XIT: A Story of Land, Cattle, and Capital in Texas and Montana

The Texas state constitution of 1876 set aside three million acres of public land in the Texas Panhandle in exchange for construction of the state's granite capital in Austin. That land became the XIT Ranch, briefly one of the most productive cattle operations in the West. A tale of the Gilded Ages business and politics at the very foundation of the American cattle industry. 28 pages of photos.