Everything about The National Ranching Heritage Center totally explained
The
National Ranching Heritage Center, a
museum of
ranching history, is located in
Lubbock on the campus of
Texas Tech University. It features a number of authentic early Texas ranch buildings as well as a
railroad depot, homesteads, and other historic structures.
One views the exhibits through a self-guided walking tour. It is free to the public.
The center is a part of the overall Texas Tech Museum. It was begun by the first director of the museum, the
historian and
archaeologist William Curry Holden.
From
1977-
1980,
Jim Humphreys, who managed the
Pitchfork Ranch in
Dickens and
King counties from
1965-
1986, was the board chairman of the center. He is considered one of the major modern figures in Texas ranching and
agriculture.
The heritage center has also received donations from
Montie Ritchie, the manager of the
JA Ranch southeast of
Amarillo from 1935 until his retirement in 1993.
Pending exhibit
The restored office of the former
XIT Ranch in
Channing in
Hartley County is being dismantled brick by brick and will be relocated to the Ranching Heritage Center in the coming months, according to the owner of the structure, Lenny Sadler of
Amarillo. "It was a terribly hard decision for my wife (Linda) and me to make. We knew . . . in our hearts it was the right decision. I want that building to be seen and I want that story to be told, and that's the only way it can be done. We know it's going to be seen by thousands and thousands of people," said Sadler (born ca.
1948), the president of Ditch Witch of West Texas, Inc., and a member of the Ranching Heritage Center board of directors.
Gallery
Image:National Ranching Heritage Center.jpg|Front entrance of the Ranching Center
Image:1800s Texas House.JPG|Restored Texan Pioneer House
Image:Windmill and Cart.JPG|An antique functioning windmill and a cart for transporting water
Image:Texas Windmill.JPG|Windmill
Image:Ranching Hours.JPG|A warning before entering
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