THE XIT BRAND: ANNUAL XIT COWBOY REUNION AND RODEO: 1939 by XIT Ranch - 1939

Dalhart: Dalhart Pub Co, 1939. First Thus. Soft cover. Collectible Very Good. Original issue. 4to pictorial wraps showing XIT Headquarters, Division No. 1, Buffalo Springs. 99pp. Illus. Ads. Published in Dalhart, Texas. The XIT was once considered (around 1886) the largest ranch in the world, and it was fenced. The land was acquired by a Chicago syndicate in exchange for paying for the new Texas State Capitol building. The ranch, composed of 10 units, lay along the western border of the Texas Panhandle shared with New Mexico and the western end of the Oklahoma Panhandle. It's fame and history was written by J. Evetts Haley. Very good copy with a couple of short tears to the cover edges and mild soiling / aging. Wonderful short pieces biographical and otherwise, photos of old ranchers and cowboys, and great regional/local ads.