The Oldest Ranch in Texas

The Oldest Ranch in Texas
Title The Oldest Ranch in Texas PDF eBook
Author Joe Wreford Hipp
Publisher
Pages 128
Release 2000
Genre Biography & Autobiography
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The XIT Ranch of Texas and the Early Days of the Llano Estacado

The XIT Ranch of Texas and the Early Days of the Llano Estacado
Title The XIT Ranch of Texas and the Early Days of the Llano Estacado PDF eBook
Author J. Evetts Haley
Publisher University of Oklahoma Press
Pages 308
Release 2013-06-14
Genre History
ISBN 080615005X

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Among the famous ranch brands of Texas are the T Anchor, JA, Diamond Tail, 777, Bar C, and XIT. And the greatest of these was XIT—The XIT Ranch of Texas. It was not the first ranch in West Texas, but after its formation in the eighteen-eighties it became the largest single operation in the cow country of the Old West and covered more than three million acres, all fenced. The state of Texas patented this huge rectangle of land, at the time considered by many to be part of "the great American desert," to the Capitol Freehold Land and Investment Company of Chicago, in exchange for funds to erect the state capitol building in Austin. This "desert" became a legend in the cattle business, and it remains today a memory to thousands who recall the era when mustangs and longhorns grazed beneath the brand of the XIT. The development and operation of this pastoral enterprise and its relation to the history of Texas is the subject of this great and widely discussed book by J. Evetts Haley, now made available to readers every· where. It is the story of a wild prairie, roamed by Indians, buffalo, mustangs, and antelope, that became a country of railroads, oil fields, prosperous farms, and carefully bred herds of cattle. The XIT Ranch of Texas is the epic account of a ranching operation about which many know a little but only a few very much. It is the one volume that, more than any other, portrays the early-day cattle business of the West.

Texas Almanac, 2000-2001 (Millennium Edition)

Texas Almanac, 2000-2001 (Millennium Edition)
Title Texas Almanac, 2000-2001 (Millennium Edition) PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 0
Release 1999
Genre Texas
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Cowboys of the Waggoner Ranch

Cowboys of the Waggoner Ranch
Title Cowboys of the Waggoner Ranch PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 140
Release 2015-11-01
Genre
ISBN 9780996628501

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Cowboys of the historic Waggoner Ranch are living legends.They are men who embody the attributes of dusty riders who braved the wild a century ago. The cowboys ride a vast ranch, the largest in the United States within one fence. The 510,772-acre ranch, a couple of hours northwest of Dallas/Fort Worth, was established in 1854, only nine years after Texas joined the Union. Jeremy Enlow was granted rare access to photograph the twenty-six cowboys who ride the trails of their forebearers, living a life and practicing skills that have almost disappeared. It is important to record their lives before they shut the gate behind them the last time. This book is a tribute to the cowboys of the Waggoner Ranch.

Historic Ranches of Texas

Historic Ranches of Texas
Title Historic Ranches of Texas PDF eBook
Author Lawrence Clayton
Publisher University of Texas Press
Pages 98
Release 1997
Genre History
ISBN 0292711891

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Traces the history and present-day operation of twelve prominent Texas ranches.

Old Ranches of the Texas Plains

Old Ranches of the Texas Plains
Title Old Ranches of the Texas Plains PDF eBook
Author Mondel Rogers
Publisher Texas A&M University Press
Pages 124
Release 1976
Genre Art
ISBN 9780890960196

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Eighty paintings provide a pictorial survey of the development of ranch architecture and of the growth of the range cattle industry on the West Texas Plains

Lazy B

Lazy B
Title Lazy B PDF eBook
Author Sandra Day O'Connor
Publisher Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pages 338
Release 2003-04-08
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0812966732

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The remarkable story of Sandra Day O’Connor’s family and early life, her journey to adulthood in the American Southwest that helped make her the woman she is today: the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and one of the most powerful women in America. “A charming memoir about growing up as sturdy cowboys and cowgirls in a time now past.”—USA Today In this illuminating and unusual book, Sandra Day O’Connor tells, with her brother, Alan, the story of the Day family, and of growing up on the harsh yet beautiful land of the Lazy B ranch in Arizona. Laced throughout these stories about three generations of the Day family, and everyday life on the Lazy B, are the lessons Sandra and Alan learned about the world, self-reliance, and survival, and how the land, people, and values of the Lazy B shaped them. This fascinating glimpse of life in the Southwest in the last century recounts an important time in American history, and provides an enduring portrait of an independent young woman on the brink of becoming one of the most prominent figures in America.