Details for Site of Original Headquarters of the Quitaque Ranch

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5045004146

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Marker Number 4146
Atlas Number 5045004146
Marker Title Site of Original Headquarters of the Quitaque Ranch
Index Entry Quitaque Ranch, Site of the Original Headquarters of the
Address
City South Plains
County Floyd
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 306940
UTM Northing 3795133
Subject Codes ranches/ranching
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Gray Mule Cemetery (Edgin Cemetery), FM 689, 2 mi. W of FM 1065, on Caprock Canyons State Park Nature Trail
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 1936 Centennial Marker (pink granite)
Marker Text Established by the Baker brothers in 1877; bought in 1880 for Mrs. Cornelia Adair by Charles Goodnight. Together with the Palo Duro ranches it embraced more than one million acres acquired by Goodnight in 1887, later broken into smaller tracts.

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