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Anne Windfohr Marion (born Anne Valliant Burnett Hall; November 10, 1938 – February 11, 2020) was an American heiress, rancher, horse breeder, business executive, philanthropist, and art collector from Fort Worth, Texas. She served as the president of Burnett Ranches and the chairman of the Burnett Oil Company.
Anne Valliant Burnett was born on October 15, 1900, in Fort Worth, Texas. [1] She grew up in Fort Worth. [1] Her father, Thomas Lloyd Burnett was the owner of the Triangle Ranch and operated the Tom L. Burnett Cattle Company. [1] Her mother was Olive (Lake) Burnett. [2] Her parents divorced in 1918, when she was eighteen years old. [2]
A pair of chaps hanging from the ranch's "6666" insignia. The ranch was established by Samuel Burk Burnett in 1900 after he purchased the land from the Louisville Land and Cattle Company. [4] [8] Legend has it that he won the ranch from a card game, where he scored four sixes. [4] However, Burnett and his descendants have denied this folklore ...
Burnett died on June 27, 1922, in Fort Worth, Texas. His ranching and oil interests were held in trust until his granddaughter, Anne, received her inheritance in 1922. In 1980, it was inherited by his great-granddaughter, Anne Windfohr Marion, who served as President of Burnett Ranches and Chairman of the Burnett Oil Company. [1]
Her ranch is right on the Canadian border. "So here's the border fence in between us and Canada, just an old barbed-wire fence that I repair in the summer," Nutter shows CBS News.
Waggonner Ranch in 2023. The Waggoner Ranch is a historic ranch located 13 miles south of Vernon, Texas, in north Texas near the Red River and Oklahoma border. Founded in 1852 by Daniel Waggoner, [2] it is the largest ranch within one fence in the United States. [3] [4] The land has been used to raise crops, beef cattle, and horses and to ...
Mother and son, Susan and Adam Withers, are on trial for involuntary manslaughter charges in Pickaway County. Their two pit bull mix dogs, Apollo and Echo, fatally attacked 73-year-old Jo Ann ...
His granddaughter, Anne Windfohr Marion, was the owner of his father's 6666 Ranch, his Triangle Ranch, and the Burnett Oil Company until her death in 2020. In 1981, she donated his private residence to the City of Iowa Park, where it became a public library. [ 1 ]