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Samuel Burk Burnett was born on January 1, 1849, in Bates County, Missouri, [1] [2] to parents originally from Virginia. [3] His father, Jeremiah Burnett, was a farmer; his mother was Mary (Turner) Burnett. [2] He had a brother, Bruce Burnett, who later became a rancher in his own right. [4]
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 tale. [3]
In 1906, a nearby wealthy rancher named Samuel Burk Burnett sold more than 16,000 acres (65 km 2) of his land in northern Wichita County to a group of investors who were seeking to extend into the wheat-growing area of Western Oklahoma the Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway, one of the Frank Kell/Joseph A. Kemp properties based in Wichita ...
Costello has also contributed to Burnett's albums as a co-songwriter of selected tracks. The album was released in tandem with the radio play The True Story of the Coward Brothers on Audible . In addition to Burnett and Costello, the play features Christopher Guest , Rhea Seehorn , and Harry Shearer , among others.
The Burk Burnett Building was designed by Sanguinet & Staats and built in 1914. At the time of construction, it was the tallest building of the city and became the first skyscraper in Fort Worth. It was originally occupied by the State National Bank. The bank was declared bankrupt in 1915, and the building was bought by Samuel Burk Burnett and ...
Mary and Samuel Burnett made their home in Fort Worth, Texas. The couple had one child, Samuel Burk Burnett Jr., who died one month short of his twenty-first birthday in 1916. The marriage became contentious, in part because of Samuel Burnett's relationship with his granddaughter Anne Valliant Burnett Tandy. The situation deteriorated to the ...
Samuel Burk Burnett (maternal great-grandfather) Thomas Lloyd Burnett (maternal grandfather) Anne Windfohr Marion (born Anne Valliant Burnett Hall ; November 10, 1938 – February 11, 2020) was an American heiress, rancher, horse breeder, business executive, philanthropist, and art collector from Fort Worth, Texas .
The Showstoppers (alternatively the Show Stoppers) [1] was a four-piece African-American vocal soul group formed in Philadelphia about 1967. [1] They are best remembered for their 1967 hit, "Ain't Nothin' But a Houseparty", [1] which was the debut release on three record labels: Showtime Records, Heritage Records, and Beacon Records.