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Home Texas Castro County Dimmitt Spring Lake Pasture Division of the XIT Ranch
     

Spring Lake Pasture Division of the XIT Ranch

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Dimmitt, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 34° 21' 43.62305000004", -102° 18' 18.7354900008"
 
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     Encompassing land in ten counties of the Texas Panhandle. The XIT Ranch was established through the exchange of public lands to finance construction of the state capitol. In 1887, it was divided into seven divisions, the largest of which, the Spring Lake pasture division, covered parts of Parmer, Castro, Bailey, and Lamb counties. Its northern boundary line, near this site, ran across what is now U.S. Highway 385. Noted for breeding Hereford cattle, the Spring Lake division also served as an election polling place for citizens in Castro, Bailey, and Lamb counties. (1991)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Spring Lake Pasture Division of the XIT Ranch Historical Marker Location Map, Dimmitt, Texas