Colorado City, TX, United States
The 96 Ranch. Cattlemen began settling Mitchell County in the late 1870s, before the arrival of businessmen and farmers. This marker stands on one of the area's important early ranches, the 96 Ranch, founded by James Durham Wulfjen (1845-1933). Wulfjen was a merchant in Round Rock before he visited
Mitchell County in 1884. Inspired by the booming ranch economy, he filed on three sections of land, brought in a herd of cattle. And built a cabin near the Colorado River at the site of an old buffalo
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