FIRST Ranch in Potter County TX
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PeterNoG
N 35° 28.552 W 101° 52.984
14S E 238411 N 3929638
This First is memorialized by a Texas Historical Marker on US 287, 15 mi. N of Amarillo OR 29 mi. S of Dumas.
Waymark Code: WM2YD0
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/10/2008
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Text on Plaque
First Ranch in Potter County
Established 1877 at point 1 1/2 miles east of this site, by Bates and Beals, northern investors. Ran the LX Brand, and once had a cowboy named Will Rogers--later internationally famous as a humorist.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1877
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