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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 ...
These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America. [1] Under Spain, no private land ownership was allowed, so the grants were more akin to free leases.
The XIT Ranch office is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Channing was founded in 1888 by George Channing Rivers, a paymaster for the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway. [6] The settlement was originally called Rivers. Since the name Rivers duplicated another community in Texas, the name was changed to Channing later that year ...
Salinas and Carmel valley views and a wine vineyard included.
San Geronimo was on the market in San Luis Obispo County for the first time in 100 years.
Pages in category "Ranches in California" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * Ranchos of ...
By 1907, Landergin and his brother purchased 100,000 acres from the LS Ranch in Texas. [3] They purchased the XIT Ranch in 1916. [3] When his brother died in 1923, Landergin became the sole proprietor of their ranching interests. [3] One of his sons-in-law, Grady Nobles, worked on his ranches. [1]
Hughes’s grandmother Milly lived in a ranch house in Rancho Santa Fe, in San Diego County. The dining room’s antique Belgian library table is surrounded by press-back oak chairs from flea markets.