Description: Picture of the XIT Ranch
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It was established in the 1800s by Charles B. and John V. Farwell.
The XIT Ranch was located in the Texas Panhandle.
Some counties that this ranch was located in are Austin and Deaf Smith.
The total acreage of the XIT Ranch was 3,000,000, acres.
The amount of cattle was abot 110,712.
Barbed wire fence did have and effect on this ranch. It gave them about 111,320 acres of fence. The invention of windmills did not have an effect on the ranch. The XIT Ranch is not in operation today because it was bought out in 1963.
The XIT Ranch was the largest of the pioneer ranches in the Texas Panhandle. Its headquarters are still standing today.
The XIT Ranch was also on e of the most famous ranches in Texas.