E. Paul Waggoner

E. Paul Waggoner
Born	Edward Paul Waggoner 1889 Decatur, Texas
Died	1967
Occupation	Rancher, horsebreeder
Spouse(s)	Helen Waggoner
Children	Electra Waggoner Biggs
Parent(s)	William Thomas Waggoner Ella (Halsell) Waggoner
Relatives	Electra Waggoner (sister) Guy Waggoner (brother)

E. Paul Waggoner (1889–1967), born in Decatur, Texas, was an American rancher, and one of the three original heirs to the W.T. Waggoner Estate in North Texas. After forming the estate, Tom Waggoner appointed his three children, E. Paul, Guy and Electra, to the board of directors.

Edward Paul Waggoner, best known as E. Paul, was born in 1889 to Ella (Halsell) and William Thomas Waggoner. Tom Waggoner was an infant when his father Daniel Waggoner acquired land south of the Red River near Vernon, Texas and started a ranch with a few hundred head of longhorn cattle and some horses. At the time, the Red River separated Texas from what was known as Indian Territory; it was an area where the Comanche and Kiowa made frequent raids. Tom was instrumental in expanding their land holdings into what became the sprawling Waggoner Ranch, the largest ranch under one fence in the United States. E. Paul had two siblings, a brother Guy Waggoner and sister Electra Waggoner. They were raised in the Waggoner Mansion (a.k.a. 'El Castile') in Decatur, Texas but also spent time on the Waggoner Ranch which was headquartered near Vernon, Texas. Their horse program headquarters was referred to as Whiteface.

Waggoner inherited one-fourth of the Waggoner Ranch, known as the 'Santa Rosa' subsection, where he bred Quarter Horses. An extension of his ranch holdings included 3D Stock Farm which was also home to Arlington Downs, a multi-million dollar racetrack facility his father had built, gambling that parimutuel betting would be legalized in Texas; the latter of which did occur in 1933 but the law was repealed in 1937, and wasn't legalized again in Texas until 1987.

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