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After visiting the Big Horn Basin area on a hunting trip in 1877–1878 with Texas Jack Omohundro, he returned the following year and established the Pitchfork Ranch on the upper Greybull River, near the present-day town of Meeteetse. Over the next few decades, he became a powerful cattle baron, homesteader and political figure in the area. [2]
Southfork Ranch as seen in the television series Dallas. Southfork Ranch is a conference and event center in Parker, in the US state of Texas, 25 mi (40 km) north of Dallas. It includes the Ewing Mansion, the setting for the television series Dallas. A variety of tours are offered to the location. [1]
In 1868, McJunkin arrived in New Mexico and became a foreman on the Thomas Owens Pitchfork Ranch. [3] McJunkin became a buffalo hunter and worked for several ranches in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. He was also reported to be an expert bronc rider and one of the best ropers in the United States.
The XIT Ranch was a cattle ranch in the Texas Panhandle which operated from 1885 to 1912. Comprising over 3,000,000 acres (12,000 km 2 ) of land, it ran for 200 miles (300 km) along the border with New Mexico , varying in width from 20 to 30 miles (30 to 50 km).
In the late 2000s, they sold their 25,000 acre Double Mountain River Ranch, and moved to the adjacent 18,000 acre Chriswell Ranch. [7] They eventually moved to Rotan, Texas, and raised cattle under the "B Lazy W" brand to supply the retail demand for naturally fed beef. Buster continued to train cutting horses and managed to expand the ranch to ...
Texas Ranch Life. Bull Hill Guest Ranch. If you want to try your hand at working cattle, visit Bull Hill Guest Ranch in Kettle Falls, Washington, which is part of a large 50,000-acre property in ...
The formerly-named Pitchfork Land and Cattle Company was organized in 1883, and SMS ranches were established during the same time frame. [7] The 6666 (called Four Sixes Ranch), also founded in 1883, was managed from 1965 to 1986 by George Humphreys, who was also affiliated with the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock.
The Cloyce Box Ranch was the site of the original Southfork ranch location, where the initial five episodes of Dallas were filmed. [1] The series left the location at the end of the first season in 1978 at the request of property owner, Cloyce K. Box , who was unhappy with the negative portrayal of the Texas oil industry by the show.