6666 Dixon Creek Ranch

6666 Dixon Creek Ranch takes its name from the creek where noted buffalo hunter and scout Billy Dixon established his first dugout home on the High Plains in 1874. The ranch was founded in 1882 by the Francklyn Land and Cattle Co., an English firm backed by the Cunard Steamship Co. It was fenced in 1884 with barbed wire hauled from the railroad at Dodge City, and the posts were made of Palo Duro Canyon cedars. In 1903 it was purchased by S. Burk Burnett (1849-1922), a trail driver and rancher who was an organizer of the Texas Cattle Raisers Association and served on its executive board for 45 years. In 1905 he hosted U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt during a wolf hunt.

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