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Pages in category "Companies based in Amarillo, Texas" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Sanborn was the founder of Amarillo, Texas, [5] which lay on his Frying Pan Ranch. [1] When the Fort Worth and Denver Railway built a stop in the town, he established the Panhandle Loan Association and built the Amarillo Hotel for US$50,000. [1] [6] Three years later, he acquired the Hutchins House and redeveloped it into a hotel in 1892. [1]
Amarillo (/ ˌ æ m ə ˈ r ɪ l oʊ / [6] AM-ə-RIL-oh; Spanish for "yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Potter County.It is the 16th-most populous city in Texas and the most populous city in the Texas panhandle. [7]
The Square and Compass Ranch was started 2 years later by the Nave and McCord Cattle Company. They put up the first barbed-wire fence in 1884. [8] That same year, OS Ranch was founded by brothers Andrew J. and Frank M. Long of Lexington, Kentucky. [9] The county's population reached 185 persons by the last year of the 19th century. [4]
The Santa Fe Building is one of the oldest buildings in downtown Amarillo, Texas, U.S.A. It was completed on January 18, 1930 and had the regional offices of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway company. The Amarillo office of the railroad company supervised more than 5,800 miles (9,334 km) of railroads.
Cowboys at the XIT Ranch in 1891. The XIT Ranch was a cattle ranch in the Texas Panhandle which operated from 1885 to 1912. Comprising over 3,000,000 acres (12,000 km 2) of land, it ran for 200 miles (300 km) along the border with New Mexico, varying in width from 20 to 30 miles (30 to 50 km).