Records, 1872-1939, 1881-1936.

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Records, 1872-1939, 1881-1936.

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Includes correspondence and legal and financial materials pertaining to business activities and management of the Bar S Ranch (later Rocker b). Collection bulks (1881-1936) with financial materials which include promissory notes, tax receipts, and cancelled checks.

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Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7105079

Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library

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Berrendo Stock Company

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Farr family.

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Bar S Ranch.

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Located in Reagan County and Irion County, Texas, this 172,000 acre ranch was originally owned by the Sawyer Cattle Company (1884-1954). Owned by the Blakley Braniff Association from 1954, when W. A. Blakley purchased the ranch, until 1975, when the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children became the owner. The ranch was managed by Louis Farr and his son and grandson, Louis Farr, Jr. and Louis Farr III, from 1918-1969. The name of the ranch was changed to Rocker b in 1954. ...