W. R. O'HAIR.

W. R. O'HAIR.
W. R. O'Hair is a successful rancher living at Wendover, Wyoming. He is widely and popularly known not only throughout this state but north to the British possessions and as one of the pioneers in the business has contributed much to the development of cattle raising interests in the west. He was born in Burnet county, Texas, May 8, 1856, a son of William and Annis (Wolf) O'Hair. The father was a native of Illinois, while the mother was born in Tennessee. It was in the year 1831 that the former went to Texas, settling in Burnet county, where he engaged in business as a stock man. He was also prominent in public life there for over fifty-five years and passed away in 1907, at the notable old age of ninety-two years. His widow is still living in Lampasas, Texas, and on the 10th of May, 1918, was eighty-eight years of age. Their family numbered seven children: J. Y., who is a stock man living at Lampasas, Texas; T. R., a ranch-man of Burnet county, Texas; W. R., of this review; Ellen, the wife of S. I. Nick, a stockman and banker of Eldorado, Texas; Minnie, the wife of James H. Berry, a dry goods merchant of McKinney, Texas; H. J., a stockman, merchant and cotton gin owner living at Coleman, Texas; and Mary, the wife of John Hutto, a merchant and farmer of Arkansas Pass, Texas. Mr. O'Hair of this review was reared in his native county and there acquired a common school education. When fourteen years of age, however, he began to work in connection with the cow business as an employe of Captain 0. C. Mullins, of San Angelo, Texas, with whom he remained for about two years. He afterward devoted a year to the operation of a cotton gin and on the expiration of that period began selling goods in a dry goods store, where he spent another year. In 1877 Mr. O'Hair came to Wyoming, making his way first to Sidney. Nebraska, and thence to Pinebluff, Wyoming, where he was in the employ of Pratt & Ferris and of the Field & Leiter Cattle Company. He worked in every capacity required of a cowboy, continuing in that way for three years. He then embarked in merchandising on his own account as senior partner in the firm of O'Hair & Snow at Hartville, Wyoming, remaining in that business for three years, after which he closed out his store. He next became a cow puncher with George A. Keeline & Sons, with whom he continued for a year, after which he entered the employ of the Adams & Glover outfit, with which he continued as a cow puncher for two years. He also spent a year with the Myers & Olrich Cattle Company and in 1887 he again embarked in business on his own account, settling on Platte river, three miles below his present ranch. There he took up a homestead and complied with the government requirements that brought him title to the property. At the present time he is the owner of the well known Riverside ranch, containing about eight hundred acres of land, of which two hundred and thirty acres is under irrigation and has been brought to a high state of cultivation. He also leases about three thousand acres and for many years has been extensively and successfully engaged in raising cattle and horses and in later years has given much attention to sheep raising. He is one of the old-time cow men and stockmen who from the pioneer era of Wyoming to the present has been identified with live stock interests in the state. He is also connected with the mining. industry, having investments in copper and iron ore properties, his mines being located in the Hartville district of Wyoming. He has likewise become owner of oil properties and is a director in the Wyoming Industrial Oil Company. Fraternally Mr. O'Hair is a Mason, belonging to Lodge No. 416, A. F. & A. M., of Wheatland. He was made a Mason in Belton, Texas, in 1877, the year when he left the Lone Star state for Wyoming, after attaining his majority. His political support is given to the democratic party. Mr. O'Hair is recognized as one of the most popular men of the state, widely known from Wyoming to the British possessions. He was in the state during the period of its early development and improvement and was one of those who took a most active part in suppressing the lawless depredations on the cattle herds, and he took an active part in th4t event which is known as the Johnson county invasion. He has ever stood for law and order, for progress and improvement and at all times his efforts and influence have been a potent force for the state's upbuilding.

W. R. O'Hair is a successful rancher living at Wendover, Wyoming. He is widely and popularly known not only throughout this state but north to the British possessions and as one of the pioneers in the business has contributed much to the development of cattle raising interests in the west. He was born in Burnet county, Texas, May 8, 1856, a son of William and Annis (Wolf) O'Hair. The father was a native of Illinois, while the mother was born in Tennessee. It was in the year 1831 that the former went to Texas, settling in Burnet county, where he engaged in business as a stock man. He was also prominent in public life there for over fifty-five years and passed away in 1907, at the notable old age of ninety-two years. His widow is still living in Lampasas, Texas, and on the 10th of May, 1918, was eighty-eight years of age. Their family numbered seven children: J. Y., who is a stock man living at Lampasas, Texas; T. R., a ranch-man of Burnet county, Texas; W. R., of this review; Ellen, the wife of S. I. Nick, a stockman and banker of Eldorado, Texas; Minnie, the wife of James H. Berry, a dry goods merchant of McKinney, Texas; H. J., a stockman, merchant and cotton gin owner living at Coleman, Texas; and Mary, the wife of John Hutto, a merchant and farmer of Arkansas Pass, Texas.
Mr. O'Hair of this review was reared in his native county and there acquired a common school education. When fourteen years of age, however, he began to work in connection with the cow business as an employe of Captain 0. C. Mullins, of San Angelo, Texas, with whom he remained for about two years. He afterward devoted a year to the operation of a cotton gin and on the expiration of that period began selling goods in a dry goods store, where he spent another year.
In 1877 Mr. O'Hair came to Wyoming, making his way first to Sidney. Nebraska, and thence to Pinebluff, Wyoming, where he was in the employ of Pratt & Ferris and of the Field & Leiter Cattle Company. He worked in every capacity required of a cowboy, continuing in that way for three years. He then embarked in merchandising on his own account as senior partner in the firm of O'Hair & Snow at Hartville, Wyoming, remaining in that business for three years, after which he closed out his store. He next became a cow puncher with George A. Keeline & Sons, with whom he continued for a year, after which he entered the employ of the Adams & Glover outfit, with which he continued as a cow puncher for two years. He also spent a year with the Myers & Olrich Cattle Company and in 1887 he again embarked in business on his own account, settling on Platte river, three miles below his present ranch. There he took up a homestead and complied with the government requirements that brought him title to the property. At the present time he is the owner of the well known Riverside ranch, containing about eight hundred acres of land, of which two hundred and thirty acres is under irrigation and has been brought to a high state of cultivation. He also leases about three thousand acres and for many years has been extensively and successfully engaged in raising cattle and horses and in later years has given much attention to sheep raising. He is one of the old-time cow men and stockmen who from the pioneer era of Wyoming to the present has been identified with live stock interests in the state. He is also connected with the mining. industry, having investments in copper and iron ore properties, his mines being located in the Hartville district of Wyoming. He has likewise become owner of oil properties and is a director in the Wyoming Industrial Oil Company.
Fraternally Mr. O'Hair is a Mason, belonging to Lodge No. 416, A. F. & A. M., of Wheatland. He was made a Mason in Belton, Texas, in 1877, the year when he left the Lone Star state for Wyoming, after attaining his majority. His political support is given to the democratic party. Mr. O'Hair is recognized as one of the most popular men of the state, widely known from Wyoming to the British possessions. He was in the state during the period of its early development and improvement and was one of those who took a most active part in suppressing the lawless depredations on the cattle herds, and he took an active part in th4t event which is known as the Johnson county invasion. He has ever stood for law and order, for progress and improvement and at all times his efforts and influence have been a potent force for the state's upbuilding.