Stories from Dub Ramsel
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A Dog named "Lonesome"
The year of 1936 was no different from 1935 as far as I could tell. People were going around with things to barter for groceries as well as ...
A SOUR DEAL TURNED SWEET
It was the summer of 1989 and I was parked in my car in front of the old H.E.B. store on University Ave. in Georgetown Texas. I had just pla...
BBQ-A WAY OF LIFE IN WILLIAMSO
The photo above was taken in about 1957 or 58 in the San Gabriel Park. A barbecue was being prepared for the Williamson County Livestock Ass...
Bud Mills - the Stud Horse Man
Bud was not someone who wore Levis and boots with a denim shirt to pretend to be a cowboy. He was genuine. He did some rodeoing when he was ...
BULL SHIPPING IN CENTRAL TEXAS
I began buying cattle on a commercial basis in the early 1960's after my feed lot business began losing money. I had inherited customers fro...
Cow Dealing with Lavoy Tubbs
It was August of 1963, and it was hot and dry, a condition that is not unique to Williamson County, Texas. All of the pastures were mostly b...
Dairying In Williamson County
Photographs of Dub Ramsel and his involvement with dairy farming in Texas are available on the Williamson County Historical Commission web s...
DROUGHT AND BUZZARDS
It was July of 1955. Williamson County was suffering from the worst drought in history - Everything looked like a desert. The North and Sout...
Dub Ramsel Talks About his Sto
These stories cover a period from early 1950s to the late eighties. These stories have come from my memory with an occasional quote from som...