| Marker Number |
4806 |
| Atlas Number |
5117004806 |
| Marker Title |
Great Cowboy Strike, Site of |
| Index Entry |
Cowboy Strike |
| Address |
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| City |
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| County |
Deaf Smith |
| UTM Zone |
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| UTM Easting |
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| UTM Northing |
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| Subject Codes |
ranches/ranching; cattle, cattle industry topics; cowboys |
| Marker Year |
1967 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
US 60, 5.5 mi. N of Hereford |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
(2 miles south) Began in Spring of 1883 when range hands from LS, LX, LIT and other large ranches organized a strike for better wages; was a reaction to loss of privileges given earlier and to attitude of big land owners toward cowboys. Several hired hands gathered at Alamocitos, headquarters of LS, to protest. Men on every ranch soon asked for higher pay, but strike failed due to surplus of cowboys and no means to enforce demands. Strike gave force to little men opposing cattle barons and three years later erupted in Tascosa into one of the bloodiest gun fights the West had ever seen. (1967) |
