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.
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.
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.
The development and operation of this pastoral enterprise and
its relation to the history of Texas is the subject of this great
and widely discussed book by J. Evetts Haley, now made available to
readers every- where. It is the story of a wild prairie, roamed by
Indians, buffalo, mustangs, and antelope, that became a country of
railroads, oil fields, prosperous farms, and carefully bred herds
of cattle. "The XIT Ranch of Texas" is the epic account of a
ranching operation about which many know a little but only a few
very much. It is the one volume that, more than any other, portrays
the early-day cattle business of the West.
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