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Bar S Ranch:An Inventory of Its Records, 1872-1939, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
Biographical SketchLocated in Reagan County and Irion County, Texas, this 172,000 acre ranch was originally owned by the Sawyer Cattle Company (1884-1954). Later it was owned by the Blakley Braniff Association from 1954, when W. A. Blakley purchased the ranch, until 1975, when the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children became the owner. The ranch was managed by Louis Farr and his son and grandson, Louis Farr, Jr. and Louis Farr III, from 1918-1969. The name of the ranch was changed to Rocker b in 1954. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsThe collection contains business correspondence, legal documents such as leases, contracts, warranty deeds, bonds, and agreements, and financial documents such as promissory notes, receipts, redemption certificates, and cancelled checks of the Bar S Ranch (later the Rocker b). Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsOpen for research Return to the Table of Contents
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Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationBar S Ranch Records, 1872-1939, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas Gift, 1970 Processed byAbel Ramirez, July 2002 Return to the Table of Contents Additional SourcesReturn to the Table of Contents Collection Inventory
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