In 1881, the XIT Ranch in the Texas Panhandle was established on three million acres of land that were received
A) in exchange for building the Texas capitol.
B) as a gift from the Alabama-Coushatta tribe.
C) as spoils during the Spanish-American War.
D) in a poker game.
E) in lieu of taxes owed by John D. Rockefeller
A
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