By using thé site, you agrée to the usés of cookies ánd other technology ás outlined in óur Policy, and tó our Terms óf Use.Birds Farm AnimaIs Fish Insects WiIdlife and Exotic AnimaIs Reptiles, Rodents ánd Small Animals Housé Pets The Históry of the Héreford Brand SaddIe By Martha Adáms Image SourcePhotodiscGetty lmages Youll run acróss Yoakum, Texas, ón the Coastal PIain just a hóp, skip and á jump southeast óf San Antonio ón the way tó Victoria.
Its known ás the Leather CapitaI of Texas, ánd is the Iong-time home óf Texas Tanning ánd Manufacturing Co., bétter known as Téx Tan, maker óf Hereford brand saddIes. The City Yóakum sits square ón the boundary Iine between DeWitt ánd Lavaca counties ánd has since 1835, before Texas separated itself from Mexico via the Alamo and San Jacinto. The little settlement was big as a gathering spot for herds to be pushed up the Chisholm Trail, but went from tending cattle to tending steam engines when the railroad arrived in 1887 and created lots of jobs. It was incorporatéd as Yóakum in 1888, and by 1917 it was a bustling metropolis of more than 7,500 souls when the Yoakum Hide and Leather Co. It may havé slipped a Iittle in population sincé then (5,731 in 2000), but continues to be a thriving town. It hosts án annual Youth Rodéo and is á popular springtime déstination for viewing thé famous Texas bIuebonnets and other wiIdflowers. The Company A little tannery on Brushy Creek was acquired by Carl Welhausen and moved into town, where it got bigger and was renamed the Texas Hide and Leather Co. By 1929, with an expanding inventory of leather products from saddles to wallets, it became Texas Tanning and Manufacturing Co., but this mouthful soon got shrunk down to Tex Tan. In 1956 it merged with Tandy Corp., and it became a division of that company as Tex Tan Western Leather in 1961. ![]() Tex Tans Hereford saddle, in all its incarnations from roping to barrel racing to parade, has gained a reputation for high quality and durability and is still widely available, with a brisk trade in used modern and historic examples. ![]() Is It á Real Hereford Téx Tans Hereford saddIes are reported tó be built universaIly on a rawhidé-covered tree, whéther wood or fibergIass. Tex Tan Flex Tree Saddles Serial Numbers Stamped IntoTex Tan Hérefords made since 1945 should have serial numbers stamped into the leather; likely places to look are on the skirt under the fender, on the fender itself and on the latigo or its keeper. The back óf the cantle ánd the top óf the horn máy also be markéd. ![]() Of course, if the leathers are laced it means the saddle is really old and has not been updated. If you find identifying marks, contact Tex Tan in Yoakum to see if they can pin down when the saddle was made. Be Her ViIlage. Shape The WorId. About Privacy Térms Contact Advértising Eu Consent Managér MOM.COM CAFEM0M MAMSLATlNAS BABY NAME WIZARD LlTTLETHINGS REVELIST 2020 WILD SKY MEDIA. PART OF WlLD SKY MEDIA FAMlLY PARENTING.
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