Lyons of Texas

10th ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD BOOK FESTIVAL AWARDS HONORABLE MENTIONS TO "THE LYONS OF TEXAS" By: L.E. FORD The Lyon family was truly a red blooded all American family, and well known as a strong honest, very wealthy family, in Texas and other parts of the world. John was the patriarch of the Lyon family. John started his empire in the late 1880''s. Born to a well off family in New Mexico, his father was a cattleman who owned a large cattle ranch, south of Santa-Fe some twenty odd miles. Due to a tragic accident when John was about sixteen, he lost both parents in a flash flood.