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26-531: The main section of the ranch is located near the town of Guthrie in King County, Texas. It spans 350,000 acres (550 sq mi; 140,000 ha) of land. The main ranch house is off U.S. Highway 82 . The Dixon Creek section spans 108,000 acres (169 sq mi; 44,000 ha) of land in Carson and Hutchinson counties. The Dixon Creek runs through this section of the ranch near Panhandle, Texas . The ranch

52-571: A cool semi-arid climate ( BSk ). Guthrie has a USDA hardiness zone of 7b, with minimum temperatures ranging from 5 to 10 °F or −15.0 to −12.2 °C. Guthrie was designated as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. Census . As of the 2020 United States census , there were 151 people, 63 households, and 50 families residing in the CDP. Guthrie is served by the Guthrie Common School District , which consistently ranks as

78-628: A "recognized" school district by the Texas Education Agency . Author Mitch Cullin graduated from Guthrie School in 1986, and while the setting of his early writings was often the town of Claude in Armstrong County , Cullin said in interviews that his novels Whompyjawed and Branches were based on Guthrie. Pleasant Tackitt Pleasant Tackitt (or Tackett; April 22, 1803 – February 7, 1886) (sometimes rendered as James Pleasant , but no official documents support this name)

104-536: A 1925 article in Frontier Times magazine: I wish now to record one of the best Indian fights ever fought on our northern frontier by citizens against Indians. This fight like the major part of our frontier life and battles with Indians, has never been recorded in history, but by all means ought to have been. The fight was by Rev. Pleasant Tackitt and his three young sons. Jim Tackitt, twenty-two years old, L. L.- Tackitt, twenty, and George Tackitt, sixteen. Rev. Tackitt

130-644: A stock of school books at his Guthrie general store in 1897, decreasing the school's dependence upon other districts. In 1904, Guthrie claimed 101 residents, and though hurt by the effects of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl , remained stable through to the mid-20th century, with the 1950 Census also reporting 101 residents. In 1959, schools in nearby Dumont were consolidated with Guthrie's schools, and by 1963, its population had more than doubled to 210. The mid- to late 1960s brought an end to Guthrie's growth;

156-535: A total of $ 347.7 million. In May 2021, a buyer group represented by screenwriter Taylor Sheridan purchased the ranch. Paintings depicting portions of the ranch have been painted by Tom Ryan and Mondel Rogers. A barn from the ranch has been moved to the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, Texas . An unnamed television series based on the ranch was introduced as a backdoor pilot , during

182-689: Is in the northern part of the state, 93 miles (150 km) east of Lubbock and 117 miles (188 km) west of Wichita Falls . It serves as the principal headquarters of the Four Sixes Ranch . As of the 2020 census , its population was 151, down from 160 at 2010 . Guthrie's recorded history begins in 1883, when the Louisville Land and Cattle Company in Louisville, Kentucky , purchased several hundred acres in what later became King County. Named after Louisville Land and Cattle stockholder W.H. Guthrie,

208-683: The First United Methodist Church of Weatherford, Texas . Then, the Texas Methodist Conference transferred Pleasant to Fort Belknap, Texas , to spread the gospel to friendly Indians and white settlers. He organized churches in Palo Pinto , Shackelford , and Young Counties , including one at Graham, Texas . Tackitt at one time had 143 appointments requiring 1,200 miles of travel to visit all. Tackitt Mountain in Young County

234-470: The United States. He also bred purebred quarter horses . In 1918, 2,000 head of cattle were killed by a blizzard. Three years later, in 1921, oil was found on the ranch, thus turning it into a very profitable enterprise. After Burnett's death in 1920, the ranch was inherited by his granddaughter, Anne Valliant Burnett Tandy . She purchased Grey Badger II and Hollywood Gold, two show horses which lived on

260-529: The arrow when she went to milk, went to the house and reported the fact. It was then late in, the evening. Rev. Tackitt and the three older boys above named made ready to start the next morning on foot to see if they could find the Indians and also learn what they had done with other stock. There had been a deep snow and sleet on the ground for a week or ten days. The Tackitts then lived on Fish Creek in Young county. Early on

286-526: The community's townsite was platted in 1891 by Andrew Chester Tackitt (son of Rev. Pleasant Tackitt , who had built Guthrie's first residence). When King County was organized that same year, Louisville Land and Cattle proposed the platting of a company townsite, to be named "Ashville", to serve as the county's seat. Tackitt strongly opposed this proposition and led a charge to bring the seat to Guthrie, instead. Tackitt's hotly contested campaign ultimately proved successful, and he not only succeeded in making Guthrie

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312-610: The county seat, but was also elected to serve as King County's first county judge. Late in 1891, the Guthrie post office opened to the public. The next year, Tackitt and a man by the name of Charlie Bradford brought in lumber from the neighboring community of Seymour and constructed Guthrie's first school, a small, one-room building. A larger school followed in 1895, though the lone teacher continued to depend upon schools in Seymour and Benjamin for curriculum. Proprietor John Gibson began to keep

338-502: The family's cows came home with an arrow protruding from her back. Pleasant and his three oldest sons, James, Lycurgus and George, armed themselves and went to bring home the remainder of their herd. They were returning from the Tackitt Mountain area with the animals when 10 Indians rose from a ravine ambush. When the arrows and bullets ceased, four attackers lay dead, and James had a dangerous arrow point lodged in his skull and Pleasant

