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Transformation of the XIT Ranch saga in Northwest Texas
The XIT Ranch grew from a vast 3 000 000 acre Texas holding to a pivotal Northwest Texas empire. It fed 150 000 cattle across eight divisions with windmills and corrals, built Dodge City and Amarillo supply links, and employed 180 men. By 1900 it was marketed, with later sales fueling settlement, agriculture, towns like Dalhart and Muleshoe, and a panhandle shift toward farms, industry, and oil prospects by 1927.
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Texas
Southwest
Panhandle
Chicago
England
Capitol
Hockley
Farwells
Ft. Dodge
Kansas
Delaware
XIT
Buffalo Springs
Middle Water
Minneola Rita Blanca
Escarbada
Bovina
Spring Lake
Yellow Houses
Casa Amarillas
Channing
Hartley County
Dodge City
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Denver
Santa Fe
Major Littlefield
Austin
Dalhart
Vega
Genrio
Summerfield
Friona
Farwell Amherst
Littlefield
Olton
Muleshoe