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The Four Sixes Ranch

An overview of the Four Sixes Ranch and its lasting impact on Texas ranching history.

Students learn how Samuel Burk Burnett built a successful operation and how land, relationships, and innovation shaped the cattle industry.

Use it for:

  • Ranching history
  • Influential figures
  • Understanding land and resource use

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Standards

TEKS: 4.4B, 4.9A, 4.14A
NCSS: Time, Continuity, and Change; People, Places, and Environments; Individual Development and Identity
Ag Literacy: T1.3–5.d, T3.3–5.a, T5.3–5.a, T5.3–5.b
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