John adair ranch

Who owns the ja ranch today

Its headquarters area was designated a National Historic Landmark in for its association with Goodnight, one of the most influential cattle barons of the late 19th century. The ranch is an ongoing business, operated by Adair's descendants. The main ranch house, now a museum devoted to Charles Goodnight, is located a short way south of United States Route It is a two-story construction, its oldest portion a log cabin which predates the American Civil War.

The main portion of the house, built beginning in , has rough stone walls on the ground floor and a wood-framed second story. Nearby outbuildings include the original 19th-century stables and corral, and a house for bunking ranch hands. Charles Goodnight — was a native of Illinois who became a Texas Ranger in After the American Civil War , he became involved in cattle herding operations that recovered many thousands of heads of cattle left unsupervised during the conflict, blazing major herding trails across West Texas.

John george adair

After starting a ranching operation in eastern Colorado, he returned to the Palo Duro Canyon area site of a major operation he led against the Kiowa and Comanche , and established a small ranch in He then entered into a partnership with John Adair, a wealthy landowner from Co. Laois in Ireland, who funded the ranch's expansion while Goodnight managed it.

Under their oversight the ranch grew to over , acres 2, km 2. Goodnight retired to a smaller ranch nearby in Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools.