Fort Davis

Katy Boy Scout Troop Makes a Historic Find

Signs created by Boy Scout Troop 73 of Katy designate the hanging tree – photo courtesy Warren Fields

By George Slaughter Boy Scouts from Katy have found and marked a historic West Texas hanging tree where, in the late 1800s, some cattle rustlers met their fate. The tree, part of a site that became known as Rustler’s Flat, is part of the Buffalo Trails Scout Ranch, near Fort Davis. In the late 19th Century, a group of cattle rustlers stole cattle, butchered it, and sold the meat to soldiers at the U.S. Army […]