The Gone Cold Podcast may contain violent or graphic subject matter, listener discretion

is advised.

After her husband's death in 1958, Mary Moore's sea-right continued to live alone on the

couple's nearly 300-acre ranch, just south of Austin, Texas.

Mary was quite comfortable with the life of a rancher, and for the next 30 years, the

blue-eyed, dusty-headed, and pistol-packing woman, all 5 feet and 95 pounds of her, raised

black-angous cows with little to no help.

Her land, which was mostly unscathed by any kind of industrial or residential development,

perhaps also satisfied her intense interest in nature, of which observing birds was a favorite

pastime.

But at 80 years old in 1988, Mary Moore's sea-right knew it was time to give up ranch life.

She sold a little over a quarter of her land to the city of Austin and gifted them the rest,

so long as the property remained largely untouched, a place for residents of Austin to enjoy.

The city kept their promise, and the Mary Moore's sea-right metropolitan park was created,

a respite where Austinites could leave behind the hustle and bustle of city life.

Mary, in the meantime, moved back to her large colonial-style family house in Paris, Texas,

bringing with her a small collection of vintage automobiles and her dogs.

Once there, she began restoring the home and filling it with antique furniture, which

was enjoyed mostly by her dogs and the stray cats she took in, since visitors to the home

were generally only allowed to come as far as the sitting room in the back.

Paris residents were fortunate to have Mary's sea-right back in town.

Not only to witness firsthand her charm and the individualistic, unconventional way,

...