![]() Taylor Barr was operating the Renderbrook Ranch. While Evans and Warner's startup ranch operated J. Renderbrook, second Spade and Isaac Ellwood The wranglers trailed the cattle to the open grasses of the Panhandle and turned the herd loose near Saddler Creek. The brand, which resembles a shovel or a "spade," was first used on a cattle herd that Evans and Warner had gathered in Larmer County. It is unknown who designed the ranch's distinctive brand. Alfred Rowe worked at Spade for a time before he started his own RO Ranch. They turned over operations to such able ranchers as Baldy Oliver and Dave Nall. In the end, neither Evans nor Warner had the time to devote to active ranching. Their first camp was established near Glenwood Creek and they erected a log cabin on Barton Creek which they designated as their permanent headquarters. ![]() Evans and Company purchased 23 parcels of land in Donley County. Warner, an agent who sold Joseph Glidden's barbed wire. "Spade" Evans, who had formed a corporation with Judson P. The first Spade Ranch was begun in the Panhandle in 1880 by John F. Spade Ranch was the name of two separate West Texas ranches, both of which were invariably linked through the innovation of barbed wire. In 1888, Goodnight left the arrangement to establish his own ranch and in time ventured into other business activities as well. ![]() Upon Adair's death, his wife, the former Cornelia Wadsworth Ritchie, took over Adair's interest in the JA. Goodnight managed and expanded the ranch, while Adair provided the working capital. The name “JA” is derived from the initials of John Adair, a businessman from Ireland. At its peak size in 1883, the JA, still run by descendants of the Adair family, encompassed some 1,335,000 acres (5,400 km2) of land in six counties and a herd of 100,000 cattle. Jointly founded by John George Adair and Charles Goodnight, is the oldest privately owned cattle operation in the Palo Duro Canyon section of the Texas Panhandle southeast of Amarillo. Comprising over 3,000,000 acres (12,000 km²) of land, it ran for two hundred miles (300 km) along the border with New Mexico, varying in width from 20 to 30 miles (30 to 50 km). The XIT Ranch was a cattle ranch in the Panhandle of Texas which operated from 1885 to 1912. Dalhart has an XIT Museum and hosts an XIT Rodeo. The city of Dalhart has called itself the “XIT City” since at least 1939-1940-long after dissolution of the famous ranch. The XIT Ranch (the name is from how the cattle were branded) existed from 1885, but effectively was disbanded by the early 1900s after several unprofitable attempts to raise cattle. The incredibly large XIT Ranch was 3,000,000 acres and was traded to its owners so that Texas could pay for the construction of just one building-the state capitol in Austin. Location is about 35 miles south of Amarillo, next to entrance to Palo Duro State Park. Certain group size minimums and age minimums apply. Chuck wagon breakfasts, under the Cowboy Morning name, and dinners are offered from April through October. Jeep rides, weather permitting, are available year round. ![]() A fifth generation working cattle ranch comprised of thousands of acres of rugged range and scenic canyon land that remains virtually untouched from the late 1800’s.
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