Papers, ca. 1950.

Ellwood Estate.

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Ellwood, Isaac Leonard, 1833-1910

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Co-inventor and manufacturer of barbed wire, businessman, land owner. Born in 1833 in New York. With his sons, William L. and Erwin P., he began purchasing Texas ranch lands in 1889, including the Spade and Renderbrook ranches. After his death in 1910, his sons, along with A.W. Fisk, managed the estate. Beginning in 1924, portions of the Spade Ranch were sold for farming and colonization. From the description of Isaac L. Ellwood - William L. Ellwood Papers, 1878-1935, 1878-1919. (Tex...

Renderbrook Ranch (Tex.)

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Ellwood, William L., 1859-1933

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Hopping, R. C. (Richard Coke), 1875-

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Sheriff, judge, land manager, author. Born in Hood County, Texas. Moved to Clovis, New Mexico, in 1901. Lived at Texico-Farwell from 1905-1910, and served as sheriff. Moved to Littlefield, Texas, in 1918 and was county judge for five years. Moved to Lubbock, Texas, in 1924, where he managed Ellwood Estates and the colonization of the Spade Ranch. The Spade Ranch was owned by Isaac Ellwood, and was located in Lamb, Hockley, Hale, and Lubbock Counties of Texas. He also wrote a book, "A Sheriff-Ran...