After a severe drought, the Turkey Track responded quickly to 2014 rains and in He was also able to fulfill the wishes of those wounded while in the armed services through the Combat Marine Outdoors charity and the wishes of children through the Make A Wish Foundation.Jim was preceded in death by his mother, Jeanne Price Whittenburg. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Kryloff and Barrett last wrote for, in October when they and Ray Langley co-authored. 2015, water was abundant. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. She attended elementary school in a one room school house built on the ranch to educate the children of the people who lived and worked there. Published by Dallas Morning News on Dec. 8, 2016. Whittenburg families have worked to improve the ranch for 100 years. East of the Rio Grande and south of Interstate 40, a bit more than half the land is government, most notable the White Sands Missile Range and various forest lands. Her grandfather, Erd C. Mullendore made the Cherokee Strip Land Run in Oklahoma in 1893. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Through the years, after she had moved away from the ranch, completed her school, married and resided in Amarillo, Mrs. Windsor found full enjoyment in returning to the scene of her childhood. Sections of this page. They were married September 14, 2002 at Jimmie's Sapello Ranch in New Mexico. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). He now owns upwards of 1.2 million acres of New Mexico, at least 50,000 acres more than Turner. Known for natural resources and site of Battles of Adobe Walls of 1864 and 1874. Jimmie's spirited, independent thinking and courageous nature led him to a long and fulfilled life. Icon Global to market. David Kessler's top 4 tips for dealing with holiday grief. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. months after. . Carl Lane Johnson, Tatum NM, 35,000 acres, From CROSSWINDS, New Mexicos largest alternative newspaper, June 1997 Copyright 1997 Crosswinds Inc. All rights reserved, By William P. Barrett, Juliet Casey, Daniel J. Chacon, Nick Kryloff, Dan McKay, Susan Montoya and Martin Salazar, New mexicos 40 largest private landowners, Ted Turner is not the biggest. Tom Coble was a contemporary of Dan and Tom Waggoner of the Waggoner Ranch, Samuel "Burk" Burnett of the Four Sixes Ranch, and Charles Goodnight of the JA and Goodnight Ranch. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. He was gravely injured, but miraculously survived. They were married on September 14, 2002 at the Sapello Ranch in New Mexico. Add to your scrapbook. Senator and a county on the Arizona border is named for him--partly due to his uncanny ability to defend old land claims, often in exchange for a piece of the action. Accessibility Help. Huning family, Los Lunas NM, 160,000 acres, 8. Transects and grass clipping squares show These accounts portray the panoramic sweep of the New Mexico experience. Coble recognized the infinite resources of the Southern Great Plains. Learn more about managing a memorial . You can always change this later in your Account settings. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. We are grateful to Worth magazine, which in March published a pioneering list of the country's 100 largest landowners, including 12 on this list. Jump to. You may request to transfer up to 250,000 memorials managed by Find a Grave. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Society for Range Management pdf explains why Turkey Track was honored. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. My wife and I run. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. She loved life and lived it well. Given its superior natural resources, especially its Canadian River frontage, I have no doubt that its sale price will set a new standard for the Panhandle.". Jimmie has said, "I've had fortune beyond odds that anybody could hope for, and it happened not once but twice in a lifetime what were the odds of meeting a woman I could love after having the most special person in my life at my side?" He is survived by his father, James Andrew Whittenburg III and stepmother, Katsy Whittenburg of Dallas, his two children, James Andrew (J) Whittenburg V and Catharine Whittenburg Vexler, his son-in-law, Jeff Vexler, and grandson, Jackson Andrew Vexler of San Antonio; Jim is also survived by his four sisters and their husbands Jeanne Latimer (Bob), Liz Redwine (Ras V), C.C. In the summer of 1999 Katsy met the love of her life, James Andrew "Jimmie"Whittenburg III. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. For over a century this American landmark has been an integral element of our heritage. Wootten family, Springer NM, 35,000 acres, 39. cemeteries found in will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Click on brand to link to another ranch's Decades of boom and bust have forced the division and sale of many large spreads. His indomitable lineage of homesteaders, cattle ranchers, traders, buffalo hunters, frontiers-men and women was many generations deep. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. We're not writing about renters. young age and a daughter, Catherine Elizabeth. Whittenburg Ranch, Elkhart. A ranch of the same size in Montana listed earlier this year for around $136 million and a sale closed last month, although a price has yet to become public. They enjoyed traveling around the world and spending time at their ranches and home in Pebble Beach, California. