Volume 15 , Issue 8

Comanche Pool

Comanche Pool -- "From Mary Einsel's Kansas, the Priceless Prairie. Each western state has its early history a famous cattle spread that overshadowed all others. Kansas had the Comanche Pool, which was located near Medicine Lodge, the largest cattle ranch in the state's history.

The ranch was started by four men: Jess Evans, Wylie Payne, Richard Phillips, and Major Andrew Drumm, after an Army order, issued from the Indian Territory, stated that no more Texas cattle drives were to cross the Oklahoma Strip. The best source for facts about the Comanche Pool is an old newspaper published in Medicine Lodge, the town closest to ranch headquarters and the only town of any size in south-central Kansas at the time of the pools organization.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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