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More Than Running Cattle - The Mallet Ranch of the South Plains (Hardcover)
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More Than Running Cattle - The Mallet Ranch of the South Plains (Hardcover)
Series: Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest
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The Mallet Ranch, from its founding to the present, has followed
the arc of most Texas ranches. It has experienced booms and busts,
and its owners have fretted over droughts and floods as well as
fights in courtrooms. Despite hardships that may have outnumbered
successes, the Mallet, headquartered in Hockley County, Texas,
perseveres to this day. But More Than Running Cattle is more than
just a ranch tale. It is the story of a family both unique and
conventional among Texas stock raisers. David M. DeVitt, like many
before him, was not "born" to be a Texas cattleman. DeVitt began
his career as a reporter in Brooklyn, New York, before he decided
to leave that path behind to try his luck on the wide-open ranges
of West Texas. David DeVitt passed down his hardy, independent
spirit to his two daughters. Although Christine and Helen were
raised in Fort Worth, both from a young age learned the lesson that
the West Texas land—and the Mallet Ranch—were part of their
souls. When their father died, the two sisters fought to retain
control of the Mallet for the family. The discovery in 1938 of oil
on the ranch, and the subsequent drilling of more than a thousand
oil wells over the next few decades, transformed the Mallet from a
struggling enterprise into one of the most profitable such entities
in the nation. From that financial windfall sprung from the land,
Christine and Helen generously reinvested back into the region. The
two non-profit organizations founded by the DeVitt sisters have
distributed more than $200 million. The story of the Mallet Ranch
told within these pages illuminates and delves into this remarkable
story of a family, their operation, and the land that made it all
possible.
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