6666 Dixon Creek Ranch Division

*Offered collectively as a package with the 6666 Ranch and 6666 Frisco Creek Ranch Division.

This historic ranch takes its name from the creek where noted buffalo hunter and Indian scout, Billy Dixon established the first dugout home on the High Plains in 1874. The Dixon Creek Ranch has historically served as a major division of the 6666s Ranch since 1903 when it was purchased by Samuel Burk Burnett, legendary founder of the 6666s Ranches empire. Burk Burnett operated the Dixon Creek Ranch in conjunction with the 6666s Ranch he owned and operated in King County, Texas, near Guthrie.

The first oil well drilled in the Texas Panhandle was completed on the 6666s Dixon Creek Ranch on May 2, 1921. Burk Burnett passed away in 1922. In October, 1923 the first rotary drilling rig ever used in the Texas Panhandle drilled an oil well on the property.

In 1980, Burk Burnetts Granddaughter, An...