An excellent type of the hardy stock which has built up the western portion of Texas, which has grown and developed with its growth and development, and which has prospered with its prosperity, is found in the person of C. W. Hafer, of San Antonio, who has watched the transformation of this part of the country and taken an active part therein from the days of the open range. At the present time he is the owner of extensive interests in San Antonio, to the direction of which he devotes his attention.
Mr. Hafer was born at Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, September 8, 1868, and is a son of J. A. Hafer. His father, born in Germany, came to the United States at the age of twenty-one years and for several years resided at Keokuk, Iowa, but in 1871 removed with his family to Texas, locating at Luling, Caldwell County. In his late years he engaged with his sons in the cattle business in West Texas, and his death occurred in 1885, in Hamilton County, Texas, while he was on a visit there to one of his children. C. W. Hafer lived at Luling, where he received an ordinary country school education, until he was fifteen years of age, at which time he began his career in the cattle business as a cowboy, spending some years on the open range. He was engaged in the cattle business for several years in West Texas, living for most of that period at Colorado City, in Mitchell County, and for about two years at Roscoe, in Nolan County. He went through all the varied experiences and hardships incidental to the dangerous life of the cowman in the early days of the open range, and handled successfully large herds of cattle both on the range and on the trail. For several years he was connected with the outfit of Col. C. C. Slaughter, who at that time had headquarters at Colorado City.
In 1902 Mr. Hafer left West Texas and located at Corpus Christi, where he lived for about ten years, then spending nearly two years in Southern California, having property at Riverside. Early in 1914 he returned to Texas and established his permanent home at San Antonio, his residence being on the Corpus Christi Road, adjoining the city on the south, where he owns valuable property in a section that is in the path of the progress and growth of the city southward. He also owns a ranch of 8,000 acres in Terrell County, where he continues to be engaged in the cattle business, with large holdings.
Mr. Hafer was married at Roscoe,Texas, to Miss Leona Lagow, daughter of the late William Lagow, who was a pioneer settler and large land owner of Dallas, Texas. Two children have been born to this union, a son, Charles Augustus, and a daughter, Rosa Lee Hafer. (Source: A History of Texas and Texans, Volume 3 By Francis White Johnson, Published by American Historical Society, 1914)
Mr. Hafer was born at Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, September 8, 1868, and is a son of J. A. Hafer. His father, born in Germany, came to the United States at the age of twenty-one years and for several years resided at Keokuk, Iowa, but in 1871 removed with his family to Texas, locating at Luling, Caldwell County. In his late years he engaged with his sons in the cattle business in West Texas, and his death occurred in 1885, in Hamilton County, Texas, while he was on a visit there to one of his children. C. W. Hafer lived at Luling, where he received an ordinary country school education, until he was fifteen years of age, at which time he began his career in the cattle business as a cowboy, spending some years on the open range. He was engaged in the cattle business for several years in West Texas, living for most of that period at Colorado City, in Mitchell County, and for about two years at Roscoe, in Nolan County. He went through all the varied experiences and hardships incidental to the dangerous life of the cowman in the early days of the open range, and handled successfully large herds of cattle both on the range and on the trail. For several years he was connected with the outfit of Col. C. C. Slaughter, who at that time had headquarters at Colorado City.
In 1902 Mr. Hafer left West Texas and located at Corpus Christi, where he lived for about ten years, then spending nearly two years in Southern California, having property at Riverside. Early in 1914 he returned to Texas and established his permanent home at San Antonio, his residence being on the Corpus Christi Road, adjoining the city on the south, where he owns valuable property in a section that is in the path of the progress and growth of the city southward. He also owns a ranch of 8,000 acres in Terrell County, where he continues to be engaged in the cattle business, with large holdings.
Mr. Hafer was married at Roscoe,Texas, to Miss Leona Lagow, daughter of the late William Lagow, who was a pioneer settler and large land owner of Dallas, Texas. Two children have been born to this union, a son, Charles Augustus, and a daughter, Rosa Lee Hafer. (Source: A History of Texas and Texans, Volume 3 By Francis White Johnson, Published by American Historical Society, 1914)
An excellent type of the hardy stock which has built up the western portion of Texas, which has grown and developed with its growth and development, and which has prospered with its prosperity, is found in the person of C. W. Hafer, of San Antonio, who has watched the transformation of this part of the country and taken an active part therein from the days of the open range. At the present time he is the owner of extensive interests in San Antonio, to the direction of which he devotes his attention.
