TEXAS CATTLE RANCH PROJECT

KING RANCH

• Founded by Richard King.
• Located in South Texas but was know as "Wild Horse Desert" in 1853.
• Mr. King's brand was registered in 1859.
• King was a steamboat pilot by trade.
• King bought the land and partnered with Ranger Legs Lewis who, launched the the livestock operation.
• Brand looks like a runaway "w".
• In 1854, not only did King buy all of the cattle from one Mexican village suffering from drought but he also bought the village humans to work on the ranch.

6666 RANCH

• Officially established by Samuel B. Burnett in 1990.
• The headquarters is located in the town of Guthrie, in King County.
• In 1902 bought 107,520 acres in Carson Hutchinson counties.
• After his death, the ranch was established by his great granddaughter,Anne Marion.
• It spans 350,000 acres of land currently.

J.A RANCH

• The JA ranch is jointly founded by John Adair and Charles Goodnight.
• It is 1,335,000 acres big.
• Can be found in the Palo Canyon .
• Contains a herd of 100,000.
• This ranch was added to the National Register of Historic Places listed in Armstrong County in 1996.

WALLACE RANCH

• Founded by William Wallace.
• The founder was 6"2 and 240 pounds.
• Wallace was named after the town Bigfoot,Texas and named after the local museum.
• Mr. Wallace served Texas as a Ranger.
• Mr.Wallace was apart of many Mexican invasions such as the Black bean Incident and the Battle of Meir.

MATADOR RANCH

• This ranch was established in 1882.
• The matador ranch is an historic cattle ranch in Motley County, Texas on the South Plains.
• Founded by Henry Campbell.
• Matador is about as big 1,500,000 acres.
• In 1879,with other four investors, Campbell launched the Matador Ranch.

WAGGNOR RANCH

• This ranch covers Archer, Baylor, Foard, Knox, Wichita, and Wilbarger counties.
• As big as 525,000.
• Founded in 1871.
• Mostly used for cattle and quarter horses.
• This ranch is currently owned by Although Waggnor's granddaughter.

NORRIS RANCH

• Its 620 acres of rolling oak woodland was owned and ranched by one family, the Marion and Julia Gill Andersons and their offspring, for nearly eighty years.
• Lies in southern Nevada.
• Full of Foothills, oak woodlands, working cattle ranch, ponds.
• Brand is a "j" with a circle around it.
• Has been passed down to the generations of the Norris family.