The Four Sixes Ranch | Samuel Burk Burnett | Tom Burnett | Anne Valliant Burnett Tandy | Anne W. Marion
The Big House | Oil and the Four Sixes | Horses of the Four Sixes | The Four Sixes Cattle
Four Sixes Supply House | Burk Burnett's Private Rail Car and The Burnett Buggy | End of the Open Range
Managers | Quanah Parker and Burk Burnett | Quanah Parker | M.B. Loyd

Four Sixes Supply House

The Supply House, built by Burnett about 1900,
was a place where Four Sixes employees and
those from surrounding ranches could purchase everyday items plus luxuries from tailored goods
to fresh fruit. The Supply House provided a type of security to ranch employees that was not
found on most ranches.

In addition to stocking inexpensive goods and provisions, the Supply House served as a bank for Four Sixes employees and allowed them to purchase items on credit. Store management made regular deductions from payrolls to cover their charges.

Although not often, the Supply House was a target for robbers. Many items were stolen, including once when several $35 Stetson hats were taken. These hats were the best that money could buy. Sheriff Arthur Payne of neighboring Cottle County knew of the robbery, so when he arrested a man wearing a new Stetson with 6666 in the sweatband, the man was brought to trial for the burglary and sentenced to 10 years in the Texas State pen.

It was in the Four Sixes Supply House that Burk Burnett maintained his office while at the ranch. Today, the facility operates as a general store and hardware store, serving the ranch as well as the general public. The original cash register, safe and early account books are still kept there.

The Four Sixes Supply House is located in Guthrie, Texas, about a mile from the ranch headquarters house.