Henry Harrison Campbell Papers, 1869-1898 and undated

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Henry Harrison Campbell Papers, 1869-1898 and undated

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Papers related to Henry Harrison Campbell's ranching activities in Motley County in West Texas.

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Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libary, Texas Tech University

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Koch Matador Cattle Company

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Britton, A. M. (Andrew Markham)

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

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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 fir...