Mr. Hafer was born at Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, September 8, 1868, and is a son of J. A. Hafer. His father, born in Germany, came to the United States at the age of twenty-one years and for several years resided at Keokuk, Iowa, but in 1871 removed with his family to Texas, locating at Luling, Caldwell County. In his late years he engaged with his sons in the cattle business in West Texas, and his death occurred in 1885, in Hamilton County, Texas, while he was on a visit there to one of his children. C. W. Hafer lived at Luling, where he received an ordinary country school education, until he was fifteen years of age, at which time he began his career in the cattle business as a cowboy, spending some years on the open range. He was engaged in the cattle business for several years in West Texas, living for most of that period at Colorado City, in Mitchell County, and for about two years at Roscoe, in Nolan County. He went through all the varied experiences and hardships incidental to the dangerous life of the cowman in the early days of the open range, and handled successfully large herds of cattle both on the range and on the trail. For several years he was connected with the outfit of Col. C. C. Slaughter, who at that time had headquarters at Colorado City.
In 1902 Mr. Hafer left West Texas and located at Corpus Christi, where he lived for about ten years, then spending nearly two years in Southern California, having property at Riverside. Early in 1914 he returned to Texas and established his permanent home at San Antonio, his residence being on the Corpus Christi Road, adjoining the city on the south, where he owns valuable property in a section that is in the path of the progress and growth of the city southward. He also owns a ranch of 8,000 acres in Terrell County, where he continues to be engaged in the cattle business, with large holdings.
Mr. Hafer was married at Roscoe,Texas, to Miss Leona Lagow, daughter of the late William Lagow, who was a pioneer settler and large land owner of Dallas, Texas. Two children have been born to this union, a son, Charles Augustus, and a daughter, Rosa Lee Hafer. (Source: A History of Texas and Texans, Volume 3 By Francis White Johnson, Published by American Historical Society, 1914)
Mr. Hafer was born at Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, September 8, 1868, and is a son of J. A. Hafer. His father, born in Germany, came to the United States at the age of twenty-one years and for several years resided at Keokuk, Iowa, but in 1871 removed with his family to Texas, locating at Luling, Caldwell County. In his late years he engaged with his sons in the cattle business in West Texas, and his death occurred in 1885, in Hamilton County, Texas, while he was on a visit there to one of his children. C. W. Hafer lived at Luling, where he received an ordinary country school education, until he was fifteen years of age, at which time he began his career in the cattle business as a cowboy, spending some years on the open range. He was engaged in the cattle business for several years in West Texas, living for most of that period at Colorado City, in Mitchell County, and for about two years at Roscoe, in Nolan County. He went through all the varied experiences and hardships incidental to the dangerous life of the cowman in the early days of the open range, and handled successfully large herds of cattle both on the range and on the trail. For several years he was connected with the outfit of Col. C. C. Slaughter, who at that time had headquarters at Colorado City.
In 1902 Mr. Hafer left West Texas and located at Corpus Christi, where he lived for about ten years, then spending nearly two years in Southern California, having property at Riverside. Early in 1914 he returned to Texas and established his permanent home at San Antonio, his residence being on the Corpus Christi Road, adjoining the city on the south, where he owns valuable property in a section that is in the path of the progress and growth of the city southward. He also owns a ranch of 8,000 acres in Terrell County, where he continues to be engaged in the cattle business, with large holdings.
Mr. Hafer was married at Roscoe,Texas, to Miss Leona Lagow, daughter of the late William Lagow, who was a pioneer settler and large land owner of Dallas, Texas. Two children have been born to this union, a son, Charles Augustus, and a daughter, Rosa Lee Hafer. (Source: A History of Texas and Texans, Volume 3 By Francis White Johnson, Published by American Historical Society, 1914)
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