Background
Clarke, Mary Whatley was born on June 11, 1899 in Palo Pinto, Texas, United States. Daughter of Cephas Vachel and Narcie Isabella (Abernathy) Whatley.
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The Swenson Saga and The SMS Ranches
(In 1948 I went to Stamford, Texas, and had a visit with t...)
In 1948 I went to Stamford, Texas, and had a visit with the late Andrew John Swenson, a native of Sweden, and the manager of SMS Ranches. I later wrote a story about the ranches and their founder, S. M. Swenson (the uncle of Andrew John) whose initials form the SMS brand so well known in Texas cattle history. I only skimmed the surface of the Swenson saga in Texas in my story, and always hoped that some day when I had time I could write a book about that Swedish pioneer immigrant who did so much to develop Southern Texas, and who bought the railroad script in North Western Texas where the well-known SMS Ranches were later established. The task was begun in February 1972, and the more I learned about S. M. Swenson in interviews with members of his family, and in diligent research, the more interested I became. His life story was a veritable Horatio Alger chronicle. The first native Swede to set foot on Texas soil, he landed penniless in Galveston in 1838 and later settled in Austin, the state capital. lie had a Midas touch and accumulated a fortune in land and other investments. Ile bought railroad script in the fifties where his two sons, Eric and Albin, later established the ranches. Those sons followed in their father's footsteps and became financiers and developers, who~ were known from Wall Street to Texas. The story of this pioneer Swedish family and the part they played in the growth of early Texas, is worthy of telling. I have tried to do this in my book. Many of the nostalgic ranch pictures in the book were made by well-known photographers such as the late Erwin E. Smith of Bonham, Texas; E. P. Swenson, a grandson of the founder; Frank Reeves, Star Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas; and Ed Munro, design & photo editor, Persimmon Hill.
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The Palo Pinto Story
(172 pages - Photo Illustrated - author edited and publish...)
172 pages - Photo Illustrated - author edited and published the Palo Pinto County Star in the 1930 and 1940's interviewed many living pioneers for first and stories - Palo Pinto, Texas - lost gold - haunting - first school - first born - badger pull - the cow that caused the railroad to skip Palo Pinto - etc...
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Chief Bowles and the Texas Cherokees (Civilization of the American Indian)
( Here is the gripping story of the last stand of Chief P...)
Here is the gripping story of the last stand of Chief Philip Bowles of the Chickamauga Cherokee Indians of Texas. Mary Whatley Clarke sets this tale against the stormy background of Anglo-Cherokee-Mexican relations in early nineteenth-century Texas. The Chickamauga Cherokees from Running Water on the Tennessee River were continually forced to relocatefirst to Missouri, then to Arkansas, and finally to Texas. They managed to make a home of their new Texas residence. Then, as has happened many times before and since in Anglo-Indian relations, settlers began to look with increasing desire at the rich Indian lands. The Chickamauga Cherokee had had enough of relocation, and, on a blistering July day in 1839, Chief Bowles and his warriors made a tragic and bloody final stand on the battlefield defending their new Texas home. Their stand resulted in defeat and the dispersal of the Chickamauga Cherokees to far-flung homes on reservations. Could this history have taken a different course? Perhaps not, for, as Mary Whatley Clarke observes, the Cherokee had become a red island in a white sea,” and it seems inevitable that the Anglo-American would submerge that island.
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The Slaughter Ranches & Their Makers
(Hardcover: 254 pages Publisher: Jenkins Publishing Compan...)
Hardcover: 254 pages Publisher: Jenkins Publishing Company; First Edition edition (1979) Language: English ISBN-10: 0836301633 ISBN-13: 978-0836301632 Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
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A century of cow business: A history of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
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Mary Whatley Clarke
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Student, New Mexico State Normal School, 1925.
Career
Owner & public Norwood Press, Manitoba, 1924—1926. With advertising department Hudson's Bay Company, Winnipeg, Canada, 1926—1927. Advertising manager Mineral Wells Daily Index, Texas, 1928—1933, Breckenridge America, 1939.
Public Palo Pinto County Star, 1933—1944.
Achievements
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The Palo Pinto Story
(172 pages - Photo Illustrated - author edited and publish...)
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The Slaughter Ranches & Their Makers
(Hardcover: 254 pages Publisher: Jenkins Publishing Compan...)
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The Swenson Saga and The SMS Ranches
(In 1948 I went to Stamford, Texas, and had a visit with t...)
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Chief Bowles and the Texas Cherokees (Civilization of the American Indian)
( Here is the gripping story of the last stand of Chief P...)
- Palo Pinto Story Mary Whatley Clarke Signed First Ed TX
- A century of cow business: A history of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
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The Palo Pinto Story
Membership
President Woman's Board Fort Worth Children's Hospital, 1955—1956. Member of West Texas Press Association, Tarrant County History Society (past president, award), Lecture Foundation.
Connections
Married James Coltman Dunbar, October 27, 1920 (deceased 1923). 1 child Mary Murray Dunbar Harper. Married Joe A. Clarke, November 15, 1941 (deceased 1971).
