Robert Butler is a recently retired World History teacher from a large school in East Texas. He was a late comer to that profession after having spent many years on the Great South Bay off the shores of Long Island, N. Y. harvesting shellfish. Deciding to uproot in 1976 he headed for Houston, Texas and became a outside sales representative and legal lobbyist for Central Freight Lines. Robert made a name for himself in that business becoming the vice-president of the Bus and Truck Transportation Lobbying group known as B.A.T.T.L.E. Not long after Robert was hired away by a competitor but the restless never sleep. Robert then pursued a life long dream of owning and operating a ranch in East Texas. He purchased a large poultry operation which helped him fund what he says was his true passion, raising a registered herd of Beefmaster cattle. Along the way he became a volunteer coach for the local baseball and basketball leagues where he coached his son who went on to become State Champion Three Point Shooter in 2004. It was the love of coaching that drove him back to college where he added a teaching degree to his resume and began teaching in 1998 until retiring in 2004. He says "seven years of High School 10th grade was enough", with a laugh.
The one passion Robert has never been able to quench is that of collecting fine artifacts, primarily Indian stone tools and weapons. This passion dates back to the summer of 1979 when he was out of town lobbying for Central Freight Lines in West Texas. As fate would have it Robert walked into "The Comanche Trading Post" in Comanche, Texas. While there he noticed a huge 9 1/2" spear point which just knocked his socks off. So, as he tells it, that was the beginning of his one, and still going strong, extra-marital love affair. This turned out to be a life long study of North American Indians and the collection of their relics. This long running love affair has lasted almost as long as his very real marriage to the real love of his life, Sarah, to whom, "I owe my love and devotion for her patience and strength while putting up with me and my consumption by Indian relics".