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Thomas O'Connor (c. 1819 – October 16, 1887) was an Irish rancher and landowner from County Wexford, Ireland whose estate was reportedly the largest individual land and cattle holding in Texas at the time of his death.
The house was home of Thomas M. O'Connor, a banker who accumulated ranch holdings of over 500,000 acres (200,000 ha) in years following the American Civil War. In 1983 the house still belonged to the prominent O'Connor family. [2] It was listed on the NRHP as part of a study which listed numerous historic resources in the Victoria area. [3]
Port O'Connor is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Calhoun County, Texas, United States, near the Gulf coastline between Galveston and Corpus Christi. The CDP had a population of 954 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Victoria, Texas metropolitan statistical area.
Heirs of the late Thomas O'Connor, who immigrated to the United States from Ireland in the late 1800s, own over half a million acres, including the O'Connor Ranch in south Texas. The family ...
The Tom O'Connor field's estimated cumulative oil recovery at abandonment is 802.8 million barrels of oil [16] and over 1 trillion cubic feet of gas. [17] Other notable oil and gas fields in Refugio county, at least partially, include Anaqua, Bonnie View, Fagan, Huff, La Rosa, Mary Ellen O'Connor, and McFaddin oil and gas fields. [18]
Through her mother, she was a descendent of Irish immigrant Thomas O'Connor, who at the time of his death in 1887, was the largest land and cattle owner in Texas. During the 1930s, oil was discovered on the O'Connor Ranch; the find soon proved to be the state's largest oil field. [2] Ann grew up in Victoria, Texas, and nearby Tivoli. [3]
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Texas Farm to Market Road and Ranch to Market Road markers. Regions of Texas described in this list. ... Farm or Ranch to Market Roads: Farm to Market Road X (FM X)