Mariposa Hacienda (Mexico)

Hacienda de la Mariposa was situated in the state of Coahuila, District of Monclova, Mexico. With capital backing from the Learmonth family, David Harkness McKellar, an emigrant from Australia and New Zealand in the late 1880s, purchased over 250,000 acres in Coahuila and founded Hacienda de la Mariposa in 1890. The ranch sat in an open valley formed by a fork of the Santa Rosa Mountains which marked the western and northern boundaries, and protected it from winter winds. The ranch was rich in timber, water resources and a variety of grasses. The ranch was sold in the early 1960s by Alden Scott McKellar, a grandson of its founder, David Harkness McKellar.

From the description of Papers, 1890-1862. (Texas A&M University). WorldCat record id: 50957741