For a half century, the giant XIT Ranch windmill stood as one of the tallest structures ever built on the Llano Estacado. Created out of great necessity to convert wind to water, it rose 132 feet, ...

Editor’s Note: Caprock Chronicles are edited by Jack Becker, a recently retired Texas Tech Librarian, but he can still be reached at [email protected]. This week’s article about the XIT Ranch is by ...

A ranch about 20 miles from Channing, Texas, is where I grew up. Channing is the epitome of the small cowboy town. It is home of the original XIT Ranch headquarters. XIT stands for “10 in Texas” as ...

The XIT Ranch was to Texas ranches what Dell Inc. is to computer manufacturers. In the 1880s, the Panhandle ranch was the largest fenced range in the world and, for a time, was the leader in breeding ...

As a young girl, Susan Shamburger Bagwell rode on horseback across the vast land that her family owned, land that once was part of a legendary West Texas ranch. The XIT Ranch spanned 3 million acres ...

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