Historical Marker
McGee Ranch House
Historical marker location:
4698 J-Bar Road, Crane, Texas
( 20 miles NW of Crane via US 385 and FM 1233, on private property 3/4 mile down RR)
Marker installed: 1966
Crane County's oldest house; built 1909 by pioneer rancher R. D. McGee on land homesteaded 23 years prior to County organization. Jay McGee, a son, was one of the first county commissioners.
Typical "dog-trot" design. It took wagons 3 days to haul the lumber from Odessa.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1966.