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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 ...
The memorial statue "Dash for Cash" in front of the American Quarter Horse Association museum in Amarillo, Texas. The American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum was created by the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), based in Amarillo, Texas. Ground breaking construction of the Hall of Fame Museum began in 1989. [1]
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]
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He purchased a 2,000-acre ranch west of Sherman in Grayson County in 1876. [3] Over the years, this ranch grew to be 10,300 acres. [ 3 ] By 1881, working for Glidden alongside William Henry Bush , [ 4 ] Sanborn established the Frying Pan Ranch near Bushland, Texas , spanning acres of land in Potter County and Randall County . [ 1 ]
A Supreme Race Horse award requires the horse to satisfy the following three criteria: (1) win over $500,000 in earnings, (2) win two Grade 1 stakes races and (3) win a total of ten races. [13] In 1993, AQHA launched Quarter Horse racing's first series of races with a championship-ending day, called The Bank of America Racing Challenge. It is a ...
North of Amarillo in Lake Meredith National Recreation Area 35°32′29″N 101°43′44″W / 35.541389°N 101.728889°W / 35.541389; -101.728889 ( McBride Ranch Amarillo
Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway is a Texas state park located along the eastern edge of the Llano Estacado in Briscoe County, Texas, United States, approximately 100 miles (160 km) southeast of Amarillo. The state park opened in 1982 and is 15,314 acres (6,197 ha) in size, making it the third-largest state park in Texas. [2] [3]