The other side of our Deewall Hereford Family

[1914 Hereford]

No, this was taken at Chelsea, OK, where the main headquarters for the Par-Ker Ranch was located. They ran about 300 cows at Chelsea and 200 at Chouteau, OK. Most of the times they just took in cattle at the Hillside, Colo. Ranch.

When the owner, G. C. Parker, passed away, in 1968, the Chelsea Ranch, along with most of the cattle, was sold and Orville , Mike's Dad, moved to Chouteau. They took in cattle from Black Watch Farms for a few years, after which, they stocked the Ranch with commercial cows and the remainder of registered Herefords which they had kept back from the original sale of the Chelsea Ranch. The Parker Family still owns and operates the Chouteau Ranch.

One interesting Historical note about the Chouteau Ranch was that on this acreage were three markers that signified the boundary line between The Cherokee Nation and The Creek Nation Of The Five Civilized Tribes that were moved to Oklahoma in the mid 1800's. These were very large tapered iron poles about 7 feet tall. Par-Ker Ranch donated one to the Mayes County Historical Society in recent years and the current manager said there was more iron below ground than above. When Mike was growing up, one was located in the main corral at Chouteau and was used for a snubbing post.

 

[rocket2222]

I thought I'd post the big photo for those who don't know how to find it. Sure would like to have the consistency in my herd that you see in this pic.

 

[1914 Hereford]

This is one of our original commercial cows, that we started the commercial line with, when Orville died. She goes back to the, previously pictured, Par-Ker cattle. We still have around 20 cows in the herd that go back to our original Orville Deewall cows. They cross extremely well with the line-bred Nash bulls and often produce some of the best range bulls that we have for sale.

 

[alexfarms]

This is one of our original commercial cows, that we started the commercial line with, when Orville died. She goes back to the, previously pictured, Par-Ker cattle. We still have around 20 cows in the herd that go back to our original Orville Deewall cows. They cross extremely well with the line-bred Nash bulls and often produce some of the best range bulls that we have for sale.

Very good pair. It is sad that you weren't able to maintain the registrations on them.

 

[1914 Hereford]

A 10 year old commercial cow with calf. We shot this photo this evening , while checking on the cattle. We were especially interested in getting a photo of her, as we have a customer who is interested in her yearling bull. She and her calf, sired by V4 Advance, go back to our original Deewall Cows

 

[alexfarms]

A 10 year old commercial cow with calf. We shot this photo this evening , while checking on the cattle. We were especially interested in getting a photo of her, as we have a customer who is interested in her yearling bull. She and her calf, sired by V4 Advance, go back to our original Deewall Cows

That is a very stout looking 10 year old cow.

 

[1914 Hereford]

Pulled a bull today and snapped a photo of another commercial cow that goes back to the Orville Deewall's cows. She is a twelve year old daughter of D Advance 22, with a D Golden Advance 550 calf. We have several good daughters in the herd of this cow, and have sold many really fancy sons of this cow line into commercial herds.