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Adam T. Brown was born in
Dumfries Shire, Scotland, and came to
Coleman County in the late 1870's.
He bought 30,000 acres of land, starting
where the Overall ranch ended twelve mile
south of Coleman to where the Starkweather
ranch began. He ran sheep at the
time the range war between the cattlemen
and sheepmen was in progress in south
Coleman County. He didn't fence his
land until it was over, although Mr.
Starkweather fenced the south end of the
Brown ranch. Mr. Brown began
dividing his ranch into farms in 1892, but
didn't start selling them until after the
turn of the century. He bought his
ranch from the government for twenty-five
cents per acre. Mr. Brown branded
his cows with "A"' on the left shoulder,
"T"' on the right shoulder and "B"' on the
left hip. His horses were branded
"ATB" on the left hip.
J. E. Boog-Scott,
a brother-in-law of Mr. Brown, paid Mr.
Brown $15.00 a month to let him work for
him in order to learn the business of
ranching. After several months, Mr.
Brown began paying him. Mr.
Boog-Scott was so "green" to country ways
that he once mistakenly attempted to shoot
a skunk, thinking it was a baby
wolf. He missed, got off his horse,
and kicked the skunk! Adam T. Brown
went back to Scotland and died there in
the early 1930's, buried near Edinburgh.
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