Double U Company.
Name Entries
corporateBody
Double U Company.
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Double U Company.
Genders
Exist Dates
Biographical History
Land colonization company chartered in 1907 by breakfast food magnate Charles William Post (1854-1914) of Battle Creek, Michigan. From 1906-1907, Post purchased over 200,000 acres of land in Garza, Lynn, and Hockley Counties of Texas, which included the Curry Comb Ranch, the O. S. Ranch, the T. G. Oxsheer Ranch, and a portion of John B. Slaughter's U-Lazy-S Ranch. Originally named Post City, the town of Post, Garza County, Texas, began as a tent city in 1906, and by 1916, after an extensive real estate campaign, Post and the surrounding area had approximately 3,000 inhabitants and 14 private corporations which together held over 1.2 million dollars in capital stock. The Double U charter expired in 1957, and C. W. Post's heirs established the Post-Montgomery Ranch and the Double U Ranch, consisting of rangeland near Levelland, Tahoka, and Post, Texas. Primary industries in Post, Texas, are agriculture and oil.
eng
Latn
External Related CPF
Other Entity IDs (Same As)
Sources
Loading ...
Resource Relations
Loading ...
Internal CPF Relations
Loading ...
Languages Used
Subjects
Agricultural colonies
Agricultural innovations
Agriculture
Amusements
Cities and towns
Hotels
Irrigation farming
Land companies
Land settlement
Ranches
Rural health
Rural schools
Weather control
Nationalities
Activities
Occupations
Legal Statuses
Places
Lynn County (Tex.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Garza County (Tex.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Post (Tex.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Hockley County (Tex.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Texas
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace