Editing Hutchinson County, Texas (section)

===Early ranch entrepreneurs===

In November 1876, [[Kansas|Kansan]] Thomas Sherman Bugbee established the Quarter Circle T Ranch.<ref>{{cite web| last=Anderson| first=H. Allen| title=Quarter Circle T Ranch| url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/apq04| work=Handbook of Texas Online| publisher=Texas State Historical Association| access-date=December 14, 2010}}</ref> The Scissors Ranch was begun in 1878 by William E. Anderson at the Adobe Walls site. The ranch was named after the brand, which looked like a pair of scissors.<ref>{{cite web| last=Anderson| first=H. Allen| title=Scissors Ranch| url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/aps14| work=Handbook of Texas Online| publisher=Texas State Historical Association| access-date=December 14, 2010}}</ref> [[Colorado|Coloradan]] Richard E. McNalty moved to Texas and began the Turkey Track Ranch, which he sold to Charles Wood and Jack Snider in 1881.<ref>{{cite web| last=Anderson| first=H. Allen| title=Turkey Track Ranch| url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/apt08| work=Handbook of Texas Online| publisher=Texas State Historical Association| access-date=December 14, 2010}}</ref> [[Scotland]]-born James M. Coburn formed the Hansford Land and Cattle Company. The Quarter Circle T Ranch and Scissors Ranch were sold to Coburn in 1882. Coburn acquired the Turkey Track Ranch in 1883.<ref>{{cite web| last=Anderson| first=H. Allen| title=James M. Coburn| url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fcobx| work=Handbook of Texas Online| publisher=Texas State Historical Association| access-date=December 14, 2010}}</ref>