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Hermon "Babe" Oliver (1920-2009) worked for the Pitchfork Ranch for forty-two years. In 1960, he was elected as one of the four King County ommissioners, a part-time position which he held until 1976, when he was elected [[sheriff]] of King County. In 1984, he was appointed King County administrative county judge, a position which he held until his retirement in 1990. Oliver was born to M. N. and Ada Oliver in Steedman in Pontotoc County in southern Oklahoma. He moved to Texas with his family in 1934 and thereafter was a [[United States Army]] veteran of [[World War II]]. On February 25, 1945, he married the former Bama Nell Smith (1924–2007) in Paducah in Cottle County, Texas. The Olivers relocated in 1995 to Pampa in Gray County, Texas, and then in August 2007 to Clyde in Callahan County. Oliver was survived by two daughters, Linda and husband, Jimmy Barton, of Clyde and Beth Watson and husband, Randy Watson, of Pampa, and one son, Terry and wife, Linda Oliver, of Dumont in King County. His services were held at the First [[United Methodist]] Church in Paducah, Texas. Interment was at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Paducah.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/020509/obi_384786752.shtml|title=Obituary of Hermon "Babe" Oliver|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=February 5, 2009|accessdate=February 5, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Hermon "Babe" Oliver (1920-2009) worked for the Pitchfork Ranch for forty-two years. In 1960, he was elected as one of the four King County ommissioners, a part-time position which he held until 1976, when he was elected [[sheriff]] of King County. In 1984, he was appointed King County administrative county judge, a position which he held until his retirement in 1990. Oliver was born to M. N. and Ada Oliver in Steedman in Pontotoc County in southern Oklahoma. He moved to Texas with his family in 1934 and thereafter was a [[United States Army]] veteran of [[World War II]]. On February 25, 1945, he married the former Bama Nell Smith (1924–2007) in Paducah in Cottle County, Texas. The Olivers relocated in 1995 to Pampa in Gray County, Texas, and then in August 2007 to Clyde in Callahan County. Oliver was survived by two daughters, Linda and husband, Jimmy Barton, of Clyde and Beth Watson and husband, Randy Watson, of Pampa, and one son, Terry and wife, Linda Oliver, of Dumont in King County. His services were held at the First [[United Methodist]] Church in Paducah, Texas. Interment was at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Paducah.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/020509/obi_384786752.shtml|title=Obituary of Hermon "Babe" Oliver|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=February 5, 2009|accessdate=February 5, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>
[[Image:Pitchfork Ranch cookhouse, Lubbock, TX.jpg|250px|right|thumnb|A restored cookhouse from the Pitchfork is displayed in [[Lubbock]] at the National Ranching Heritage Center.]]
[[Image:Pitchfork Ranch cookhouse, Lubbock, TX.jpg|250px|right|thumb|A restored cookhouse from the Pitchfork is displayed in [[Lubbock]] at the National Ranching Heritage Center.]]
==The Pitchfork today==
==The Pitchfork today==