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Slaughter Ranch

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Morton, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 41' 14.71405999992", -102° 46' 14.76237"
 
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     Made up of 246,669 acres of Cochran and Hockley county lands. Col. C. C. Slaughter -- a leader in banking, ranching and religious life in Texas -- purchased land 1898-1901. First headquarters was a half-dugout. In 1915, C. C. Slaughter Cattle Company, Inc., brought men from Mexico to build this adobe and concrete quadrangle, on order of a Spanish hacienda. This was one of finest Texas ranch buildings of its era. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1962

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Slaughter Ranch Historical Marker Location Map, Morton, Texas