FORWARD
This book centers attention on the three Hunter brothers who were associated
closely in business and by mutual affections, Robert Dickie Hunter, William
Hunter and David Hunter. It was prompted by loss of the Hunter name among
their descendants as only one son was born among them to die unmarried; and,
by the compiler's affection for his Hunter mother and fascination with her
stories of her father, William Hunter, and of his two respected brothers
With the exception of Elizabeth Hunter, half-sister to the three brothers,
and her husband, Silas B. Funk, little was found about the other brothers
and sisters that does not appear in the unpublished manuscript of Margaret
Lothian (Mrs. David) Hunter, which is included in this book. That is regretted
but unavoidable if the accomplished research was ever to reach the printer.
The genealogical passages, sometimes labored and always in detail boring
to the unrelated reader, hopefully have been compensated for by the historical
content of early day cattle drives, ranching, prospecting and cattle commission
companies, ranging from New Mexico Territory and Texas to Montana and from
Colorado to Illinois; and, of the unique mining town of Thurber, Texas
Wm. Hunter McLean
Fort Worth, Texas
February, 1977 |