Married Belle Bowman
December 25, 1889
Pampa, WA (Whitman Co.)
OBITUARY:
Courtesy of gapwork90
The Washington State Journal, Thursday, February 25, 1909, issue
Thomas McManamon, Pioneer
Thomas McManamon, who died Sunday night in a Walla Walla hospital, was one
of the owners of the famous McManamon ranch on Crab creek, near Frenchman hill,
and was one of the best known stockmen in the Crab creek country. How long
McManamon had been in the country no one knows, but the measure of all early
happenings is the time that Zach Finney came here, and Uncle Zach says McManamon
was living on Crab creek when he arrived. That was 22 years ago, and even then
the McManamon ranch was well known among the buckaroos and cattlemen.
McManamon was considered authority on all things south of Moses Lake, and
in 1890 was elected county commissioner for the south part of Douglas county.
But it was the ranch that the made McManamon famous throughout the Big Bend
country. It was the only landmark in "the desert," being built a large ranch
house close to Crab creek, just at the end of the Frenchman hill. It was the
only ranch house in that section at an early day and the buckaroos or cattlemen,
journeying from the north part of the county into the Frenchman hill country
aimed to make the McManamon ranch to stay over night. The ranch lies 40 miles
southwest of Wilson Creek.
After an all-day ride over the sand hills the horsemen came in sight of
the ranch, nestling by the creek and partly concealed behind the hill. McManamon
had turned the streams to good use, and a considerable tract around the ranch
was irrigated. Green trees and green grass loomed out of the desert, and the
place was no more pleasing to the eye than the McManamon hospitality was to the
hungry buckaroo. The ranch was stopping place for all. Isolated as it was the
owners were always willing to listen to the stories from the outside world and,
in turn, to tell the latest happenings of the hill country. Here it was that
first news of how the stock had come through the winter was gleaned.
Being practically the first man in the country McManamon had an
opportunity to buy the country for a song. A representative of the Northern
Pacific once offered McManamon what land the railroad company owned in the Big
Pasture for 65 cents an acre. James McManamon was in favor of buying the land,
but "Tommy" said that, as they were leasing the land at 2 cents an acre and as
they could continue to do so, it would not be necessary, because the land would
never be available for anything but grazing. There were 12 sections of railroad
land in the Big Pasture. Now it is taken up by homesteaders and is worth from
$10 to $30 an acre.
The McManamons continued in the stock business, dealing mostly in cattle.
Though they owned some horses they never made a speciality of them. The
McManamon ranch is said to have suffered some by the outbreak of Moses Lake
several years ago, which caused the drifting sand to pile up and on part of the
land. There is still an extensive body of splendid land in the ranch, however.
(According to the Ritzville Times, McManamon was born at Muscatine, Iowa, Aug.
23, 1858. He married Miss Belle Bowman of Pampa, Wash., Dec. 25, 1889. Survived
by wife and three children: Chester, Raymond and Irene; two sisters: Mrs. Chris
Ennis of Walla Walla, Mrs. Ella Day of Connell; five brothers: George, LaCrosse,
James, of Lind, William of Ephrata, John of Kennewick, and Joseph of Othello.)
This really a wonderful biographical sketch of one of the earliest pioneers of Adams county.
December 25, 1889
Pampa, WA (Whitman Co.)
OBITUARY:
Courtesy of gapwork90
The Washington State Journal, Thursday, February 25, 1909, issue
Thomas McManamon, Pioneer
Thomas McManamon, who died Sunday night in a Walla Walla hospital, was one
of the owners of the famous McManamon ranch on Crab creek, near Frenchman hill,
and was one of the best known stockmen in the Crab creek country. How long
McManamon had been in the country no one knows, but the measure of all early
happenings is the time that Zach Finney came here, and Uncle Zach says McManamon
was living on Crab creek when he arrived. That was 22 years ago, and even then
the McManamon ranch was well known among the buckaroos and cattlemen.
McManamon was considered authority on all things south of Moses Lake, and
in 1890 was elected county commissioner for the south part of Douglas county.
But it was the ranch that the made McManamon famous throughout the Big Bend
country. It was the only landmark in "the desert," being built a large ranch
house close to Crab creek, just at the end of the Frenchman hill. It was the
only ranch house in that section at an early day and the buckaroos or cattlemen,
journeying from the north part of the county into the Frenchman hill country
aimed to make the McManamon ranch to stay over night. The ranch lies 40 miles
southwest of Wilson Creek.
