6000 Miles of Fence

by Cordia Sloan Duke and Joe B. Frantz

Book Overview

The fabulous XIT Ranch has been celebrated in song, story, and serious history. This book of reminiscences of old XIT cowmen puts on record the everyday life of the individuals who made the ranch run.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292733798
• ISBN13: 9780292733794
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Big, Big Ranch

At the time, the XIT was the world's largest ranch. It stretched for two hundred miles from the top of the Panhandle to Lubbock. It averaged 27 miles in width. Its greatest width was fifty miles. For comparison, the ranch was about twice as large as the state of Rhode Island. This book tells of life on the XIT Ranch as recorded on an almost daily basis by Mrs. Cordia Sloan Duke, wife of an XIT division manager, Robert L. Duke. It is illustrated with photographs, and a map.