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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 massive ranch stretched through ten counties in Texas and at its peak regularly ...
Toggle North America subsection. 3.1 Canada. 3.2 Mexico. 3.3 United States. ... Spade Ranch (Texas) Waggoner Ranch; XIT Ranch; Utah. Deseret Ranches; Hardware Ranch ...
A western extension of the trail was used by the XIT Ranch for trail drives connecting Tascosa to Dodge City until 1885. Afterwards, the northern portion of the trail connected Buffalo Springs to the XIT range on Cedar Creek, 60 miles north of Miles City, Montana. The trail passed through Lamar, Kit Carson, and Lusk. That trail was used from ...
Dalhart is known as the "XIT City" because of its relationship with the historic XIT Ranch. [1] The ranch was a 3,000,000-acre (12,000 km 2) plot of land traded in exchange for the construction of the Texas State Capitol in Austin. The ranch was dissolved in 1912, but its history is celebrated with the city's XIT Museum and
Patrick H. Landergin (March 3, 1854 – March 4, 1929) was an American politician, rancher, banker and philanthropist. He served as a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives in 1903. With his brother John, he was the co-owner of the LS Ranch and later purchased 100,000 acres of the XIT Ranch in Texas. By the time of his death ...
After facing food shortages during the pandemic, James and Rachael Stewart purchased land and launched the first black-owned protein ranch in Arizona.
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Oldham County was formed in 1876 and organized in 1881, and named for Williamson Simpson Oldham, Sr., a Texas pioneer and Confederate Senator. At the time of its organization, about half of the county was a part of the XIT Ranch.