CB1100 Monthly Photo Challenge

[cookiemech]

Beautiful shot and nice writeup, RockHop!

[Cormanus]

ummmm what's a pecan tree?

It's a tree that, if you look closely, you can see something else pecan through the leaves.

[Stichill_imp]

Great regional history, Rockhop! Really enjoyed your pics and report.

[Inhouse Bob]

Learned a lot of High Plains history today, but I'll summarize and link to an article in the [url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/life/2016-03-19/caprock-chronicles-giant-xit-ranch-windmill-was-engineering-marvel-its-day]Caprock Chronicles that provides some fascinating background information for anyone that is interested.

First of all, this windmill is fundamentally a lawn ornament. It is a 114 foot steel replica, erected in 1969, of a 132 foot wooden windmill that was constructed around 1887 and toppled in a sandstorm in 1926. It is located in Littlefield, TX and the old train depot is in the background.

For its day, the original windmill was considered an engineering marvel and was reportedly the tallest windmill in the world. It was one of 325 windmills on the 3 million acre XIT ranch, which was the largest fenced ranch in the world.

Cormanus has a funny story about the big Texas Ranch Owner and he Australian. It may or may not be true.

[RockHop_imp]

Learned a lot of High Plains history today, but I'll summarize and link to an article in the [url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/life/2016-03-19/caprock-chronicles-giant-xit-ranch-windmill-was-engineering-marvel-its-day]Caprock Chronicles that provides some fascinating background information for anyone that is interested.

First of all, this windmill is fundamentally a lawn ornament. It is a 114 foot steel replica, erected in 1969, of a 132 foot wooden windmill that was constructed around 1887 and toppled in a sandstorm in 1926. It is located in Littlefield, TX and the old train depot is in the background.

For its day, the original windmill was considered an engineering marvel and was reportedly the tallest windmill in the world. It was one of 325 windmills on the 3 million acre XIT ranch, which was the largest fenced ranch in the world.

Cormanus has a funny story about the big Texas Ranch Owner and he Australian. It may or may not be true.

Cormanus has a funny story about the big Texas Ranch Owner and he Australian. It may or may not be true.
Maybe we will get to hear it.
BTW - I noticed the "fenced" caveat and assumed there were larger ranches in Australia.

Great regional history, Rockhop! Really enjoyed your pics and report.

Thanks Stichill. Always nice to find some background.

[Cormanus]

Was it this one, InhouseBob?

A Texas farmer, on a tour Down Under, was talking to a bloke about his ranch back home. “It’s so big”, he said, “that I can start driving from one side at sun rise and not have reached the other at nightfall.”

The bloke took a a sip from his beer, nodded, and said, “I had a car like that once.”

On the matter of farm sizes, it is, of course, the Chinese, who now lay claim to the largest farm on the planet. The Mudanjiang City Mega Farm in Heilongjiang, China, manages an astounding 22,500,000 acres. Australia’s largest, Anna Creek Stationacres. For more information, see https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/bigg...world.html

[the Ferret]

Some friends and I were invited to hunt a big ranch down in south Texas. High fenced of course like most Texas ranches. When we got there the owner insisted on driving us around in his pick-up to show us the layout of the ranch. We got back to the ranch house an hour and a half later and he said " well, whadya think?" And my buddy Downtown said " I've never seen so much of nothing, so well fenced in". We just cracked up.

True story.

[alprider]

today of my trip....

[Inhouse Bob]

Was it this one, InhouseBob?

A Texas farmer, on a tour Down Under, was talking to a bloke about his ranch back home. “It’s so big”, he said, “that I can start driving from one side at sun rise and not have reached the other at nightfall.”

The bloke took a a sip from his beer, nodded, and said, “I had a car like that once.”

On the matter of farm sizes, it is, of course, the Chinese, who now lay claim to the largest farm on the planet. The Mudanjiang City Mega Farm in Heilongjiang, China, manages an astounding 22,500,000 acres. Australia’s largest, Anna Creek Stationacres. For more information, see https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/bigg...world.html

Nope. Something about "toss you for it." not to give away the punch line

[the Ferret]

Nice Alprider. Modern stuff