Casimiro Romero moved to Texas in 1876 from New Mexico with his wife and two children in a coach, his goods in 14 wagons, and ownership of 6,000 sheep. A Castilian Spaniard by birth, he spoke for the pastores, or sheep herders, who built eleven haciendas and plazas in the Canadian River area. In late 1876, cattle rancher Chas. Goodnight made a pact with Romero to respect the right of the pastores to the valley of the Canadian River, but railroads and cattle ranches in the 1880s cut into sheep lands. Romero returned to New Mexico in 1897 after selling his Texas lands, and the town of Romero, 3.5 mi. southwest of here, memorializes him in this area.