Historical Markers in Texas

Site of Original Headquarters of the Quitaque Ranch

History·Floyd County·Texas

Established by the Baker brothers in 1877; bought in 1880 for Mrs. Cornelia Adair by Charles Goodnight. Together with the Palo Duro ranches it embraced more than one million acres acquired by Goodnight in 1887, later broken into smaller tracts.

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34.2795, -101.0973

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