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From the western & Civil War research/reference library of Jerry Crandall

XIT Ranch of Texas – and the early days of the Llano Estacado

by J. Evetts Haley

Condition; good, minor shelf wear on soft cover

University of Oklahoma Press, 1982

Formed in 1880s, the XIT became the largest single operation in the cow country of the Old West and covered more than three million acres, all fenced. The development and operation of this pastoral enterprise and its relation to the history of Texas is the subject of this great book. It is the story of a wild prairie, roamed by Indians, buffalo, mustangs and antelope, that became a country of railroads, oil fields, prosperous farms and carefully bred herds of cattle.