After an all-day ride over the sand hills the horsemen came in sight of
the ranch, nestling by the creek and partly concealed behind the hill. McManamon
had turned the streams to good use, and a considerable tract around the ranch
was irrigated. Green trees and green grass loomed out of the desert, and the
place was no more pleasing to the eye than the McManamon hospitality was to the
hungry buckaroo. The ranch was stopping place for all. Isolated as it was the
owners were always willing to listen to the stories from the outside world and,
in turn, to tell the latest happenings of the hill country. Here it was that
first news of how the stock had come through the winter was gleaned.
Being practically the first man in the country McManamon had an
opportunity to buy the country for a song. A representative of the Northern
Pacific once offered McManamon what land the railroad company owned in the Big
Pasture for 65 cents an acre. James McManamon was in favor of buying the land,
but "Tommy" said that, as they were leasing the land at 2 cents an acre and as
they could continue to do so, it would not be necessary, because the land would
never be available for anything but grazing. There were 12 sections of railroad
land in the Big Pasture. Now it is taken up by homesteaders and is worth from
$10 to $30 an acre.
The McManamons continued in the stock business, dealing mostly in cattle.
Though they owned some horses they never made a speciality of them. The
McManamon ranch is said to have suffered some by the outbreak of Moses Lake
several years ago, which caused the drifting sand to pile up and on part of the
land. There is still an extensive body of splendid land in the ranch, however.
(According to the Ritzville Times, McManamon was born at Muscatine, Iowa, Aug.
23, 1858. He married Miss Belle Bowman of Pampa, Wash., Dec. 25, 1889. Survived
by wife and three children: Chester, Raymond and Irene; two sisters: Mrs. Chris
Ennis of Walla Walla, Mrs. Ella Day of Connell; five brothers: George, LaCrosse,
James, of Lind, William of Ephrata, John of Kennewick, and Joseph of Othello.)
This really a wonderful biographical sketch of one of the earliest pioneers of Adams county.
Married Belle Bowman
December 25, 1889
Pampa, WA (Whitman Co.)
OBITUARY:
Courtesy of gapwork90
The Washington State Journal, Thursday, February 25, 1909, issue
Thomas McManamon, Pioneer
Thomas McManamon, who died Sunday night in a Walla Walla hospital, was one
of the owners of the famous McManamon ranch on Crab creek, near Frenchman hill,
and was one of the best known stockmen in the Crab creek country. How long
McManamon had been in the country no one knows, but the measure of all early
happenings is the time that Zach Finney came here, and Uncle Zach says McManamon
was living on Crab creek when he arrived. That was 22 years ago, and even then
the McManamon ranch was well known among the buckaroos and cattlemen.
McManamon was considered authority on all things south of Moses Lake, and
in 1890 was elected county commissioner for the south part of Douglas county.
But it was the ranch that the made McManamon famous throughout the Big Bend
country. It was the only landmark in "the desert," being built a large ranch
house close to Crab creek, just at the end of the Frenchman hill. It was the
only ranch house in that section at an early day and the buckaroos or cattlemen,
journeying from the north part of the county into the Frenchman hill country
aimed to make the McManamon ranch to stay over night. The ranch lies 40 miles
southwest of Wilson Creek.
After an all-day ride over the sand hills the horsemen came in sight of
the ranch, nestling by the creek and partly concealed behind the hill. McManamon
had turned the streams to good use, and a considerable tract around the ranch
was irrigated. Green trees and green grass loomed out of the desert, and the
place was no more pleasing to the eye than the McManamon hospitality was to the
hungry buckaroo. The ranch was stopping place for all. Isolated as it was the
owners were always willing to listen to the stories from the outside world and,
in turn, to tell the latest happenings of the hill country. Here it was that
first news of how the stock had come through the winter was gleaned.
Being practically the first man in the country McManamon had an
opportunity to buy the country for a song. A representative of the Northern
Pacific once offered McManamon what land the railroad company owned in the Big
Pasture for 65 cents an acre. James McManamon was in favor of buying the land,
but "Tommy" said that, as they were leasing the land at 2 cents an acre and as
they could continue to do so, it would not be necessary, because the land would
never be available for anything but grazing. There were 12 sections of railroad
land in the Big Pasture. Now it is taken up by homesteaders and is worth from
$10 to $30 an acre.
