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The George Ranch Historical Park is our local window into the rich and diverse history of Fort Bend County. The Ranch itself has a life that began with settlers among the “Old 300” of Stephen F. Austin. Among the group were newlyweds Henry and Nancy Jones in 1822 who chose land on the Brazos River as their homestead. A large two-story house, known as the “Old Prairie Home”, was built in the 1850s to replace their original log cabin and became a comfortable stop on the road from Richmond to Columbia (now
Black Cowboys on the Jones Ranch 1880s
By 1870 more than half of the cowboys in Fort Bend County were black. These black cowboys advanced further and faster from the bonds of slavery than any others in the county. A significant number of emancipated slaves were drawn to cowboy life because there was not quite as much discrimination. A cowboy was judged by his skills, not the color of his skin. As one cowboy said, “If you were driving 2,500 cattle across a river and you fell off your horse, would you care whether a black hand or a white hand
The Fabric Of Ancestors | Family History & Genealogy Research
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