Augustus Maverick (1803-1870)

This is the man where the word "Maverick" comes from.

His family, today, is very upset by the use of their name-sake being used by John McCain. As his great-great-grand-daughter stated October 6, on the Karel Radio Show on KGO-AM-810 (San Francisco), "I’m Fontaine Maverick, And John McCain, You Are No Maverick..."

In Texas, the word "maverick" is considered to denote a screaming-liberal!

How was the word first coined? Augustus Maverick accepted some cattle for a debt that was owed him. He put the cattle on an island off the Texas coast, but, failed to brand them. The cattle, without their brand, became known as Maverick's.

In later years Mr. Maverick often claimed cattle with no-brand as his. He was no big cattle barron, but, was very influencial in Texas politics and was one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence.

But, in addition to Augustus, his sons joined him in what was and is considered to be free-spirited, and, so, with them came the coined-word "Maverick."

Located on "Karel's BLOG (Radio host on KGO AM 810) are the entire story and AUDIO-LISTEN of the interview done with Fontaine Maverick.

Even if the issue of John McCain using the word "maverick" doesn't bother you, the story posted and the audio is an interesting and informative review of who these people were and where the word originated from.

Karel's Blog (October 7, 2008):
http://www.radiokrl.com/Karelchannel.com/Welcome/Entries/2008/10/7_real_mavericks_denounce_mccain.html

KGO Radio (LISTEN from this link)
http://www.kgoradio.com

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