Texas Land and Development Company Records, S31. 1., 1898-1956 - View Resource

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Texas Land and Development Company Records, S31. 1., 1898-1956

Title

Texas Land and Development Company Records, 1898-1956

Resource Link

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00199/00199-P.html

Abstract

These are the records detailing the activities of the Texas Land and Development Company in West Texas.

Languages

eng,

Holding Repository

Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libary, Texas Tech University

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6641062

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Henderson, Milton Day

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wz3xpt (person)

Texas Land and Development Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6np880z (corporateBody)

Founded in 1912 by Dr. Frederick Stark Pearson and Milton Day Henderson, the land development operation was centered in Plainview, Hale County, Texas. The company also included subsidiaries and holding companies (Texas Prairie Land Ltd. and Staked Plains Trust). After four decades of selling land to farmers and ranchers and city developers, the Texas Land and Development Company ceased operations in 1956. From the guide to the Texas Land and Development Company Records, S31. 1., 1898...

Pearson, Frederick Stark, 1861-1915

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r80t27 (person)

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