364-470: The fourth season of the drama series Yellowstone , released November 7, 2021, via the Paramount+ streaming service. 33°37′28″N 100°19′40″W  /  33.62444°N 100.32778°W  / 33.62444; -100.32778 Guthrie, Texas Guthrie is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in, and the county seat of, King County in the U.S. state of Texas . It

390-535: The morning of the 14th about sun-rise, the Rev' Tackitt and the three boys left home in pursuit of the Indians; they took the back trail of the cows and after having gone some two miles they came to where the Indians had killed one of their cows and had… He and George both rain to the trees and in suddenly stopping behind the trees they both slipped on the snow and fell. Jim and Rev. Tackitt by this time were slightly wounded. The Indians seeing L. L. and George fall when they ran to

416-510: The population had fallen to 125 by 1970. It increased to 140 in 1980 and 160 in 1990, a figure it maintained through to the 2010 census. Being a company town , very few homes in Guthrie are privately owned; most residents live in housing provided by the 6666 (Four Sixes) or Pitchfork ranches, or the school district. Guthrie is located in west-central King County, on the north side of the South Wichita River . U.S. Route 82 passes through

442-514: The ranch with her fourth husband, John L. Marion . They bred Brangus cattle with Herefords to produce the Black Baldy , a cattle breed resistant to cedar flies . A hundred broodmares are bred on the ranch every year. As of 3 December 2020, the ranch was being sold in accordance with the will of owner Anne Burnett Marion, who had died in February that year; it was listed on the market for

468-416: The ranch. By 1936, there were 20,000 Hereford cattle on the ranch. In the 1960s and 1970s, the barn on the ranch was used in advertisements for Marlboro , the cigarette brand. In 1975, scenes of the movie Mackintosh and T.J. were filmed on the ranch. In 1980, the ranch was passed on to Burnett's great-granddaughter, Anne Windfohr Marion , and his great-great-granddaughter, Wendi Grimes. Marion co-managed

494-443: The spring of 1854, two years before Parker County was organized, on Walnut Creek, about four miles west of Springtown, Texas . He founded Goshen Church, and helped clear ground for the adjoining cemetery after providing shelter for his family. He preached his first Texas sermon in the cabin home of Hezekiah Culwell, and regularly held services at Goshen, Springtown, and Ash Creek, where he helped build churches. In 1857, he organized

520-518: The western side of the community, and U.S. Route 83 passes through the center of Guthrie. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the Guthrie CDP has an area of 11,000 acres (4,600 ha), of which 7.1 acres (2.87 ha), or 0.06%, is covered by water. According to the Köppen climate classification , Guthrie has a humid subtropical climate , denoted as Cfa on climate maps, though it closely borders

546-699: Was a 19th-century politician, pioneer Methodist minister, stockman, teacher, farmer, Indian fighter, and Confederate officer. Tackitt was a key figure in the history of Arkansas and North Texas , including a state representative in the Arkansas General Assembly . Because of his battles with Indians in Texas, Tackitt became known as "the Fighting Parson". Tackitt was born in Henry County, Kentucky , to Virginian Lewis Tackitt and Mary Elizabeth Bashum, and

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572-559: Was armed with a rifle and dragoon six-shooter; Jim Tackitt had a rifle and Navy six-shooter and L. L. Tackitt had a double-barreled shot gun and Navy six shooter. The first Indian raid into Young county after they were moved to the Indian territory was in January 1860. On the evening of January 13th one of the Tackitt's milk cows came home with an arrow sticking in her back. Mrs. Tackitt, after discovering

598-478: Was established by Samuel Burk Burnett in 1900 after he purchased the land from the Louisville Land and Cattle Company. Legend has it that he won the ranch from a card game, where he scored four sixes. However, Burnett and his descendants have denied this folklore tale. Instead, the name comes from the first herd he raised on the ranch, which was branded "6666". Burnett raised purebred Herefords and Durham bulls , which won national prizes at livestock shows all over

624-641: Was named for him in memory of the skirmish there in 1860 between the Tackitt family and a band of Indians led by a Comanche known to the settlers as Piny Chummy (or Pine-o-Channa). During the American Civil War , Tackitt served as chief justice and postmaster in Young County and as enrolling officer in the Confederate States Army . An often-told story emphasizes the major scares the Tackitts endured at their Fish Creek home south of Ft. Belknap. One of

650-635: Was one of seven children. The Missouri Methodist Conference assigned Pleasant as missionary to the Western Cherokees in Arkansas in 1829. He was a circuit rider for two years and then assigned to mission schools. He married Kezia Frances Bruton on August 20, 1830, in Pope County, Arkansas . He served one term in the Arkansas General Assembly before joining a Texas-bound caravan in the autumn of 1853. Christianity • Protestantism Pleasant settled first in

676-564: Was suffering from a point that pierced one foot. Both suffered great pain, but survived. Frontier life had tense episodes, but all Pleasant's children lived long lives, mostly into their 80s. His brother, Mann Darius Tackitt, was not so lucky. He was slain by a pillaging Indian band on his ranch in Jack County . Pleasant Tackitt returned to Parker County in the last years of his life and is buried in Goshen Cemetery beside his wife. According to

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