| 词条 | John M. Shelton |
| 释义 |
| name = John M. Shelton | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1853 | birth_place = Kentucky, U.S. | death_date = December 7, 1923 | death_place = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | death_cause = | restingplace = Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Texas, U.S. | nationality = | religion = | ethnicity = | residence = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. Amarillo, Texas, U.S. | education = | alma mater = | occupation = Rancher, banker | party = | salary = | networth = | spouse = Flora Exum | parents = | children = 2 sons, 1 daughter | relatives = | website = }} John M. Shelton (1853–1923) was an American rancher and banker. Born in Kentucky in the Antebellum South, he became a large landowner and banker in Texas in the postbellum era. He founded a bank and loan company. He established the Bravo Ranch in Hartley County, Texas. By 1915, he was the owner of 28,000 head of cattle and 500,000 acres in the Texas Panhandle. Early lifeJohn M. Shelton was born in 1853 in Kentucky.[1][2] He took a wagon train to Fort Worth, Texas shortly after the American Civil War.[1] CareerShelton purchased property in Fort Worth in the 1880s.[1] According to the Amarillo Globe-News, "by 1890, Shelton had accumulated between 1,500 and 2,000 cattle and began his Lazy J brand."[1] Shortly after, he purchased a ranch in Wheeler County, Texas as well as rangeland in Wyoming and Montana.[2] He sold his Wheeler County ranch in the 1910s.[2] Shelton co-founded the First State Bank of Shamrock, Texas in 1904 with Oscar P. Jones.[1] By the 1910s, he founded the John M. Shelton Loan Company in Amarillo.[1] Shelton purchased 211,000 acres in the Texas Panhandle, in Oldham County and Hartley County, Texas in 1914.[3] A year later, in 1915, he purchased the Bravo Ranch, which spanned 111,000 acres in Hartley County, Texas, for US$540,000.[2][4] The acreage came from the XIT Ranch.[5] Shortly after the purchase of the ranch, he was the owner of 500,000 acres and 28,000 head of cattle in total.[4] Shelton raised Hereford and Angus cattle on the Bravo Ranch.[2] Personal lifeShelton married Flora Exum.[2] They had two sons, J. Malcolm Shelton and James M. Shelton, and a daughter, Martha Houghton.[1][2] They resided in Fort Worth, and later in Amarillo, Texas.[2] Their Amarillo mansion, located at 1700 Polk Street, was completed in 1914.[5] It was located on the most affluent street in Amarillo.[6] Death and legacyShelton died on December 7, 1923 in Fort Worth, Texas.[2] He was buried at the Llano Cemetery in Amarillo.[2] The Shelton-Houghton House was donated to the Junior League of Amarillo in 1965.[1] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[7] Shelton's Bravo Ranch remains in the family.[8] By 2015, it belongs to the majority landowners and great grandsons, Malcolm and Jim Shelton.[8] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite news|last1=Ledbetter|first1=Kay|title=John M. Shelton|url=http://amarillo.com/stories/051900/his_shelton.html#.VpHoK5OLRAY|accessdate=January 10, 2016|work=Amarillo Globe-News|date=May 19, 2000}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shelton, John M.}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite web|last1=Anderson|first1=H. Allen|title=SHELTON, JOHN M.|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fsh56|website=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|accessdate=January 9, 2016}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=$850,000 Land Deal Closed Saturday. J. M. Shelton of Amarillo, Bought 211,000 in Panhandle of Scotch Syndicate. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/95006956/?terms=%22J.%2BM.%2BShelton%22 |newspaper=The Houston Post |location=Houston, Texas |date=May 11, 1914 |page=15 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate =January 10, 2016 }} {{Open access}} 4. ^1 {{cite news|title=Cattle Raisers Optimistic. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1286365/?terms=%22Bravo%2BRanch%22%2Bshelton |newspaper=The Iola Register |location=Iola, Kansas |date=November 24, 1915 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com|accessdate =January 10, 2016 }} {{Open access}} 5. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=Jon|title=Amarillo|date=2009|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|location=Mount Pleasant, South Carolina|page=18|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GlMRP2Uh1x8C&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=%22Bravo+Ranch%22+%22John+M.+Shelton%22&source=bl&ots=yvJqCq75w2&sig=OCvDeO8ydgidpfE5Sc8WaDk0b0A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjUh8_jvZ7KAhVG6RQKHRFdCJEQ6AEINzAF#v=onepage&q=%22Bravo%20Ranch%22%20%22John%20M.%20Shelton%22&f=false|accessdate=January 10, 2016}} 6. ^{{cite book|last1=Carlson|first1=Paul Howard|title=Amarillo: The Story of a Western Town|date=2006|publisher=Texas Tech University Press|location=Lubbock, Texas|isbn=9780896725874|page=100|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IEhooYHE5VoC&pg=PA100&dq=%22John+M.+Shelton%22+texas&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjfioOXxp7KAhUGsxQKHVYBCCMQ6AEIMDAD#v=onepage&q=%22John%20M.%20Shelton%22%20texas&f=false|accessdate=January 10, 2016|oclc=64427384}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Shelton-Houghton House|url=http://focus.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/80004145|website=National Park Service|accessdate=January 10, 2016}} 8. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Smith Ford|first1=Lauren|title=Land Lords. A Ranching Photo Essay.|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/land-lords/|accessdate=January 10, 2016|work=Texas Monthly|date=February 2015}} 10 : 1853 births|1923 deaths|People from Kentucky|People from Fort Worth, Texas|People from Amarillo, Texas|People from Oldham County, Texas|People from Hartley County, Texas|Ranchers from Texas|American bankers|American company founders |
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