Reprinted here by special permission of the author, Cindy Beckman, a retired Conway High School history teacher who writes local history.

I don’t remember when Dad started raising beef cattle. As long as I can remember, we had Polled Hereford cows in the pasture behind the house on Nutter’s Chapel Road. He also kept cows in my Uncle Hulen’s pasture which was just west of our pasture. The cows were relatively maintenance free Continue reading →