Haley, Evetts J.          <br/><br/>
The X I T Ranch of Texas  and the early days of the Llano Estacado 
by J. Evetts Haley 
 - Norman  Univ of OK Press  1929 
 - 258 p 
<br/><br/> Includes Index and Bibliography 
<br/><br/> Among the famous ranch brands of Texas are the T Anchor, JA, Diamond Tail, 777, Bar C, and XIT. And the greatest of these was XIT—The XIT Ranch of Texas.<br/><br/>It was not the first ranch in West Texas, but after its formation in the eighteen-eighties it became the largest single operation in the cow country of the Old West and covered more than three million acres, all fenced.<br/><br/>The state of Texas patented this huge rectangle of land, at the time considered by many to be part of "the great American desert," to the Capitol Freehold Land and Investment Company of Chicago, in exchange for funds to erect the state capitol building in Austin. This "desert" became a legend in the cattle business, and it remains today a memory to thousands who recall the era when mustangs and longhorns grazed beneath the brand of the XIT. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>30033 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label>--History.--Texas.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>976.4 Hal   48