| Marker Number |
5550 |
| Atlas Number |
5031005550 |
| Marker Title |
Blanco County Trail Drives |
| Index Entry |
Blanco County Trail Drives |
| Address |
|
| City |
Johnson City |
| County |
Blanco |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
556818 |
| UTM Northing |
3347342 |
| Subject Codes |
cattle, cattle industry topics |
| Marker Year |
1969 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
located on US 290 west, in front of Johnson Ranch Headquarters (Avenue N and Main Street, western edge of Johnson City) |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
From this headquarters site in the 1870s, the brothers J. T. and Sam Ealy Johnson started thousands of cattle up trails to Kansas and other shipping or market points. To the west, at Williamson's Creek, and at Deer Creek (southeast) the Johnsons had gathering and processing pens. They had largest individual trail driving outfit in Blanco and six nearby counties, sending north several herds of 2,500 to 3,000 each season. Sam Ealy, the younger Johnson brother, is known to history as grandfather of 36th president of the United States, Lyndon Baines Johnson. (1969) |
