Littlefield, George Washington, papers, 1860-1942.

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Littlefield, George Washington, papers, 1860-1942.

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Correspondence, account books, newspaper clippings, and printed material document the life of George W. Littlefield (rancher, banker, and philanthropist). Included are documents relating to Littlefield's family, Yellow House Ranch, Lamb County, and Terry's Texas Rangers.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Cavalry Regiment, 8th

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Littlefield, George W. (George Washington), 1842-1920

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George Washington Littlefield, born June 21, 1842 and died November 10, 1920, owned cotton plantation in Gonzales, Texas. Littlefield served in Civil War under Albert Sydney Johnson, (Terry's Rangers), rising to the rank of Major. Littlefield owned several ranches in Texas and New Mexico. In 1901 with his nephews, J. P. and T. P. White, he bought The Yellow House Ranch from the Capitol Syndicate. Littlefield founded the American National Bank in Austin, served on the University of Texas Board of...

Yellow House Land Company

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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., 19...