Col. Christopher Columbus Slaughter SLAUGHTER, TEXAS. Slaughter was on the Texas and Pacific Railway ten miles southwest of Stanton and ten miles northeast of Midland in northeastern Midland County. It was established in 1882 as a section house on the railroad and was named for Christopher Columbus Slaughter, who used the Long S brand and ranched on the open range of Midland County and the surrounding area from 1879 through 1912. A post office operated at Slaughter from 1907 through 1912. A vacant saloon building in Slaughter was used as a Sunday school, and in 1907 the Greenwood Baptist Church was organized in the saloon. A public school was built at Slaughter sometime after 1911. The children of John M. King, an early Midland County rancher, attended school there. Slaughter was not shown on county highway maps from the 1930s. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Midland County Historical Society, The Pioneer History of Midland County, Texas, 1880–1926 (Dallas: Taylor, 1984). Birth: Feb. 9, 1837 Sabine County Texas, USA Death: Jan. 25, 1919 Dallas Dallas County Texas, USA Cattleman; Trail Driver; Millionaire Philanthropist. He was known as the Cattle King of Texas, and at one time controlled more than one million acres of ranch land and held more than 40,000 head of cattle. He was founder of the Texas & Southwest Cattle Raisers Association, a founder of Baylor Hospital and president of the United Confederate Veterans.
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