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Samuel Burk Burnett Sr.

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Samuel Burk Burnett Sr.

Original Name
Samuel Burk
Birth
Bates County, Missouri, USA
Death
26 Jun 1922 (aged 73)
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Burial
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
Plot
Burnett Mausoleum, Block 28, Lot 3 & 4, Space Ctr.
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In the late 1860s, Burk made his first cattle drive to Kansas. The following year he trailed his own herd up the Chisholm Trail. He was the Founder of the Four Sixes Ranch, hob-nobbed with Chief Quannah Parker of the Comanches (part of the reason he was successful in his ranching) and with President Theodore Roosevelt who he invited to a wolf hunt in 1906. ∼Western Businessman. He was a cattleman, ranchers, banker, oilman and philanthropist. Samuel Burk Burnett family relocated from Missouri to Denton County, Texas, when he was a child. He led his first cattle drive down the Chisholm Trail as a youngster and soon after made his first cow purchase, which came with the ownership of a brand, 6666. In the 1870s and 1880s, he arranged leases with his friend, Comanche Chief Quanah Parker, and began moving cattle to Oklahoma Territory. He grazed up to 10,000 cattle on the territory's 300,000 acres until it was allowed to open up to homesteading. Burnett then requested time from President Teddy Roosevelt to relocate the cattle operation. Burnett purchased more than a quarter million acres in Carson and King counties, Texas, between 1900 and 1903, and increased his operation to 20,000 head. Four Sixes Ranch would go on to become one of the most powerful cattle empires in Texas history. Burnett's fortunes skyrocketed after the discovery of oil on his 6666 Ranch in 1921. From 1908 until his death in 1922 he was president of the Fort Worth Stock Show, served on the Board of Directors of the First National Bank of Fort Worth, the State Bank of Burkburnett, Texas and the Cattle Raisers Association of Texas. He was also President of Ardmore Oil and the Gin Milling Company. Taylor Sheridan, a filmmaker, paid $341.7 million for the family's 6666 Ranch Estate in 2021.
In the late 1860s, Burk made his first cattle drive to Kansas. The following year he trailed his own herd up the Chisholm Trail. He was the Founder of the Four Sixes Ranch, hob-nobbed with Chief Quannah Parker of the Comanches (part of the reason he was successful in his ranching) and with President Theodore Roosevelt who he invited to a wolf hunt in 1906. ∼Western Businessman. He was a cattleman, ranchers, banker, oilman and philanthropist. Samuel Burk Burnett family relocated from Missouri to Denton County, Texas, when he was a child. He led his first cattle drive down the Chisholm Trail as a youngster and soon after made his first cow purchase, which came with the ownership of a brand, 6666. In the 1870s and 1880s, he arranged leases with his friend, Comanche Chief Quanah Parker, and began moving cattle to Oklahoma Territory. He grazed up to 10,000 cattle on the territory's 300,000 acres until it was allowed to open up to homesteading. Burnett then requested time from President Teddy Roosevelt to relocate the cattle operation. Burnett purchased more than a quarter million acres in Carson and King counties, Texas, between 1900 and 1903, and increased his operation to 20,000 head. Four Sixes Ranch would go on to become one of the most powerful cattle empires in Texas history. Burnett's fortunes skyrocketed after the discovery of oil on his 6666 Ranch in 1921. From 1908 until his death in 1922 he was president of the Fort Worth Stock Show, served on the Board of Directors of the First National Bank of Fort Worth, the State Bank of Burkburnett, Texas and the Cattle Raisers Association of Texas. He was also President of Ardmore Oil and the Gin Milling Company. Taylor Sheridan, a filmmaker, paid $341.7 million for the family's 6666 Ranch Estate in 2021.

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