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Later, he became a cattle drover on the Chisholm Trail in Kansas. [2] [7] In 1873, he founded C. C. Slaughter and Company, a cattle breeding firm. [2] Four years later, in 1877, he purchased the Long S Ranch from Plainview to Big Spring, Texas, on the Staked Plains, the largest ranch in West Texas.
The ranch was established by Samuel Burk Burnett in 1900 after he purchased the land from the Louisville Land and Cattle Company. [3] [7] Legend has it that he won the ranch from a card game, where he scored four sixes. [3] However, Burnett and his descendants have denied this folklore tale. [3]
Swan Land and Cattle Company Headquarters; W. Willamette Cattle Company This page was last edited on 13 December 2021, at 01:44 (UTC). ...
Lockhart Township was organized in 1882, and named for Charles Lockhart, the owner of Lockhart Farm. He was connected with the Standard Oil Company and died in 1908. In 1901, the Lockhart Farm was sold and split up into smaller farms and many farmers from Illinois came here to settle. About this time, the village of Lockhart began to take shape.
Clan Lockhart is an ancient family from the Scottish Lowlands.. Taking their name from Locard or Lokart in early times, it changed with Symon Locard, 2nd of Lee in 1330.. The Lockharts were a powerful family, and certainly one of the most prominent families in lowland Scotland during the Middle Ages.
1873 Map of Chisholm Trail with Subsidiary Trails in Texas (from Kansas Historical Society). The Chisholm Trail (/ ˈ tʃ ɪ z əm / CHIZ-əm) was a trail used in the post-Civil War era to drive cattle overland from ranches in southern Texas, crossed the Red River into Indian Territory, and ended at Kansas rail stops.
Sooner Cattle Company went on to win the title of 2023 World Champions, and Corey Hurd won the title of 2023 Top Hand at the 28th annual Working Ranch Cowboys Association (WRCA) World Championship ...
In 1973, the Union Stockyards Company was sold to the Canal Capital Corporation of New York. Led by companies like IBP, the meatpacking industry started moving slaughterhouses closer to cattle feedlots in rural areas, where they hired non-union workers. [11] In Omaha, trading was centered at the Livestock Exchange Building. In 1997, the ...