TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Contents
Organization
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Bibliography
Description of Series
Half-Circle-S Ranch, 1878-1924 and undated
Kentucky Cattle Raising Company, 1873-1909 and
undated
Z-L Ranch, 1918-1919
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I. R. Powell Papers:
An Inventory of His Papers, 1873-1924 and undated, in the
Southwest Collection, Special Collections Libraries
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| Creator | Powell, I. R. |
| Title: | I. R. Powell Papers,
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| Dates: | 1873-1924 and undated |
| Abstract: | Papers relating to
activities of I. R. Powell in real estate and as a ranch manager in Crosby
County, Texas. |
| Collection # | S 815.1 |
| Quantity: | 1 box (1.0 linear
feet) |
| Language | English. |
| Repository | Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University |
Manager of the Z-L Ranch in Crosby County, Texas, from 1918-1919,
Powell was also associated with the Half-Circle S Ranch and Crosbyton Cattle
Company. These ranches all occupied land originally patented to the Kentucky
Cattle Raising Company of Louisville, later owned by A.W. Hudson and then Frank
Cross.
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The collection bulks with legal documents including warranty and quit
claim deeds dating from the 1870s-1890s, and with patents to large tracts of
land in Crosby, Dickens, and Floyd counties. It includes correspondence,
financial material, and legal material pertaining to land developments in West
Texas. Also contains correspondence regarding cattle sales, cattle count, and
brands from 1915-1918.
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Organization
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| The collection is organized by three ranch names: |
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| | Half-Circle-S Ranch |
| | Kentucky Cattle Raising Company |
| | Z-L Ranch |
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Access Restrictions
Open for research
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| The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed. |
| Subjects (Persons) |
| | Powell, I. R. |
| | Hudson, A. W. |
| Places |
| | Half-Circle S Ranch
(Tex.) |
| | Kentucky Cattle Raising
Company (Crosby County, Tex.) |
| | Z-L Ranch
(Tex.) |
| Subjects |
| | Ranches--Texas--Crosby
County |
| | Ranching--Texas |
| | Real estate
development--Texas, West |
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For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
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- Matador Land and Cattle Company Records, 1874-1960
- William G. DeLoach Papers, 1911-1975 and undated
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I. R. Powell Papers, 1873-1924 and undated, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
Gift, 1971
Abel Ramirez, June 2003
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Burgess, Roger Andrew.
The History of Crosby County,
Texas.1927.
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Spikes, Nellie Witt and Temple Ann Ellis.
Through the Years: A History of Crosby County,
Texas.San Antonio: Naylor Company, 1952.
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Half-Circle-S Ranch, 1878-1924 and undated
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| 1 | | | Correspondence - Professional,
1921-1922 |
| | | Financial Documents |
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| 2 | | | | Ledger,
1915-1924 |
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| 3 | | | | Operations and Expense Reports,
1922 |
| | | Legal Documents |
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| 4 | | | | Court Records,
1900-1918 |
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| 5 | | | | Court Records - A. W. Hudson vs. Charles White,
1905-1906 |
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| 6 | | | | Court Records - A. W. Hudson vs. Unknown Heirs of C.
M. Tilford,
1905-1906 |
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| 7 | | | | Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas,
1899 |
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| 8 | | | | Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas,
1900 |
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| 9 | | | | Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas,
1901 |
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| 10 | | | | Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas,
1901-1902 |
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| 11 | | | | Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas,
1878-1903 |
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| 12 | | | | Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas,
1901-1905 |
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| 13 | | | | Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas,
1904 |
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| 14 | | | | Land Title Records,
1898-1919 |
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| 15 | | | | Tax Receipts,
1900-1919 |
| | | Literary Production |
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| 16 | | | | Corrected Field Notes,
1904-1907 |
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| 17 | | | | Miscellaneous Notes,
undated |
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| 18 | | | Photographs, Half-Circle-S Ranch Headquarters Building
and Trail Herd,
1905-1909 |
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Kentucky Cattle Raising Company, 1873-1909 and
undated
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| 19 | | | Correspondence,
1877-1899 |
| | | Legal Documents |
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| 20 | | | | Court Records,
1877-1885 |
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| 21 | | | | Court Records,
1895-1901 |
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| 22 | | | | Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas,
1880-1885 |
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| 23 | | | | Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas,
1873-1886 |
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| 24 | | | | Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas,
1873-1901 |
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| 25 | | | | Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas,
1885-1901 |
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| 26 | | | | Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas,
1880 |
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| 27 | | | | Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas,
1874-1909 |
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| 28 | | | | Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas,
1874-1908 |
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| 29 | | | | Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas,
1874-1890 |
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| 30 | | | | Legal Envelopes,
undated |
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Z-L Ranch, 1918-1919
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| | | Legal Documents |
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| 31 | | | | Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas,
1918-1919 |
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