​Colonel C.C. Slaughter
​(Feb. 9, 1837 - Jan. 25, 1919)

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Marker Text: ​Christopher Columbus Slaughter was the first native born cattle king of Texas. While living on the west Texas frontier he was a ranger, Confederate beef supplier, and trail driver. His ranching empire, including the Long S and Lazy S ranches, totaled over one million acres. In the early 1870s he moved to Dallas, where he founded, and was an officer in, three early banks. An initiator of the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assn., he was also noted for his philanthropy to Baptist schools, churches, and hospitals, especially Baylor Hospital. (1988)

Marker No. 6883

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker 

Georgraphic: 32.800865, -96.797783

Location: Greenwood Cemetery, 3020 Oak Grove