Pictorial History of Victoria County Portrait

Victoria resident Harold Johnston, in tandem with his daughter Elizabeth Winn, recently reissued his grandfather Leopold Morris' "Pioneer Cattlemen of Victoria County" poster which features 40 notable ranchers from Victoria County from the 19th and 20th centuries. The poster page was taken from a larger body of work completed by Morris to document the areas surrounding Victoria, Texas. His book, "Pictorial History of Victoria County", featured maps, drawings and photographs and was published in 1947.

Here is a portrait along with a few other snaps from a recent visit with Johnston at his home in Victoria.

Harold Johnston, 76, of Victoria, recently began reprinting his grandfather Leopold Morris' historic Pioneer Cattlemen of Victoria County poster that originally published in 1947. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

The Pictorial History of Victoria County, published in 1953, featured Leopold Morris' historic Pioneer Cattlemen of Victoria County poster that originally published in 1947. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Harold Johnston, 76, of Victoria, flips through the Pictorial History of Victoria County, published in 1953, which featured his grandfather Leopold Morris' historic Pioneer Cattlemen of Victoria County poster that originally published in 1947. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)