Lafyette M. Hughes, 78, whose name was synonymous with the Mill Iron Ranches, died in a Denver Hospital Thursday, March 27. He had been hospitalized since early January when he slipped on ice and suffered a concussion.
Although he had extensive oil, real estate and banking interest, it was as a rancher that Collingsworth and surrounding counties knew him. The Mill Iron included units in Hall and Cottle counties as well as Collingsworth. This unit was part of the historic Rocking Chair Ranch, established by a group of English noblemen in 1883. The late Col. William E. Hughes acquired the property in the late 1890s and it passed to his granddaughter, Annie Clifton Hughes, the wife of Lafayette M. Hughes.
During the more than 40 years he was identified with the ranch he inaugurated policies that made ranching history, among them the Mill Iron bull sales. He made available to the little farmers and ranchers bull calves from some of the finest blood lines in the world, at only a fraction of their market value.
Although he had extensive oil, real estate and banking interest, it was as a rancher that Collingsworth and surrounding counties knew him. The Mill Iron included units in Hall and Cottle counties as well as Collingsworth. This unit was part of the historic Rocking Chair Ranch, established by a group of English noblemen in 1883. The late Col. William E. Hughes acquired the property in the late 1890s and it passed to his granddaughter, Annie Clifton Hughes, the wife of Lafayette M. Hughes.
During the more than 40 years he was identified with the ranch he inaugurated policies that made ranching history, among them the Mill Iron bull sales. He made available to the little farmers and ranchers bull calves from some of the finest blood lines in the world, at only a fraction of their market value.
Lafyette M. Hughes, 78, whose name was synonymous with the Mill Iron Ranches, died in a Denver Hospital Thursday, March 27. He had been hospitalized since early January when he slipped on ice and suffered a concussion.
Although he had extensive oil, real estate and banking interest, it was as a rancher that Collingsworth and surrounding counties knew him. The Mill Iron included units in Hall and Cottle counties as well as Collingsworth. This unit was part of the historic Rocking Chair Ranch, established by a group of English noblemen in 1883. The late Col. William E. Hughes acquired the property in the late 1890s and it passed to his granddaughter, Annie Clifton Hughes, the wife of Lafayette M. Hughes.
During the more than 40 years he was identified with the ranch he inaugurated policies that made ranching history, among them the Mill Iron bull sales. He made available to the little farmers and ranchers bull calves from some of the finest blood lines in the world, at only a fraction of their market value.
Although he had extensive oil, real estate and banking interest, it was as a rancher that Collingsworth and surrounding counties knew him. The Mill Iron included units in Hall and Cottle counties as well as Collingsworth. This unit was part of the historic Rocking Chair Ranch, established by a group of English noblemen in 1883. The late Col. William E. Hughes acquired the property in the late 1890s and it passed to his granddaughter, Annie Clifton Hughes, the wife of Lafayette M. Hughes.
During the more than 40 years he was identified with the ranch he inaugurated policies that made ranching history, among them the Mill Iron bull sales. He made available to the little farmers and ranchers bull calves from some of the finest blood lines in the world, at only a fraction of their market value.
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