Shady Davis
In 1912, Shady Davis, a young cowboy on a ranch 35 or 40 miles north of Mentone, was dragged by his horse. His friends
wrapped him in a wet sheet, placed him in a wagon and started to Pecos to the nearest doctor. Shady, being broken and
skinned very badly, knew he was going to die. He asked his friends to bury him on a hill in the Slash Ranch where there is
a panoramic view. His friends tried hard to dig the grave on that hill but, because it was almost solid rock, they moved
down the hill to a sandy place and buried their 21 year old friend there, 9 miles north of Mentone.
