Campbell, H. H. (Henry Harrison), 1840-1911

Civil War veteran (20th Texas Regiment), cattleman, founder of Matador Ranch (1878), first county judge of Motley County, Texas, 1891. Born in 1840. Came to West Texas in 1877 and established the Matador Cattle Company, parent company of the West Texas ranch. He sold the ranch in 1883 to the Scott syndicate and then established the Campbell Ranch. Helped organize Motley County and later homesteaded a section of land on which the town of Matador, Texas, is now located. His wife was the town's first postmistress. Campbell died in 1911.

From the description of Papers, 1869-1897, (bulks 1879-1890). (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 24686013

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