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The Bradley 3 Ranch began in 1955 during a time of [[drought]] with three thousand acres purchased by Minnie and Billy Bradley, and his parents, Raymond Jack “Rusty” Bradley and the former Lois Chaney, originally from Electra in Wichita County. The family maintains that Rusty Bradley’s father, Rufus Jack Bradley, had in the 1870s been a wagon boss on the famed XIT Ranch west of [[Amarillo]] although that ranch did not actually exist until 1885. The Bradley 3 (originally three ranches) began raising Angus cattle some two years after its founding.  The ranch uses Angus bulls to increase the production of Hereford cattle.<ref name=bradley3>[http://www.bradley3ranch.com/history.html|title=Bradley 3 Ranch, Ltd.], no longer on-line.</ref>

The Bradley 3 Ranch began in 1955 during a time of [[drought]] with three thousand acres purchased by Minnie and Billy Bradley, and his parents, Raymond Jack “Rusty” Bradley and the former Lois Chaney, originally from Electra in Wichita County. The family maintains that Rusty Bradley’s father, Rufus Jack Bradley, had in the 1870s been a wagon boss on the famed XIT Ranch west of [[Amarillo]] although that ranch did not actually exist until 1885. The Bradley 3 (originally three ranches) began raising Angus cattle some two years after its founding.  The ranch uses Angus bulls to increase the production of Hereford cattle.<ref name=bradley3>[http://www.bradley3ranch.com/history.html|title=Bradley 3 Ranch, Ltd.], no longer on-line.</ref>

In the center of the ranch is a slightly elevated area on which one can see the lights of Childress, eleven miles to the south and Memphis,  some nineteen miles  to the west. On that same spot during the day, one sees only endless ranchland covered in short grass, mesquite, juniper, and black Angus. Not even a water tower dots the horizon from the Bradley 3. The Panhandle has been described as one place on earth where one can see the fartherest and still see the least.<ref name=texas>[http://www.texas-ec.org/texascooppower/issues_archive/2007/May/tcp0507.pdf]; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

In the center of the ranch is a slightly elevated area on which one can see the lights of Childress, eleven miles to the south and Memphis,  some nineteen miles  to the west. On that same spot during the day, one sees only endless ranchland covered in short grass, mesquite, juniper, and black Angus. Not even a water tower dots the horizon from the Bradley 3. The Panhandle has been described as one place on earth where one can see the fartherest and still see the least.<ref name=texas>Texascooppower, May 2007; no longer on-line}}</ref>​

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