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The ranch is located west of Wichita Falls, Texas, south of Vernon, near the Red River. [6] Other towns nearby include Electra and Seymour. [6] It encloses 520,527 acres (211,000 ha; 813 sq mi; 2,110 km 2) of land. [4] It is the second-largest ranch in Texas, after the King Ranch. [6] It spans six counties [4] [6] and is half as large as Rhode ...
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.
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.
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]
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 ...
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.
Edward Paul Waggoner, best known as E. Paul, was born in 1889 to Ella (Halsell) and William Thomas Waggoner. [1] Tom Waggoner was an infant when his father Daniel Waggoner acquired land south of the Red River near Vernon, Texas and started a ranch with a few hundred head of longhorn cattle and some horses. [2]
Electra Waggoner (January 6, 1882 – November 26, 1925) was an American rancher and socialite from Texas. She was an heiress to the Waggoner Ranch , one of the largest ranches in the United States. The town of Electra, Texas , was named in her honor.