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In 1847, James Jackson established a 26,000 acres (11,000 ha) ranch in the region. The Jackson ranch was enclosed at an early period, even though the majority of operations of this kind operated on the open range. At Double Bayou, the local general store—founded by John Jackson before 1900—acted as the hub of the community.
Graham, the county seat of Young County, [10] is located in the southeast portion of the county, and has an area of 5.592 sq mi (14.48 km 2). [11] Geographically, Graham is located in the western Cross Timbers area of North Texas. Locally, this is known as the western portion of the Palo Pinto Mountains.
Double-u, whose name reflects stages in the letter's evolution when it was considered two of the same letter, a double U, is the only modern English letter whose name has more than one syllable. [ in 2 ] It is also the only English letter whose name is not pronounced with any of the sounds that the letter typically makes in words, with the ...
Lake Graham is a reservoir ocated north of Graham, Texas. [2] The reservoir is west of U.S. Route 380. [3] The lake is connected to Lake Eddleman by a small creek. [4]
In 1869, the ranch registered its "Running W" brand, which remains the King Ranch's official mark today. [10] At the time, the ranch grazed cattle, horses, sheep and goats. By the mid-1870s, though, the ranch's hallmark stock had become the hardy Texas Longhorn. The ranch also boasted several Brahman bulls, as well as Beef Shorthorns and Herefords.
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U.S. Highway 83 (US 83), dedicated as the Texas Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway, is a U.S. Highway in the U.S. state of Texas that begins at US 77 (Interstate 69E, I-69E) in Brownsville and follows the Rio Grande to Laredo, then heads north through Abilene to the Oklahoma state line north of Perryton, the seat of Ochiltree County.
Double Mountains is the name of a pair of flat-topped buttes located 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Aspermont in Stonewall County, Texas. [5] While the Handbook of Texas gives their elevation as either 2,000 ft (610 m) [6] or 2,400 ft (732 m), [5] United States Geological Survey maps give the elevation of the western mountain as 2,523 ft (769 m) [7] and that of the eastern mountain as between ...