Cookhouse - Muleshoe Ranch
Historical marker location:Cookhouse built in Parmer County about 1897. Bought and moved here about 1902.
Dodge City couple moving to Texas found shoe thrown by mule. Used it for good luck and as branding iron on ranch to which this old cookhouse belonged.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965
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