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Site of Original Headquarters of the Quitaque Ranch

South Plains, Floyd County

Marker Text

Established by the Baker brothers in 1877; bought in 1880 for Mrs. Cornelia Adair by Charles Goodnight. Together with the Palo Duro ranches it embraced more than one million acres acquired by Goodnight in 1887, later broken into smaller tracts.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description Gray Mule Cemetery (Edgin Cemetery), FM 689, 2 mi. W of FM 1065, on Caprock Canyons State Park Nature Trail
Marker # 4146
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Centennial Marker (pink granite)
Code ranches/ranching
Latitude, Longitude 34.279457, -101.097295

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