Matador Land and Cattle Company Records, 1882-1951

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Matador Land and Cattle Company Records, 1882-1951

Correspondence, news clippings, and reports comprise the Matador Land and Cattle Company Records, 1882-1951, and relate to the company's business operations.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8114591

University of Texas Libraries

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American National Livestock Growers Association

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Campbell, H. H. 1840-1911.

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Matador Land and Cattle Company

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Established in 1879 by Alfred Markham Britton, Henry Harrison Campbell, and associates, the ranch covered one and a half million acres in Motley, Cottle, Floyd and Dickens counties of Texas. In 1882 the founders sold their cattle and range rights to a syndicate based in Dundee, Scotland. Additional acreage was leased in south central Kansas, the Texas Panhandle, Canada, South Dakota and Montana and by 1933, the Matador's Texas holdings totaled nearly 900,000 acres. With rare exceptions during pe...

Mackay, Alexander, 1855 or 1856-1936

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Ranch manager. Born in 1856 in Scotland, Mackay was associated with the Matador Land and Cattle Company. This Scottish-owned company acquired the Matador Ranch located in Motley, Cottle, Floyd, and Dickens Counties of Texas. Mackay had the longest tenure in the company's Dundee, Scotland, office of any individual. He served as secretary, director, and chairman of the board from 1882-1936. Mackay died in 1936. From the description of Papers, 1886-1936, 1936. (Texas Tech University). W...

Mackenzie, Murdo, 1850-1939

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MacBain, John, 1867-1922

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