!

Very cool pic. My wife and I discussed this very topic on our recent trip to Ruidoso. We talked about how different things would have been back then, making that trip on horseback or by buggy/stage. Compared to today's luxury as we flew out I-10 at 80+ mph, in the relative comfort of my truck, with heat/air, stereo, etc. We made the trip in 9 hours. This trip would have taken them a month or more.

Priceless! Do not lose that pic

wow

great find

Where did you get this photo from? I am from her family and have never seen this one and love to find new/old photos.

Thanks for sharing! Great stuff!

I love that country, had an old fellow from Coleman tell me that around 1900 you could see all the way to the Rio Bravo, said there wasn't a single tree not even a Mesquite.........great photo.

Sorry I missed your post, that pic come from Traces of Texas the others I took. I'm on that ranch every day theres a good chance we've met if you still go out there. You wouldn't by chance be the arrowhead hunter? I'll find a spot on a remote part of the ranch and just when I think it's getting good I'll find a little pile of flint, she beat me to it.

Thats AWESOME! thanks for sharing.