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FR177 Marshall Shoe Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1925-1975
5 negatives.
Includes images of people posing with Hereford bull.

FR178 Matador Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1925-1975
10 negatives.
Includes images of Hereford cattle, desert plants, a man on horseback, lily pond, a building with an office sign, a house with two cars, and views of trees and a lake. Established in 1879 by Alfred Markham Britton, Henry Harrison Campbell, and associates, the ranch covered one and a half million acres in Motley, Cottle, Floyd and Dickens counties of Texas. In 1882 the founders sold their cattle and range rights to a syndicate based in Dundee, Scotland. Additional acreage was leased in south central Kansas, the Texas Panhandle, Canada, South Dakota, and Montana and by 1933, the Matador's Texas holdings totaled nearly 900,000 acres. With rare exceptions during periods of drought, substantial dividends were paid annually.

FR179 McClung, Luther, Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1950
11 prints.
Includes images of Aberdeen-Angus cattle in pasture and pen, men posing with cattle, and Luther McClung seated at desk. The 450 acre ranch was located a few miles Northeast of Fort Worth, Texas, with another location near Kiwa, Oklahoma. McClung had served as president of the Texas Aberdeen-Angus Association.

FR180 McClure, J. D., Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1925-1975
4 negatives.
Includes Hereford cattle roaming in pasture.

FR181 McDannald Hartsel Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1925-1975
7 prints, 167 negatives.
Includes images of a man talking on a c.b. radio, man standing by truck, ranch signs, a woman talking on a c.b. radio, various buildings on the ranch, a woman standing by a flower garden, numerous building interiors, men threshing crops and hay, a truck by a grain elevator, people fishing. grazing buffalo, people on horseback, men branding, wall map, c.b. radio, various people posing, a girl feeding a bottle to a fawn, horses in a corral, and scenery. Owned by A. T. McDannald, the ranch was headquartered in Hartsel, Colorado.

FR182 McDonald Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1954
14 prints, 98 negatives.
Includes various images of sheep in mountainous area, Hereford cattle, men with tents, dogs, and pack mules, Aberdeen-Angus in pasture, riders wading in river, tent and truck, and buildings.

FR183 McInnis, Claude, Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1953
12 negatives.
Includes images of Hereford cattle in pasture and by lake, and a creep feeder on the ranch. Half brothers, M. M. Cox and John McInnis began a partnership 1896 to establish the Cox and McInnis Ranch. Claude, one of McInnis's four sons, went into the cattle business for himself in 1946, and he and his family operated the McInnis Ranch in Byrds, Texas.

FR184 McMurrey Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1954
11 prints.
Includes images of cowboys branding, dehorning, and spraying Hereford cattle, men posing, and men with large scale. The Palo Pinto ranch was a combination ranch and feedlot that was made up of 9,000 acres. McMurrey believed that machine substitution for human labor was important to the increased efficiency of his ranch. The ranch brand consisted of a small "t" on the animal's left shoulder.

FR185 Meadow Lawn Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1942-1943
25 negatives.
Includes images of Hereford cattle in pasture and by a lake, a house, two men posing with a Hereford bull, and two grain elevators. Located west of Paris, Texas, the ranch was owned by M. A. Smiley.

FR186 Meat packing industry
Photograph Collection, 1925-1975
7 prints, 70 negatives.
Includes various images of cattle in pens, lily pond, people, people with cattle in pens, steel trailer, people cutting up and preparing meat slabs, and arched walkway.

FR187 Meeks, Alfred, and Sons Hereford Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1951
1 print, 7 negatives.
Includes images of Alfred Meeks, man posing with Hereford bull, Hereford cattle in pasture, and woman posing with silver serving set. The ranch was located in Dalhart, Texas.

FR188 Meredith Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1953
18 negatives.
Includes images of men branding, two women with children posing, men on horseback, men in pasture with jeep, people seated on fence, Hereford cattle, men de-horning cattle, a house, and a woman with two men posing. The Meredith Ranch was located in Quinlan, Texas.

FR189 Mescalero Apache Tribe Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1925-1975
4 prints, 6 negatives.
Includes individual images of four different men. Created under the orders of President U. S. Grant in 1872 as a refuge for Apache Indians, the ranch comprised of 1,200,000 acres with headquarters in Mescalero, New Mexico. Later, it became a corporation named the Mescalero Indian Cattle Growers Association, with any member able to buy whatever amout of stock as he wanted.

FR190 Mexico
Photograph Collection, 1934-1955
27 prints, 261 negatives.
Includes various images of carts and wagons pulled by mules or oxen, a donkey, pack donkeys, Mexican people, scenery, cattle, horses,numerous scenic views of Mexico City, different types of huts, people with chuckwagon, men dipping cattle, vaqueros on horseback, desert plants, people with cattle, and people posing.

FR191 Midnight Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1925-1975
24 negatives.
Includes images of cattle roaming in pasture. The Midnight Ranch was located near Clifton, Texas.

FR192 Mill Iron Hereford Company
Photograph Collection, 1934-1949
76 negatives.
Includes various images of Hereford cattle in pasture and pens, people eating, Jetton catering truck, and men posing. In its early days, Mill Iron had around 40,000 head of cattle and its land holdings once totaled about 400,000 acres. W.E. Hughes and John N. Simpson were the original owners.

FR193 Miller, Doss, Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1925-1975
22 negatives.
Includes images of Shorthorn cattle, man with bull, and two men posing by wall. Owned by J. Doss Miller, the 1,000 acre ranch raised Shorthorn cattle and was located near De Leon, Texas.

FR194 Miller Stock Farm
Photograph Collection, 1965
Article only, no prints or negatives.
The headquarters of the 1,000 acre farm was located in Fort Hancock, Tex., and located next to the farm was the Ysleta Mission, built in 1682. The farm raised Hereford cattle and it's primary crop income was from cotton.

FR195 Mirasol Ranch
Photograph Collection,1965
1 print.
Includes one group photo of four people. Located a few miles from Uvalde, the 10,000 acre ranch was owned by Mr. and Mrs. C.A. McDaniel and raised Santa Gertrudis cattle. Masterpiece 511 was one of the ranch's famous bulls, having won several grand championships.

FR196 Mitchell, N. M., Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1931-1963
2 prints.
Includes images of Hereford cattle in pasture. Located twenty miles from Sanderson, Texas, the ranch raised Hereford cattle and Rambouillet sheep and was owned by N. M. Mitchell, who served as director of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce and was an advocate of programs to produce sterile flie to control screw worms. Mitchell's son had a similar ranching operation a few miles away from his father's ranch.

FR197 Mitchell, W. B., & Sons Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1925-1975
2 negatives.
Includes images of the head of a horse, and the horse with a man holding his reins. The ranch was located near Marfa, Texas.

FR198 Mooring & Wimberly Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1925-1975
12 negatives.
Includes images of Hereford cattle in pasture, a barn, a man seated, and two men posing by a car.

FR199 Mosely Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1925-1975
25 negatives.
Includes images of the interiors and exteriors of various buildings, two men posing with a bull by railroad tracks, people at dining table drinking, tree and lakes, men with cattle in pen, and three men talking. The ranch was located south of Mineral Wells, Texas on the Brazos River.

FR200 Moser Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1925-1975
Article only, no prints or negatives.
Moser Ranch had farming and ranching operations in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas. In 1958, Moser was named President of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, making him the first man from east of Dallas to become president in the association's 81 year history.