Ep. 113: The Travis County Dog Wars

Wise About Texas

Ken Wise

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🗓️ 13 June 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Shortly after the civil war, Appalachia came to Austin. Known as the cedar choppers, migrants from the mountains moved into the limestone hills of western Travis County. They kept to themselves, didn't like outsiders, and loved a good fight. But the city dwellers loved to hunt in the hills. Hunting their game and shooting guns in their hills didn't sit well with the cedar choppers. Finally, dogs started getting shot. When one cedar chopper was brought to trial, we'd see who had the bigger claim to Travis County. Learn about the Travis County dog wars in the latest episode of Wise About Texas.

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0:00.0	Howdy and welcome to Wise About Texas. This is your host Ken Wise. I want to thank you for tuning in today for some Texas history.
0:16.0	This podcast is being recorded and released in the summer of 2022,
0:20.0	and boy are we in the thick of it.
0:22.0	It's 100 degrees every day around Texas including areas
0:26.3	where it usually doesn't get that hot. Problem is of course it's only June so we're in
0:30.9	for it. So I hope your AC is working and be sure and drink plenty of
0:36.2	water I really appreciate all the feedback on the Mary Christian Burleson
0:42.2	episode a release just after Mother's Day.
0:45.3	Keep it coming. I've heard from a lot of folks recently about summer road trips.
0:49.3	That's we're in the time of year for that and asking for tips and sites to see and certainly I have
0:57.5	opinions on that but my opinion is only one but I'm always happy to help so you
1:02.2	can reach me anytime at host at wise about
1:04.9	Texas.com and I'm happy to tell you what I know as much or as little as that might be I do
1:10.0	love hearing from you hearing about your families your Texas stories and your suggestions for
1:14.9	episodes so keep them coming. Today we are going to talk about an incident that
1:20.2	happened a little while back in Western Travis County. Now I spend a lot of
1:24.4	time in Austin for various things and I'm one of those who can remember Austin in
1:30.4	the 70s although I was pretty young.
1:33.0	That's when I started going over there.
1:35.0	And I've spent so much time there over the decades
1:38.0	that I often join in on a favorite sport of people my age and older and that's talking about how much
1:44.2	Austin has changed and usually complaining that it hadn't been for the better.
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