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Faver had no real rival in the cattle business in the Big Bend, but Apache raiders were a menace until 1880, with the toppling of Chief Victorio. A 1931 article in the ''Alpine Avalanche'' in Alpine in Presidio County refers to Faver as "almost a nation unto himself. He had a fort and had it manned by soldiers that he either hired or drafted. His business at the time was freighting by ox teams from San Antonio to Chihuahua."<ref name=saen/>

Faver had no real rival in the cattle business in the Big Bend, but Apache raiders were a menace until 1880, with the toppling of Chief Victorio. A 1931 article in the ''Alpine Avalanche'' in Alpine in Presidio County refers to Faver as "almost a nation unto himself. He had a fort and had it manned by soldiers that he either hired or drafted. His business at the time was freighting by ox teams from San Antonio to Chihuahua."<ref name=saen/>

Faver sported in his later years a long flowing white beard. He refused to ride a [[railroad]] newly-constructed to link El Paso with San Antonio. He continued instead to travel by horseback. With the passing of the open range into fenced farms and ranches, Faver's power declined, and he was forced to close his business in part because of rampant rustling of his cattle.<ref name=saen/> After his death, he was interred in an [[adobe]] tomb on Chinati Peak above Big Springs Cibolo as he had requested in a site since overgrown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82903874|title=Milton Faver|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=February 4. 2018}}</ref> His son, Juan "John" Faver (1850-1913) is interred at Concordia Cemetery in Shafter in Presidio County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Faver&GSfn=Juan&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=19836771&df=all&|title=Juan "John" Faver|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=February 4, 2018}}</ref>

Faver sported in his later years a long flowing white beard. He refused to ride a [[railroad]] newly constructed to link El Paso with San Antonio. He continued instead to travel by horseback. With the passing of the open range into fenced farms and ranches, Faver's power declined, and he was forced to close his business in part because of rampant rustling of his cattle.<ref name=saen/> After his death, he was interred in an [[adobe]] tomb on Chinati Peak above Big Springs Cibolo as he had requested in a site since overgrown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82903874|title=Milton Faver|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=February 4. 2018}}</ref> His son, Juan "John" Faver (1850-1913) is interred at Concordia Cemetery in Shafter in Presidio County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Faver&GSfn=Juan&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=19836771&df=all&|title=Juan "John" Faver|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=February 4, 2018}}</ref>

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