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Family members linked to this person will appear here. View Mac Whittenburg's profile for company associations, background information, and partnerships. 3 talking about this. Wesley D. Adams, Logandale NV, 95,000 acres, 14. An early trendsetter of flying between properties and business interests, he operated several significant ranching interests in Texas and New Mexico, along with other business interests which included Aviation, Oil & Gas, Banking, Cattle Feed Yards; he was also a Special Texas Ranger. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. The Turkey Track Ranch is honored by the was born on December 15, 1956 and Leslie Sommer arrived 8 years later on April 3, 1965. During the drought the meadows continued to Failed to delete memorial. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Bogle family, Dexter NM, 100,000 acres, 11. The Turkey Track Ranch began in 1878 when Richard E. McNalty arrived at the Texas Panhandle from Colorado with a herd of cattle bearing a brand that he called Turkey Track (though it was often called Rafter I). Moore's Creek adjacent to the Turkey Track Ranch. In 1955, Alexanders son, Adam G. Thompson, who built the herd to prize-winning excellence, passed away at 67. In some cases we had to make judgment calls about whether to amass lands of disparate family members for the purpose of this list. Besides any unit of government and the Indian tribes, we excluded holdings of publicly traded corporations, utilities, private corporations not dominated by an individual or a family, widely held partnerships, and non-profit entities such as foundations and religious organizations. 1. As the founder of Cable News Network and now vice chairman of Time Warner, Ted Turner is famous, even legendary. Decades of boom and bust have forced the division and sale of many large spreads. Nos. While drought hits all portions of an operation hard, being strictly focused on the herd and the immediate concerns about feeding or finding a place for cattle often leads to the impacts on our pastures being overlooked. his partners in 1910. Adobe Walls, "It is with careful consideration and great emotion that we announce that, after 120 years of stewardship by our family, we have decided to sell our historic Turkey Track Ranch in the Texas Panhandle. Katsy continued to be a resplendent, gracious and unwavering companion. Today, the descendants of J. John 3 : 16, MAY THE THOUGHT OF KNOWING THAT FRIENDS AND FAMILY SHARE IN YOUR GRIEF BE OF COMFORT TO YOUR FAMILY.PLEASE READ PROV 17:17. Mac Whittenburg . Baeza family, Chihuahua, Chihuahua Mexico, 55,000 acres, 22. Here. Make sure that the file is a photo. based on information from your browser. 36 to 40. He helped found Stratford of Texas, Inc., which in 1972 became the largest cattle feeding company in the United States, and was president of the Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raiser's Association (TSCRA) from 1975 1977 (where his grandfather William T. Coble served as president in 1934). Bidegain family, Tucumcari NM, 180,000 acres, 6. Katsy will be forever remembered in the hearts of those who loved her. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Learn more about managing a memorial . He has since relocated to the Los Angeles area. photos taken of the ranch for the award. the vast difference between early summer of 2013 and 2015. Oops, we were unable to send the email. 223 likes. R.A. (Hap) Canning, Capitan NM, 65,000 acres, 18. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. A. Whittenburg II. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. She was proud of her cattle ranching and American Indian heritage. south of the Turkey Track. Jim was born in Amarillo, TX, on October 21, 1955, the third of five children, and only son, to James Andrew Whittenburg III and Jeanne Price Whittenburg. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. The Turkey Track Ranch was pioneered in the era of legendary WT Waggoner, 6666 and Goodnight Ranches. Not every grant recipient fulfilled the specified conditions to get clear title, such as taking up residence and engaging in agriculture. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Katsy was born on March 7, 1940 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Kathleen and Eugene C. Mullendore. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. It is both beautiful and productive and has been well managed at every level, evidenced by its cattle carrying capacity and abundance of wildlife. . He later purchased and operated ranches in the Panhandle, New Mexico (the Double O Bar, Sapello and the TO Ranch) and Cuatrocinegas, Mexico. Interesting links: With 640 acres to a square mile, our minimum is about 55 square miles -- roughly a square 7 1/2 miles along each side. Today, the Turkey Track Ranch, located in Hutchinson County, There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Failed to report flower. I've had a chance to sample all the things that were such great attractions to me, whether it was piloting a fast jet, playing gin with John Wayne, or even trimming a horse's hooves." Spires family, Cliff NM, Ruidoso NM, Snyder TX, 40,000 acres, 38. In many ways, however, the histories are more important than the numbers. Known for natural resources and site of Battles of Adobe Walls of 1864 and 1874. It's not surprising that only two persons on this listWilliam D. Sanders and John Yatesmade the Crosswinds list last fall of the state's 25 richest persons. Please enter your email and password to sign in. After the Civil War Whittenburg's imagination was fired by reports of the cattle trade, and at the age of twelve he devised plans to join his older brothers in Texas. