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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 ...
When W.T. Waggoner was just a lad, he and his father set about on an adventure that would end with a ranching empire of well over 500,000 acres of Texas land, covering parts of six counties. The Waggoner Ranch would come to be known as the largest ranch in the United States under one fence at 530,000 acres.
January 18, 2006 (200 N Kaufman St. Mount Vernon: State Antiquities Landmark: 3: Mount Vernon Downtown Historic District: Mount Vernon Downtown Historic District
A glimpse of downtown Vernon, with Waggoner National Bank in the left background The Red River Valley Museum is located on the Vernon College campus. Vernon is a city and the county seat of Wilbarger County, Texas, United States. [4] and as of the 2010 Census had a population of 11,002.
William Thomas Waggoner (August 31, 1852 – December 11, 1934) was an American rancher, oilman, banker, horsebreeder and philanthropist from Texas. He was the owner of the Waggoner Ranch, where he found oil in 1903. He was the founding president of the Waggoner National Bank of Vernon.
It was also described by early Texas settler Richard Boren. [2] By 1879, the creek was flowing through the Waggoner Ranch established by Daniel Waggoner. This section was managed by his son, William Thomas Waggoner. [3] W.T. Waggoner sold this section of their ranch to developers in 1903. [4]
Daniel Waggoner (July 7, 1828 – September 5, 1902) was an early American settler and rancher in Texas. He also owned five banks, three cottonseed oil mills, and a coal company. He also owned five banks, three cottonseed oil mills, and a coal company.
The mansion was built in 1883 for Daniel Waggoner, owner of the Waggoner Ranch. [2] [3] [5] It was designed in the Victorian architectural style. [2] It comprises sixteen rooms and six bathrooms, with two bedrooms on the ground floor and four bedrooms on the first floor. [2] The house was inherited by Daniel Waggoner's son, William Thomas ...