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Pages in category "Ranches in Texas" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 6666 Ranch; A.
Texas regiments fought in every major battle throughout the war. After the capture of New Orleans in 1862, slave owners with means to move forced the resettlement of enslaved people to Texas to escape the Union Army's reach. The last battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Palmito Ranch, was fought in Texas on May 12, 1865. The 2nd Texas Cavalry ...
Pages in category "Ranches on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
At the time of his death, his estate was estimated to be worth $4.5 million. His obituary in the San Antonio Express called him "the wealthiest man in Texas and the largest land and cattle owner in the state". [1] Following his death, his two sons Dennis Martin (1839-1900) and Thomas Marion O'Connor continued to operate the ranch. [6]
As a young man Samuel W. Allen (no relation to the Allen Brothers who founded Houston) came to the newly established Republic of Texas in 1842 in search of opportunity. He arrived at the young town of Harrisburg (modern east Houston) and soon after married into the Thomas family which had come to Texas as part of Stephen F. Austin's original colony. [5]
The main section of the ranch is located near the town of Guthrie in King County, Texas. [1] [2] It spans 350,000 acres (550 sq mi; 140,000 ha) of land. [3]The main ranch house is off U.S. Highway 82. [4]
According to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, the 6666 brand was founded by Samuel Burk Burnett in 1870 at the age of 19. In 1900, he purchased the 8 Ranch in Guthrie, Texas, ...
The ranch is located on the north side of United States Route 290, about fourteen miles west of Johnson City, with its main access through the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site, which lies between the highway and the south bank of the Pedernales River. The National Park Service lands lie north of the river.