 Macune left pharmacy to work a series of odd jobs, which took him to the states of Kansas and California.In the summer of 1871 the 20-year-old Macune moved to what would become his home state of Texas, where he worked as a cattle drover in the northern part of the state.In September 1874 Macune entered the field of journalism for the first time, launching a weekly broadsheet in the town of Burnet called the "Burnet Bulletin."