“Ree Heights Roadside Park”

The railroad beet the settlers into this area where farms are giving way to cattle ranches, now as it was then. Ree Heights’ first postmaster was Wm. H. Love 8 June 1882. Three miles South are the REE HEIGHTS, rolling, watered grassland. Some of the early comers were F.E. and L.W. Lansing, Volney T. Hogatt, John O’Brien, the section boss, his son Jerry, first white boy born in Hand County; Charles and Matty Turner, John T. Cogan, like Lansing a newspaper man. It was platted by Love Brothers in May 1882.

Good range country lay all about and some of the early brands were Jules DeSomer Monkey Wrench; Gardner Brothers 77; Ronald Lauson RL Rail; John O’Brien JO; H.E. Price Triple 1

Quartercircle; P. Walkins Quartercircle 2. Good grass and water make good beef and one of the latest brands in the area is the P Arrow of Joe Poindexter. If you want to know more about reading brands just walk around to the other side of this here marker.

Hand County