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{{Infobox person
| name =JA Ranch}}
| name =JA Ranch}}
|birth_date=Founded 1879
|birth_place=Palo Duro Canyon of
Texas}}
'''The JA Ranch,''' founded jointly by John George Adair (1823-1885) and Charles Goodnight (1836-1929), is the oldest privately owned [[cattle]] ranch in the Palo Duro Canyon section of the Texas Panhandle southeast of [[Amarillo]], [[Texas]]. At its peak size in 1883, the JA, still managed by descendants of the Adair family, encompassed some 1,335,000 acres of land in six counties and a herd of 100,000 cattle.
'''The JA Ranch,''' founded jointly by John George Adair (1823-1885) and Charles Goodnight (1836-1929), is the oldest privately owned [[cattle]] ranch in the Palo Duro Canyon section of the Texas Panhandle southeast of [[Amarillo]], [[Texas]]. At its peak size in 1883, the JA, still managed by descendants of the Adair family, encompassed some 1,335,000 acres of land in six counties and a herd of 100,000 cattle.