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Texas Slave Ranch; U. U Lazy S Ranch; W. Waggoner Ranch; X. XIT Ranch This page was last edited on 29 September 2024, at 21:19 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
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.
The National Ranching Heritage Center, located on the Texas Tech University campus in Lubbock, Texas, is a unique museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the history and heritage of ranching in the United States. Established in 1971, the center sits on a 27-acre historical park and features a collection of authentic ranching structures ...
The Combellack–Blair House is a historic house in the Gold Rush town of Placerville, in El Dorado County, California, built in 1895. The landmark house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on February 14, 1985.
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 ...
A year later, in 1915, he purchased the Bravo Ranch, which spanned 111,000 acres in Hartley County, Texas, for US$540,000. [2] [4] The acreage came from the XIT Ranch. [5] Shortly after the purchase of the ranch, he was the owner of 500,000 acres and 28,000 head of cattle in total. [4] Shelton raised Hereford and Angus cattle on the Bravo Ranch ...
Santa Rita is a planned community and census-designated place (CDP) in Williamson County, Texas, United States.It was first listed as a CDP during the 2020 census.It sits on 3,100-acres [4] It is in the western part of the county, 11 miles (18 km) west of Georgetown, the county seat, and 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Liberty Hill. [5]
Mo Ranch is a Presbyterian conference center for summer camps, retreats, family reunions that is located in unincorporated Kerr County, Texas. It is in a west-central area in the county, 10 miles (16 km) west of Hunt, Texas , [ 1 ] in the Hill Country at the North Fork of the Guadalupe River .