A History of <strong>the</strong> Pedernales <strong>Falls</strong> Area, 1850–1970 Figure 27. C.A. <strong>and</strong> Harriet Wheatly pose with wild turkeys killed in a hunt on <strong>the</strong> Circle Bar, 1951. Photo courtesy of Sherill East, Diana L. Cooper, <strong>and</strong> C<strong>and</strong>ace K. S<strong>and</strong>efur............................................ 35 Figure 28. Sherill East poses with a deer he killed on <strong>the</strong> ranch. To <strong>the</strong> right is his gr<strong>and</strong>son, Doug Roberts. Photo courtesy of Sherill East, Diana L. Cooper, <strong>and</strong> C<strong>and</strong>ace K. S<strong>and</strong>efur............................................ 35 Figure 29. The area now covered by Duck Lake just before it was bulldozed to create <strong>the</strong> lake in 1958. From left: Raymond Smith (Harriet’s bro<strong>the</strong>r); Pearl East, Harriet’s daughter; Raymond Stewart, a hired h<strong>and</strong> who at that time lived with his wife in <strong>the</strong> “foreman’s quarters” over <strong>the</strong> garage at <strong>the</strong> Wheatley “manse”; <strong>and</strong> C.A. Wheatley. Photo courtesy of Sherill East, Diana L. Cooper, <strong>and</strong> C<strong>and</strong>ace K. S<strong>and</strong>efur.................................................................. 36 Figure 30. Christmas at <strong>the</strong> Wheatley’s home on <strong>the</strong> Circle Bar in 1957. Here (left to right) Diana, Janet, C<strong>and</strong>y <strong>and</strong> Doug Roberts, Harriet Wheatley’s great-gr<strong>and</strong>children, pose in front of <strong>the</strong> fireplace. Photo courtesy of Sherill East, Diana L. Cooper, <strong>and</strong> C<strong>and</strong>ace K. S<strong>and</strong>efur........................ 37 Figure 31. The Wheatley living room on Christmas, 1957, was bursting with gifts around <strong>the</strong> tree. Photo courtesy of Sherill East, Diana L. Cooper, <strong>and</strong> C<strong>and</strong>ace K. S<strong>and</strong>efur.................................................................. 38 Figure 32. Doug Roberts, Harriet’s great-gr<strong>and</strong>son, leads his little sister C<strong>and</strong>y on a ride at <strong>the</strong> ranch. Photo courtesy of Sherill East, Diana L. Cooper, <strong>and</strong> C<strong>and</strong>ace K. S<strong>and</strong>efur............................................ 38 Figure 33. Richard Garcia, who worked as a ranch h<strong>and</strong> for <strong>the</strong> Wheatleys in <strong>the</strong> late 1950s or early 1960s, poses with Sherill East. Behind <strong>the</strong>m are <strong>the</strong> frame house <strong>and</strong> outbuildings that were built when J.B. Wenmohs owned <strong>the</strong> ranch. Photo courtesy of Sherill East, Diana L. Cooper, <strong>and</strong> C<strong>and</strong>ace K. S<strong>and</strong>efur. ........... 39 Figure 34. At <strong>the</strong> Wheatley “manse,” from left: Pearl East (Harriet Wheatley’s daughter; Shirley Whitcome (a woman who worked in <strong>the</strong> manse); <strong>and</strong> Sherill East, Pearl’s husb<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> foreman of <strong>the</strong> ranch during <strong>the</strong> early 1960s. Photo courtesy of Sherill East, Diana L. Cooper, <strong>and</strong> C<strong>and</strong>ace K. S<strong>and</strong>efur............. 40 Figure 35. Raymond Stewart, a hired h<strong>and</strong>, in front of <strong>the</strong> Wheatley manse. Originally from Odessa, Stewart worked on <strong>the</strong> Circle Bar on “five or six” different occasions, according to Sherill East: “He would go <strong>and</strong> come” when he felt like it. Photo courtesy of Sherill East, Diana L. Cooper, <strong>and</strong> C<strong>and</strong>ace K. S<strong>and</strong>efur............. 40 Figure 36. C.A., Harriet <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> “lady’s pistol” <strong>the</strong>y found near Eagle Bluff. C.A. looks a lot more enthused than Harriet does. Photo donated to Pedernales <strong>Falls</strong> State Park by C.A. Wheatley (<strong>the</strong> Younger), C.A.’s nephew. .......... 41 Figure 37. The “manse” on January 1, 1960, after it was destroyed by a fire <strong>the</strong> night before. Photo courtesy of Sherill East, Diana L. Cooper, <strong>and</strong> C<strong>and</strong>ace K. S<strong>and</strong>efur.................................................................. 43 Figure 38. The Pedernales River at <strong>the</strong> Circle Bar after <strong>the</strong> great flood of 1952. Photo courtesy of Sherill East, Diana L. Cooper, <strong>and</strong> C<strong>and</strong>ace K. S<strong>and</strong>efur............. 44 ix
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