Indian Wars Veteran, Early Day Cowpuncher, Friend and Hand of John Nathan Hittson and Jesse J Hittson for decades. M.L. Johnson wrote the first authentic stories of life on the trails of Texas with the Hittson and Hart families. His book is called "Trail Blazers." Excellent author with a great sense of humor. I'm convinced he wrote his own obituary.
M.L. Johnson, 90, who called himself "an old wornout cowpuncher with scalp intact," forded the River Jordan and threw his bedroll down on the grounds of the great roundup Friday.
The grizzled Indian fighter and trail driver, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F.W. Pearson, 4512 Junius. Age drove an arrow into the heart that the redskins at the Salt Creek Massacre and at Wounded Knee could never hit.
He started his trick as a cowhand on the Hittson Ranch on Battle Creek, Callahan County in 1867. For ten years he rode the range there when Palo Pinto County near by was the western frontier, and the Comanches ranged the plains to the northwest.
After a turn at old Salado College, he tried his hand at teaching school in Abbott, in the days when he had to drum out the three R's with a six-shooter handily on the desk beside him. But cutting out maverick students and branding examination papers was no fun. He chucked school teaching and helped the McCoy Ranch drive one of the last trail herds up to Denver.
He served the Army as a guide in the Indian Wars. He served the Hittson cattlemen during events that made history for the the years Texas stockraisers became historically infamous. Then he wrote a book, "Trail Blazers," on his life with Cattle Jack, Jess Hittson, John Hart and James Hart.
The Hittson Project
ML Johnson Stories
M.L. Johnson, 90, who called himself "an old wornout cowpuncher with scalp intact," forded the River Jordan and threw his bedroll down on the grounds of the great roundup Friday.
The grizzled Indian fighter and trail driver, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F.W. Pearson, 4512 Junius. Age drove an arrow into the heart that the redskins at the Salt Creek Massacre and at Wounded Knee could never hit.
He started his trick as a cowhand on the Hittson Ranch on Battle Creek, Callahan County in 1867. For ten years he rode the range there when Palo Pinto County near by was the western frontier, and the Comanches ranged the plains to the northwest.
After a turn at old Salado College, he tried his hand at teaching school in Abbott, in the days when he had to drum out the three R's with a six-shooter handily on the desk beside him. But cutting out maverick students and branding examination papers was no fun. He chucked school teaching and helped the McCoy Ranch drive one of the last trail herds up to Denver.
He served the Army as a guide in the Indian Wars. He served the Hittson cattlemen during events that made history for the the years Texas stockraisers became historically infamous. Then he wrote a book, "Trail Blazers," on his life with Cattle Jack, Jess Hittson, John Hart and James Hart.
The Hittson Project
ML Johnson Stories
Indian Wars Veteran, Early Day Cowpuncher, Friend and Hand of John Nathan Hittson and Jesse J Hittson for decades. M.L. Johnson wrote the first authentic stories of life on the trails of Texas with the Hittson and Hart families. His book is called "Trail Blazers." Excellent author with a great sense of humor. I'm convinced he wrote his own obituary.
M.L. Johnson, 90, who called himself "an old wornout cowpuncher with scalp intact," forded the River Jordan and threw his bedroll down on the grounds of the great roundup Friday.
The grizzled Indian fighter and trail driver, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F.W. Pearson, 4512 Junius. Age drove an arrow into the heart that the redskins at the Salt Creek Massacre and at Wounded Knee could never hit.
He started his trick as a cowhand on the Hittson Ranch on Battle Creek, Callahan County in 1867. For ten years he rode the range there when Palo Pinto County near by was the western frontier, and the Comanches ranged the plains to the northwest.
After a turn at old Salado College, he tried his hand at teaching school in Abbott, in the days when he had to drum out the three R's with a six-shooter handily on the desk beside him. But cutting out maverick students and branding examination papers was no fun. He chucked school teaching and helped the McCoy Ranch drive one of the last trail herds up to Denver.
He served the Army as a guide in the Indian Wars. He served the Hittson cattlemen during events that made history for the the years Texas stockraisers became historically infamous. Then he wrote a book, "Trail Blazers," on his life with Cattle Jack, Jess Hittson, John Hart and James Hart.
The Hittson Project
ML Johnson Stories
M.L. Johnson, 90, who called himself "an old wornout cowpuncher with scalp intact," forded the River Jordan and threw his bedroll down on the grounds of the great roundup Friday.
The grizzled Indian fighter and trail driver, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F.W. Pearson, 4512 Junius. Age drove an arrow into the heart that the redskins at the Salt Creek Massacre and at Wounded Knee could never hit.
He started his trick as a cowhand on the Hittson Ranch on Battle Creek, Callahan County in 1867. For ten years he rode the range there when Palo Pinto County near by was the western frontier, and the Comanches ranged the plains to the northwest.
After a turn at old Salado College, he tried his hand at teaching school in Abbott, in the days when he had to drum out the three R's with a six-shooter handily on the desk beside him. But cutting out maverick students and branding examination papers was no fun. He chucked school teaching and helped the McCoy Ranch drive one of the last trail herds up to Denver.
He served the Army as a guide in the Indian Wars. He served the Hittson cattlemen during events that made history for the the years Texas stockraisers became historically infamous. Then he wrote a book, "Trail Blazers," on his life with Cattle Jack, Jess Hittson, John Hart and James Hart.
The Hittson Project
ML Johnson Stories
