Thinking a Ranch Backwards: The History of the Barrel and Indian Creek Ranch

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dc.contributor.authorMarin Bullock
dc.contributor.authorAlex Hunt
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-22T18:37:22Z
dc.date.available2024-04-22T18:37:22Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-27
dc.description.abstractThe Barrel and Indian Creek Ranch (BICR), as it exists today, has about 150 years of history as ranching country, but did not always exist in its current form. Instead, the ranch’s history partakes of the larger trend, having been first part of a massive, ill-defined range and then subject to breakups and patchwork ownership over the years. In fact, Barrel and Indian Creek began as part of the great JA Ranch, product of the 1877 partnership between John George Adair and Charles Goodnight. But while we will come to this legendary partnership, we took the approach of moving backward, historically, in tracking the shifting terrain of ownership of what has come to be known as Barrel and Indian Creek Ranch. Therefore, this reverse-history will begin with the contemporary scene.
dc.description.sponsorshipCenter for the Study of the American West This report is the work of Marin Bullock, intern with the Center for the Study of the American West (CSAW), and Alex Hunt, director of CSAW. The report was commissioned by Ashley Watt / Antina Co., who funded the internship in Fall 2022. The report was further developed and completed in spring 2023. Sources include courthouse land records, archival materials, newspaper articles, and interviews. Some information, about early land titles, for example, is lost to time, and some stories included herein may be colored by the imperfections of human memory. However, the report is as complete and accurate as time and resources could allow. This report is presented to Ashely Watt, in current form, on May 27, 2023. Alex Hunt (ahunt@wtamu.edu) and/or Marin Bullock may return to this report in the future with the intent of revising for publication.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11310/6410
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherCenter for the Study of the American West
dc.titleThinking a Ranch Backwards: The History of the Barrel and Indian Creek Ranch
dc.typeArticle

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