Included for auction in this lot is a Texas Tanning & Manufacturing Company tooled saddle, from the Brahma Brand, out of the leather capital of Texas - Yoakum. In the early 1900's a man by the name of Carl Welhausen acquired a small tannery on Brushy Creek, moving the business into the heart of town proved good for business, by 1929, the name was changed to Texas Hide & Leather Co., with an expanding inventory of leather products from saddles to wallets, it became Texas Tanning & Manufacturing Company. by 1956, the name was once again changed to "Tex Tan", and merged with the Tandy Corp. This early saddle is marked with a maker’s mark on the seat rise reading "Texas Tanning & MFG Co. Brahma Brand Yoakum, Texas”. The perimeter of this saddle is heavily tacked while the saddle seat and seat jockey show a nice tooled design. The saddle shows serial number “850”. The seat on this saddle measures 12” and the gusset measures 5 ½”. This saddle comes from a local ranch in Cameron, Montana