From: howl@dontemailme.com   
      
   In article <20040208211409.06160.00000308@mb-m21.aol.com>, johnw99@aol.com   
   says...   
   >   
   >Whoa Hoss?   
   >   
   >   Not really interested in Bonanza. I was thinking more of the 1820's in   
   >Texas, when Mexico ruled the land.   
      
   Well, several of us replied that you   
   need to define what it is you mean   
   by "hacienda?"  The word means "farm   
   or ranch property." Or are you using   
   the word in the corrupted sense of   
   meaning "small house" - as it is used   
   in the song I quoted?   
      
   As with all farms and ranches everywhere,   
   there are small, large and huge. Most   
   farms (ranches) of 1820 would have been   
   small operations, and since it was open   
   range back then, who knows what the limits   
   of a "ranch" might have been.   
      
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