The McManamons continued in the stock business, dealing mostly in cattle.
Though they owned some horses they never made a speciality of them. The
McManamon ranch is said to have suffered some by the outbreak of Moses Lake
several years ago, which caused the drifting sand to pile up and on part of the
land. There is still an extensive body of splendid land in the ranch, however.
(According to the Ritzville Times, McManamon was born at Muscatine, Iowa, Aug.
23, 1858. He married Miss Belle Bowman of Pampa, Wash., Dec. 25, 1889. Survived
by wife and three children: Chester, Raymond and Irene; two sisters: Mrs. Chris
Ennis of Walla Walla, Mrs. Ella Day of Connell; five brothers: George, LaCrosse,
James, of Lind, William of Ephrata, John of Kennewick, and Joseph of Othello.)
This really a wonderful biographical sketch of one of the earliest pioneers of Adams county.
December 25, 1889
Pampa, WA (Whitman Co.)
OBITUARY:
Courtesy of gapwork90
The Washington State Journal, Thursday, February 25, 1909, issue
Thomas McManamon, Pioneer
Thomas McManamon, who died Sunday night in a Walla Walla hospital, was one
of the owners of the famous McManamon ranch on Crab creek, near Frenchman hill,
and was one of the best known stockmen in the Crab creek country. How long
McManamon had been in the country no one knows, but the measure of all early
happenings is the time that Zach Finney came here, and Uncle Zach says McManamon
was living on Crab creek when he arrived. That was 22 years ago, and even then
the McManamon ranch was well known among the buckaroos and cattlemen.
McManamon was considered authority on all things south of Moses Lake, and
in 1890 was elected county commissioner for the south part of Douglas county.
But it was the ranch that the made McManamon famous throughout the Big Bend
country. It was the only landmark in "the desert," being built a large ranch
house close to Crab creek, just at the end of the Frenchman hill. It was the
only ranch house in that section at an early day and the buckaroos or cattlemen,
journeying from the north part of the county into the Frenchman hill country
aimed to make the McManamon ranch to stay over night. The ranch lies 40 miles
southwest of Wilson Creek.
After an all-day ride over the sand hills the horsemen came in sight of
the ranch, nestling by the creek and partly concealed behind the hill. McManamon
had turned the streams to good use, and a considerable tract around the ranch
was irrigated. Green trees and green grass loomed out of the desert, and the
place was no more pleasing to the eye than the McManamon hospitality was to the
hungry buckaroo. The ranch was stopping place for all. Isolated as it was the
owners were always willing to listen to the stories from the outside world and,
in turn, to tell the latest happenings of the hill country. Here it was that
first news of how the stock had come through the winter was gleaned.
Being practically the first man in the country McManamon had an
opportunity to buy the country for a song. A representative of the Northern
Pacific once offered McManamon what land the railroad company owned in the Big
Pasture for 65 cents an acre. James McManamon was in favor of buying the land,
but "Tommy" said that, as they were leasing the land at 2 cents an acre and as
they could continue to do so, it would not be necessary, because the land would
never be available for anything but grazing. There were 12 sections of railroad
land in the Big Pasture. Now it is taken up by homesteaders and is worth from
$10 to $30 an acre.
The McManamons continued in the stock business, dealing mostly in cattle.
Though they owned some horses they never made a speciality of them. The
McManamon ranch is said to have suffered some by the outbreak of Moses Lake
several years ago, which caused the drifting sand to pile up and on part of the
land. There is still an extensive body of splendid land in the ranch, however.
(According to the Ritzville Times, McManamon was born at Muscatine, Iowa, Aug.
23, 1858. He married Miss Belle Bowman of Pampa, Wash., Dec. 25, 1889. Survived
by wife and three children: Chester, Raymond and Irene; two sisters: Mrs. Chris
Ennis of Walla Walla, Mrs. Ella Day of Connell; five brothers: George, LaCrosse,
James, of Lind, William of Ephrata, John of Kennewick, and Joseph of Othello.)
This really a wonderful biographical sketch of one of the earliest pioneers of Adams county.
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