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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 ...
In 1868, Goodnight established Rock Canon Ranch, west of Pueblo, Colorado. [4] [6] To take advantage of available grass, timber, water, and game, Goodnight founded in 1876 what was to become the first Texas Panhandle ranch, the JA Ranch, in the Palo Duro Canyon. [7] [8] By 1885, the ranch covered 1,325,000 acres and held 100,000 head of cattle. [6]
By 1889, Bivins had established a makeshift shack in Claude, Texas, where he lived alone; his family joined him after he expanded business. He opened a grocery store, a wheat mill, an elevator, and purchased from the Ja Ranch (Later the Mulberry Ranch) seven miles south of town. In 1890, he was elected county commissioner from his precinct.
A group of old limousines await placement in the ground at the new Slug Bug Ranch Friday in Amarillo. Lee stressed that it was important to get buy-in from Route 66 organizations from across Texas ...
At a development cost of $219,790 to transport and improve the property for the new location of the Conroy Bug Ranch, Big Texan owners Bobby and Danny Lee sought $90,000, or 40%, in matching funds ...
The JA Ranch encompassed over a million acres (4,000 km 2) within six adjoining counties. Richard E. McNalty established the Turkey Track Ranch in 1878. [ 10 ] One of the early failed attempts came in 1882 when Charles G. Francklyn purchased 637,440 acres (2,579.6 km 2 ) of railroad lands in adjoining counties to form the Francklyn Land and ...
Location: Starlight Ranch, 1415 Sunrise Dr., Amarillo, TX Tickets : Available at starlightranch.com or at the gate. General Admission : $10 (includes entry, weenie dog race, and live music)
It is named for Andrew Briscoe, a soldier during the Texas Revolution. At one time, the large JA Ranch, founded by Charles Goodnight and John George Adair, reached into Briscoe County. After he left the JA, Goodnight owned the Quitaque Ranch. The prominent high school football and college coach Gene Mayfield was born in Briscoe County in 1928.