Max K Huff

Life in the Southwest in the Early Twentieth Century Max K Huff

This is the story by Clarence Huff of his father Frank Huff and his many adventures including interaction with outlaws during the early part of the twentieth century beginning when he owned a ranch and operated a cotton gin in Indian Territory (Oklahoma before it became a state). Traveling by covered wagon across the southern plains, he took his family to New Mexico to homestead in 1908. After receiving his homestead deed in 1913, he left New Mexico to cross western Texas to Hollis, Oklahoma where he traded his New Mexico homestead for a ranch and also managed a cotton gin. His son meanwhile worked as a cowboy on the fabled ranches in western Texas and later in the Texas and Oklahoma oil fields.