Pitchfork Ranch Loading Chute and Corral -- Ranching Heritage Center, Lubbock TX
N 33° 35.311 W 101° 53.055
14S E 232324 N 3720262
The Pitchfork Ranch Loading Chute and Corral is on display at the Ranching Heritage Center, Lubbock TX
Waymark Code: WMV5Q4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/27/2017
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The Pitchfork Ranch Loading Chute and Corral is on display at the Ranching Heritage Center, on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock TX.
An interpretive sign nearby reads as follows:
“PITCHFORK LOADING CHUTE AND CORRAL
Loading chutes with corral facilities became part of ranching after the trail drive era ended and cattle were shipped by train to meatpacking centers. This chute and corral were moved here from the Pitchfork Ranch in Dickens County. Reconstruction was supervised by D. Burns, longtime manager of the ranch, who claimed the corral design was “not pretty but stout and a useful tool in handling livestock.”
Group that erected the marker: Ranching Heritage Center
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
3121 4th St
Lubbock, TX
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