"Another old timer crosses the range. Bunk Haynes, one of the real old timers passed to his final reward on last Wednesday morning about ten o'clock from the effects of an ailment of many years duration, and for which he had consulted some of the leading specialists of the country, none of whom could give him relief. Bunk was one of the real pioneers of the country. He was born in Seguyn, Texas in 1853 (8?), where his boyhood days were spent, and in 1879 he came up the trail with a herd of cattle for the Driskill Outfit and has resided in this country ever since, having been employed by some of the largest cattle outfits in the northwest, such as the Old Hunter and Evans Company, Mayberry, and 4J. He was considered one of the best cowhands of the old range days, always attentive to duty he had to perform and always had a words of good cheer for everyone. Although colored as to the skin it was said of him by those who have known him longest, that Bunk was the whitest man whoever rode the range. Of late years Bunk has resided on a homestead about three miles south of town which, by hard work, he had built up to one of the finest in this section of the country. He leaves no relatives but a very large circle of warm friends who will pause in this busy work-a-day existence to drop a tear to the memory of one of the squarest men they have ever known."
"Another old timer crosses the range. Bunk Haynes, one of the real old timers passed to his final reward on last Wednesday morning about ten o'clock from the effects of an ailment of many years duration, and for which he had consulted some of the leading specialists of the country, none of whom could give him relief. Bunk was one of the real pioneers of the country. He was born in Seguyn, Texas in 1853 (8?), where his boyhood days were spent, and in 1879 he came up the trail with a herd of cattle for the Driskill Outfit and has resided in this country ever since, having been employed by some of the largest cattle outfits in the northwest, such as the Old Hunter and Evans Company, Mayberry, and 4J. He was considered one of the best cowhands of the old range days, always attentive to duty he had to perform and always had a words of good cheer for everyone. Although colored as to the skin it was said of him by those who have known him longest, that Bunk was the whitest man whoever rode the range. Of late years Bunk has resided on a homestead about three miles south of town which, by hard work, he had built up to one of the finest in this section of the country. He leaves no relatives but a very large circle of warm friends who will pause in this busy work-a-day existence to drop a tear to the memory of one of the squarest men they have ever known."
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