Yellow House Land Company

Dates:
Active 1913
Active 1943

Biographical notes:

This trust estate, an agency of Malcolm Hiram Reed, organized in 1923 to purchase 300,000 acres of land in Hockley and Lamb counties of Texas from the heirs of George W. Littlefield. The land was then resold in small plots to farmers. It is the successor of the Littlefield Lands Company. Like other land developers their company helped to settle the West Texas region, which eventually prospered through the decades.

From the guide to the Yellow House Land Company Records, S1226. 1., 1912-1943, (Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University)

Trust estate, an agency of Malcolm Hiram Reed organized in 1923 to purchase 300,000 acres of land in Hockley and Lamb counties of Texas from the heirs of George W. Littlefield. The land was then resold in small plots to farmers. Successor of the Littlefield Lands Company.

From the description of Records, 1913-1943, 1923-1943. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 24342316

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Subjects:

  • Agriculture
  • Farms
  • Hockley County (Tex.)
  • Lamb County (Tex.)
  • Land companies
  • Land development
  • Land titles
  • Land titles

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  • Hockley County (Tex.) (as recorded)
  • Hockley County (Tex.) (as recorded)
  • Texas (as recorded)
  • Lamb County (Tex.) (as recorded)
  • Littlefield (Tex.) (as recorded)
  • Lamb County (Tex.) (as recorded)