Thomas Coleman and George Ware Fulton founded one of the great ranches of South Texas, the Coleman Fulton Pasture Company. Coleman and Fulton became rivals for control of the company.
Fulton, who made his fortune from beef packing plants, built a mansion he called Oakhurst. We know it today as the Fulton Mansion. Among the guests at the housewarming party in 1877 were Thomas Coleman and his wife. On the way home Mrs. Coleman complained to her husband, “If she can have one (mean… (View original article)