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With a high concentration of whales close to land, the method was efficient, as the companies would split the crew between the land station and hunting. [15] The most famous land station was the Dutch Smeerenburg on Amsterdam Island which had up to 200 people employed. Because of the high costs involved, only larger companies conducted whaling.
The preserve was created in 1969 by restaurant chain executive J. David Bamberger. [1]Bamberger specifically sought out a worn-out ranch with poor economic prospects and when he found Selah, “The ranch was mostly bare ground or infested with cedar (Juniperus ashei).
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] The Dixon Creek section spans 108,000 acres (169 sq mi; 44,000 ha) of land in Carson and Hutchinson counties. [4]
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).
The JA Ranch is located southeast of Amarillo, Texas in the Texas Panhandle. The main ranch house, now a museum devoted to Charles Goodnight, is located a short way south of United States Route 287. It is a two-story construction, its oldest portion a log cabin which predates the American Civil War. The main portion of the house, built ...
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 ...
The ranch produces Bosque Beef, and cinematic-quality commercials have cropped up advertising 6666 Beef, hailing from one of the largest and most iconic ranches in the country – which now ...
The mountain was the site of the Packsaddle Mountain Fight with 21 Apache Tribesmen on August 4, 1873 and was the last major Indian battle in the area. The fight on Packsaddle Mountain was precipitated when a woman from the Moss Ranch (in what is now Llano County) came into the ranch house with an arrow sticking out of her side.