Plat Showing Subdivision of Dela Wright Slaughter Ranch 27,860.77 Acres Cochran County, Texas [caption title]
by [Texas]. [Land]
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- Condition
- About very good.
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Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States
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About This Item
[Lubbock, Tx., 1920. About very good.. Blue line map, 10.75 x 16.75 inches. Previously folded; light wear at edges and along old folds. Some contemporary pencil annotations to map and scattered scratch arithmetic on blank verso. A fascinating line map reproduced from manuscript, showing the subdivision of a portion of the Lazy S Ranch as it was being broken up for sale. The Lazy S was established by Dallas banking magnate Christopher Columbus Slaughter in 1898 in what would become Cochran County, west of Lubbock on the border with New Mexico, and at its zenith comprised nearly 250,000 acres. After his death in 1921, the farm was divided between his five sons and four daughters and began to be sold off or leased for oil rights by its inheritors. This map shows the large section, almost 28,000 acres, inherited by the second daughter, Dela Slaughter Wright, in the southeastern quadrant of the county. The land is divided into equal square sections, with larger portions shaded in several different colors. Some manuscript Xs and Os seem to indicate land already sold and currently available. A very interesting document of the sell-off of one of the larger ranching concerns in Northwest Texas.
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- Bookseller
- McBride Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2615
- Title
- Plat Showing Subdivision of Dela Wright Slaughter Ranch 27,860.77 Acres Cochran County, Texas [caption title]
- Author
- [Texas]. [Land]
- Book Condition
- Used - About very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- [Lubbock, Tx.
- Date Published
- 1920
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