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RANSOM CANYON, TEXAS

Lubbock County, Panhandle / West Texas

33° 32' 0" N, 101° 40' 47" W (33.533333, -101.679722)
Off of FM 3523
12-18 Miles E of Lubbock the county seat
Population: 1,135 Est. (2016)
1,096 (2010) 1,011 (2000) 750 (1990)

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Lake Ransom Canyon TX
Lake Ransom Canyon
Photo courtesy Rick Vanderpool, 2010
Near Buffalo Springs Lake In Yellow House Canyon
On the North Fork of the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River


History in a Pecan Shell

The town was developed in the second half of the 20th Century.

It incorporated in 1977. The original name of the development had been Lake Ransom Canyon until 1984 when it dropped the word “lake.” From a 1980 census count of 561, the development has increased to just over 1,000 for the 2000 census.
Ransom Canyon TX Historical Marker
Ransom Canyon Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Rick Vanderpool, 2010
Historical Marker:

Ransom Canyon

Spanish explorers crossed this canyon, part of the larger Yellow House Canyon, perhaps as early as the 1540s. Jumano, Apache, and Comanche Indians camped here to take advantage of the canyon's protective walls, fresh water springs, trees, and abundant game.

In the late 1700s New Mexican traders known as Comancheros began to exchange agricultural and craft products of their villages for buffalo hides, horses, and other items of the Plains Indians along a trade route which passed through this canyon. In the 1800s a number of captives were brought here by Comanche Indians and sold to Comancheros. The Comanchero practice of demanding ransom for their release gave rise to the canyon's name. By the 1870s mostly buffalo hunters and ranchers occupied the area.

In 1884 the Western Land and Livestock Company bought most of the land in the canyon area and operated the famous IOA Ranch. The IOA Ranch venture failed and in 1901 the canyon became the site of the O6 Ranch. From 1915 until 1961 Ransom Canyon was part of a large ranch owned by the Johnston Family. In 1961 investors purchased the canyon area and in 1965 platted Lake Ransom Canyon Village. The village was incorporated in 1978.

1994
Lubbock Texas - Steel House in Ransom Canyon

Photo courtesy www.robertbruno.com

Steel House in Ransom Canyon

Ransome Canyon Attraction:
Steel House by Byrone Brown

Sculptor and architect Robert Bruno has bequeathed to us his Steel House, sometimes referred to as “The Metal Mansion”, just outside of Lubbock in Ransom Canyon...

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