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O'Connor Ranch Heirs
580,000 acres
Up 80,000 acres
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his year's Texas 10
features some major
changes, including
the addition of 80,000 acres
in Far West Texas, specifi-
cally, Culberson, Hudspeth,
Jeff Davis, and Presidio
Counties. e vast majority
of this family's acreage is
situated along the Coastal
Plain in and around Aransas,
Goliad, La Salle, McMullen,
Refugio, and San Patricio
Counties. is is the area
where Tom O'Connor and
an uncle, James Power, were
granted 4,428 acres by the
Mexican government in
1834. A century later in
1934, the O'Connor Ranch
welcomed the discovery
of the Tom O'Connor Field,
one of the state's best known
oil fields.
According to the Texas State Historical Association, the O'Connors, in all likelihood,
brought the first rotary drilling equipment to the Lone Star State.
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