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A pair of chaps hanging from the ranch's "6666" insignia. The ranch was established by Samuel Burk Burnett in 1900 after he purchased the land from the Louisville Land and Cattle Company. [3] [7] Legend has it that he won the ranch from a card game, where he scored four sixes. [3] However, Burnett and his descendants have denied this folklore ...
King Ranch is the largest ranch in the United States. At some 825,000 acres (3,340 km 2 ; 1,289 sq mi) [ 3 ] it is larger than both the land area of Rhode Island and the area of the European country Luxembourg . [ 4 ]
In 1900, Burnett purchased the 8 Ranch, later known as the 6666 Ranch, near Guthrie, Texas, from the Louisville Land and Cattle Company. [5] He also acquired the Dixon Creek Ranch near Panhandle, Texas. In 1917, he built a ranchhouse in Guthrie designed by architects Sanguinet and Staats at a cost of US$100,000.
The historic 6666 Ranch in West Texas has officially sold. Here's a look back at it's place in history, and what was there. Here's a look at the history of the West Texas 6666 Ranch, which sold ...
The historic 6666 Ranch in West Texas has officially been sold. Its history includes visits by Theodore Roosevelt and the filming of 'Yellowstone.' West Texas 6666 Ranch sells for over $320 million.
Yellowstone ranch hand Jimmy was sent to the 6666 to work for most of the show's fourth outing, introducing the new ranch and a few select characters who could certainly make a return in the spin-off.
A decade later, from 1923 to 1925, he acquired the Pope Ranch and the McAdams Ranch in Foard County, Texas as well as the Moon Ranch formerly owned by W. Q. Richards, in Cottle County, Texas. A few years later, in 1929, he purchased the YL Ranch (formerly part of the OX Ranch) in the Paducah area. A decade later, in 1938, he purchased the 7L Ranch.
Richard King (July 10, 1824 – April 14, 1885) was a riverboat captain, Confederate, entrepreneur, and most notably, the founder of the King Ranch in South Texas, which at the time of his death in 1885 encompassed over 825,000 acres (3,340 km 2).