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Allen Ranch:An Inventory of Photographs, undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
Biographical SketchThe Allen Ranch, headquartered in Harris County, Texas, was established in the early 1840s and operated for more than 100 years. Samuel W. Allen started his ranch by rounding up wild longhorn cattle and shipping them to New Orleans and Cuba. By the 1860s he had acquired a monopoly on the trade. Part of the original ranch has become the Houston Ship channel. By 1947 the ranch had been liquidated. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsThis collection consists of images of groups of people, ranch horses, ranching activities, architecture, and cattle. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsOpen for research Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationAllen Ranch Photograph Collection, undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas AcquisitionLoaned, 1979 Processed byA. Ramirez Return to the Table of Contents |
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