Details for Sanborn Ranch
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5181011530
Data
| Marker Number | 11530 |
| Atlas Number | 5181011530 |
| Marker Title | Sanborn Ranch |
| Index Entry | Sanborn Ranch |
| Address | SH 56 |
| City | Whitesboro |
| County | Grayson |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 701785 |
| UTM Northing | 3723848 |
| Subject Codes | ranches/ranching |
| Marker Year | 1967 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | 5 mi. E of Whitesboro, south side of the highway, 0.1 mi. E of Old Sanborn Ranch Road |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 24" x 18" |
| Marker Text | Established in late 1870's by H. B. Sanborn, one of the major promoters of barbed wire. Ranch (a showplace) was first large area in Texas to be fenced with barbed wire -- a model demonstration project, contributing to decline of open-range west. In 1888, Sanborn founded city of Amarillo and thereafter sold ranch. (1967) |