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In 1876, John Arden brought the first flock of sheep from California, and Billy Childress established the Longhorn 7D Ranch. [4] The Texas Legislature formed Irion County from Tom Green County in 1889. Sherwood became the county seat. [5] Oil was discovered in Irion County in 1928. [6] In 1936, Mertzon became the county seat. [7]
Texas Slave Ranch; U. U Lazy S Ranch; W. Waggoner Ranch; X. XIT Ranch This page was last edited on 29 September 2024, at 21:19 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
President Bush at his ranch Angela Merkel and Bush outside the main house in November 2007. Prairie Chapel Ranch, nicknamed Bush Ranch, is a 1,583-acre (6.41 km 2) ranch in unincorporated McLennan County, Texas, located 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Crawford (about 25 miles (40 km) from Waco).
In 1900, he purchased the 8 Ranch in Guthrie, Texas, which became the nucleus of the present-day 6666 Ranch, followed by the Dixon Creek Ranch and later purchases which now all make up the ranch's ...
Waggonner Ranch in 2023. The Waggoner Ranch is a historic ranch located 13 miles south of Vernon, Texas, in north Texas near the Red River and Oklahoma border. Founded in 1852 by Daniel Waggoner, [2] it is the largest ranch within one fence in the United States. [3] [4] The land has been used to raise crops, beef cattle, and horses and 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 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).
Dudley gave his youngest son Archibald an annual living allowance of £400 and sent him to Texas to work as the assistant ranch manager and bookkeeper. [2] When Archibald's sister and brother-in-law, Lord and Lady Aberdeen, visited Archibald in the summer of 1887 they found him living in the one-bedroom wood frame house he shared with the ranch manager, J. John Drew.