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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.
The A. S. Gage Ranch is a 190,000-acre (770 km 2) cattle ranch located in Brewster and Presidio Counties in west Texas. Today's ranch is only a part of what was a once much larger operation founded in 1883 by Alfred S. Gage. It is still in the family, being owned and operated by Alfred's great grandchildren who are children of Alfred Negley ...
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 ...
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It is in West Texas and its county seat (and only city) is Alpine. [1] It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region, and borders Mexico . Brewster County is the largest county by area in the state - at 6,192 square miles (16,040 km 2 ) it is over three times the size of the state of Delaware , and more than 500 square ...
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 ...
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The ranch was founded in 1847 and is one of the oldest ranches in the United States, pre-dating many mainland ranches in Texas and other southwestern states by more than 30 years. The founder of the ranch was John Palmer Parker who assisted Kamehameha I in ridding the island of feral bulls and was granted land on which he established the ranch.