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? In 1964, T.L. West of the Rio Grande all the way to the Arizona state line, the overwhelming bulk of the acreage is held by government, much of it connected to the huge Indian reservations. Generations of Cobles and Whittenburgs have created lifetimes of memories on the Turkey Track. You have funeral questions, we have answers. Please try again later. The decade of the 1950s was dry again. From the 1970s through the early 2000s, he was a director of the American National Bank, Fort Worth National Bank Holding Company, Mid-Continent Life Insurance Company, National Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Center, National Cattlemen's Association, New Mexico Cattle Growers Association, Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association, National Finance Credit Corporation / Texas Livestock Marketing Association, Panhandle Plains Historical Society, Special Texas Rangers Commission, Texas Cattle Feeder's Association, Missouri Beef Packers (later MBPXL), Texas Organized Crime Prevention Council, appointed commissioner of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and was an organizing member of the Texas Land & Mineral Owners Association (TMLA). Richard Benson Whittenburg, 101, passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at Hospice House after having a major stoke 2 days earlier while still living in his own home. Resend Activation Email. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. That's the big news from a pioneering Crosswinds project focusing on this question: Crosswinds set out to identify the state's 40 largest private individual or family landowners by acreage and provide some sense of their histories. (Ted) Turner, Roswell GA, 1,150,000 acres, 3. Giving to charity is a meaningful way to honor someone who has died. Updated: Apr 29, 2023 / 08:42 PM MDT. Now approaching its 150th year, the TO stands as one of the most respected and beautiful ranches in the west. Verify and try again. Your email address will not be published. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Colin McMillan & Benjamin Rummerfield, Roswell NM, Tulsa OK, 55,000 acres, 24. Josh Hawkins is the foreman J.A. Indian rights were not always considered. Hockley County. Thanks for your help! Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? In 1905, Coble married Maud Roberts, daughter of the former This month Barrett rejoins. It's not surprising that only two persons on this listWilliam D. Sanders and John Yatesmade the. We counted only deeded acreage and not land leased from governmental agencies or other private landowners. These accounts portray the panoramic sweep of the New Mexico experience. . Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. Baldrige family, Cedar Crest NM, Hygiene CO, elsewhere, 45,000 acres, 30. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. Press alt + / to open this menu. Jim later completed TCU Ranch Management Program in Fort Worth, TX. Dubbed the "Oasis of the Panhandle" for its wildlife and abundant natural resources, the ranch boasts nearly 80,000 acres under one fence, including 26 miles of Canadian River frontage, and has. They would also receive wind and solar rights. The property has been largely preserved under the families ownership and has received various environmental awards over the years, including the National Cattlemens Beef Association Environmental Stewardship Award in 2017. James Andrew "Jimmie" Whittenburg, IIIrancher, banker, cattle raiser, oil & gas entrepreneur, aviator and Special Texas Rangerpassed away peacefully on December 6, 2016 at his home in Dallas, TX, with his wife, children and grandchildren at his side. 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Office, industrial return to top of NYCs lending fray, Ivana Trumps townhouse might be the Upper East Sides quirkiest listing, Blackstone mezz loan offered up by Koreans, signaling distress, Florida bill restricting foreign real estate purchases a slippery slope, brokers say. NRCS, Texas Parks and Wildlife He and Katsy loved travelling and particularly enjoyed entertaining family and friends at their home in Pebble Beach, CA. The ranch has and will forever hold not only the monuments, memories, and legacies of our now multigenerational families but, significantly, maintains a very important place within the well-chronicled chapters of early Texas and US history; similarly, the ranch and its past stewards hold a prideful and acknowledged position of contributions to the evolution of modern-day ranching and cattle raising industries, as well as the Oil & Gas sectors of our great state.". Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Press alt + / to open this menu. Raisers from 1934-36 (his grandson JA Whittenburg III was president in That works out to 7% of the entire state but 16% of the state's privately owned acreage. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request.
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