Llano Ranch

The ranch grew from 300 stock cattle that W. C. Young of Fort Worth bought in 1875 and put in the care of Ben Galbraith, a young Irishman from Illinois. After a year in Tarrant County the herd moved to Shackelford County, where Galbraith became an equal partner under the YG brand, and in 1879 it came to Garza County with a dugout headquarters on Yellowhouse Creek. The Llano Cattle Company, organized in 1880 with $400,000 in capital, took in 2,500 head from neighbor Sam S. Gholson. The range carried 8,000 to 10,000 cattle until the 1907 sale.

What the plaque says

Llano Ranch The Llano Ranch containing 192 sections of land was established in 1880. Known as the "Curry Comb" from their cattle brand, two bars over the letter T. The first dwelling was a half dugout covered with buffalo hides. The first frame house in the area, a two story, built in 1883, was the center of social activities. Here in 1884, a baby girl was born to Jim and Della Browning McCommis. The infant's grave is nearby. This was the first birth and first death recorded in Garza County. (1964)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Garza County Historical Museum — 2.4 mi
  The county museum of Post, C. W. Post's planned town below the Caprock, kept in the stone sanitarium the town opened in 1912 as the best-equipped medical building west of Fort Worth.
• Slaton Harvey House — 23 mi
  A 1912 Santa Fe Harvey House in the railroad town of Slaton, restored as a museum, event hall and five-room inn overlooking a working BNSF yard.

More markers nearby

• Pioneer's Well — steps away
• Kate McCommis — steps away
• Garza County — 2.2 mi
• Post — 2.2 mi