Houston: Day Two George's Ranch

We took the kids to a Cattle farm--George's ranch about 30 miles south of Houston. It was established in the 1850s and passed through four generations. It is 23,000 acres. At the time of establishment, it was part of Mexico. They still have some cattle today, but it has been made into a museum.

 They thought is was funny the cow was going potty

 Aunt Sarah bought the girls matching shirts. We had a few people ask if they were quadruplets.

 Watching the demonstration of roping the cattle

 Bringing in Texas longhorn. These guys are mean!

 Watching the cattle jump through the vat. These were required in the 1900s in every cattle farm. They held medicine to kill ticks. The government required this every two-three weeks. This farm held 6,000 cattle. In the 1940s the tick disease was eradicated so each farm had to cover these vats up. In 1980, George farm requested to open it for demonstration purposes only. It is only one of two vats open in the world today.

 They were five feet wide (for the horns) and ten feet deep so the cattle wouldn't hurt each other if they jumped on top of one.

Anna waiting

They sent around ten cows into the vat

Erin's worst two fears!

In the first house on the farm, they had a summer kitchen (outside) and winter kitchen (inside). Here is the summer kitchen. They were making cornbread.

Looking at the pig

Riding the tram to the next house

Tour of the second house. The girls were looking at the undergarments that they wore during this time.

Third generation Victorian house. We didn't tour this one.