Building the Lazy S Ranch, Colonel Slaughter's 250 THOUSAND Acre "Insurance Policy"

This is the second in our three part series on C.C. "Lum" Slaughter. The Lazy S Ranch was Slaughter's plan to build an "insurance policy" for his descendants. Contemporary to Charles Goodnight, and a witness to the Fence Cutting wars, Slaughter built his ranches in the golden age of ranching just after the days of the major cattle drives. Tune into to day's episode to learn how this famous Texan and how he built his 250,000+ acre ranch in West Texas!

00:00 Intro
02:27 Elite Ranch Consulting
03:02 Ranching in Colorado City
08:05 Beef Bonanza
09:45 New State Constitution
12:50 Building Windmills for Water
14:30 The XIT Ranch
16:40 New Homesteaders
22:07 New Strategies for Acquiring Land
31:05 Trusted Advisors
34:45 Shady Land Deals
39:20 Murrah on Slaughter's Acquisitions
41:20 Fount Oxsheer
43:50 Travelling to the Lazy S Ranch in Style
47:03 Success in the Cattle Market