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Hall was born to Eliza Robinson in the City of York in 1859 and died on 31 May 1927 at Barrow-in-Furness. [1] He lived in the City of York, Elswick, Blackpool, Woodland, Coniston and Barrow-in-Furness, [2] [3] and married Mary Annie née Bleasdale.
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 ...
SMS Ranches eventually became one of the largest landowners in Texas. At their peak, the SMS Ranches occupy considerable portions of twelve counties in the lower plains area of West Texas and comprise more than 300,000 acres (1,200 km 2). The ranches were named for the initials of the founder, Swante M. Swenson.
Longhorn cattle may refer to: English Longhorn, a traditional long-horned brown and white breed of cattle; Texas Longhorn, a breed of cattle related to the cattle brought to Texas, California, and Florida by the Spanish; Highland cattle, a Scottish breed called Highland longhorn
The Highland Cattle Club of Finland was founded in 1997. Their studbooks show importation of Highland cattle breeding stock to Finland, dating back to 1884. The Finnish club states that in 2016, there were 13 000 Highland cattle in Finland. [18]
The 25-year-old Mount Airy resident traded cattle in his own name, as a business called Diamond L. Feeders and as an order-buyer for companies operated by a Texas man.
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 produce oil.
Cowboys at the XIT Ranch in 1891. 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).