Murdo Mackenzie ( April 24, 1850 near Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland – May 30, 1939 in Denver, Colorado ) was twice ( 1891-1901 and 1922-1937 ) manager of the Scots-owned Matador Land and Cattle Company, and founding president of the American Stock Growers Association, for whom he testified before congress and the Interstate Commerce Commission.

* Pearce, W. M. ( 1964 ) The Matador Land and Cattle Company.

Koch's Matador Ranch in Texas earned the Lone Star Land Steward award for outstanding natural resource management in 2010.

Koch also owns Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals and Matador Cattle Company.

Koch Agricultural Company's Matador Cattle Company division operates three ranches totaling located in Beaverhead, Montana, Matador, Texas and the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas.

In 1952 Koch formed Matador Cattle Company, and later one of his companies purchased part of Matador Ranch, which was brought together with other Koch ranches in Montana and Kansas.

Today, according to the ranch's website, it “ is owned and operated by Matador Cattle Company, a division of Koch Agriculture Company, which is an indirect, owned subsidiary of Koch Industries .”

The project stalled for four years, however, until May 1947, when the United States Army Air Forces awarded Martin Aircraft Company a contract for a turbojet powered subsonic missile, the Matador.

The AEC Matador was an artillery tractor built by the Associated Equipment Company for British and Commonwealth forces during the Second World War.

The US Air Force's first operational surface-to-surface missile was the winged, mobile, nuclear-capable MGM-1 Matador, also similar in concept to the V-1.

Among these was his son, David G. ( Dode ) MacKenzie, who, in December 1909, was shot ( possibly murdered ) in La Beau, South Dakota, while also working for Matador.

After becoming a naturalized citizen, he was elected mayor of Trinidad in 1891, before accepting the directorship at Matador.

The large Matador Ranch, established in 1882 by a syndicate from Scotland and still operational after it was liquidated in 1951, is located in Motley and five adjoning counties.

The school closed in 1946 and was consolidated with those in Matador, eleven miles to the south.

Malibu's beaches include Surfrider Beach, Zuma Beach, Malibu State Beach, Topanga State Beach, Point Dume State Beach and Dan Blocker Beach ; its local parks include Malibu Bluffs Park ( formerly Malibu Bluffs State Park ), Trancas Canyon Park, Las Flores Creek Park, and Legacy Park, with neighboring parks Malibu Creek State Park, Leo Carrillo State Beach and Park, Point Mugu State Park, and the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, and neighboring state beach Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach, that was once part of Old Malibu ( before Malibu became a city ), and better known as pristine beaches, El Pescador, La Piedra and El Matador.

The restored Hotel Matador was founded in 1914 as the Carter Hotel.

In 1891, it was established by and named for the Matador Ranch.

The Matador Ranch was consolidated in 1882 by a Scottish syndicate, and a post office opened at Matador in 1886.

At the end of the 19th century, townspeople freed the community from domination by the Matador Ranch, which was liquidated in 1951, by relocating non-ranch families there and electing their own slate of officials.

The only real business in Matador at the time was a saloon.

Originally the Carter Hotel, the Hotel Matador was built in 1914 by Roy Carter and his wife, the former Jessie Simpson.

The name " Hotel Matador " was coined in the 1920s.

Albert Carroll Traweek, Sr. ( 1875 – 1959 ) was a physician in Matador, originally from Fort Worth, known as the " Pneumonia doctor " for his success in treating patients with that sometimes fatal illness.

He was also a Matador civic leader and sought to recognize returning veterans from World War II.

* Stanley Rose, famous Hollywood bookseller of the 1930s, was born in Matador.

He was responsible for such unique automotive designs as the Pacer, Gremlin, Matador coupe, Jeep Cherokee, and the complete interior of the Eagle Premier.

Their true Matador debut came in 1995 with Alien Lanes, which, despite a five-figure recording allowance, was constructed out of home-recorded snippets on the cheap.

Departing from Matador, this lineup ( without Farley ) worked with producer Ric Ocasek to create what was intended to be Guided by Voices ' major label debut.

The Matador two-door hardtop, known as the " flying brick " due to its poor aerodynamics in NASCAR competition, was replaced at great cost with a sleek, smoothly shaped, and radically styled two-door coupe.

Optional on the Matador coupe was a " landau " vinyl roof with " opera " windows, and top-line Barcelonas offered new two-tone paint.

With falling sales of Matador Coupes, sedans and wagons, their V8 engine was dropped, leaving only the Inline-6 ( standard on coupes and sedans ) and the V8 ( optional on coupes and sedans, standard on wagons ).

Phair interviews, among others, Gerard Cosloy and Chris Lombardi of Matador Records, indie producer Steve Albini, Ira Glass of NPR's This American Life, John Henderson, Brad Wood, John Cusack ( who founded the Chicago avant-garde theater group New Crime Productions ) and Urge Overkill.

** Matador Records is founded.

Matador Bratislava was founded in 1905 ( till 1911 known as the " Matador-Gummi und Balata Werke ") involved mainly in the production of rubber hoses and belts in its new facilities in Petržalka, a district of Bratislava.

All were cancelled by 1948 except four: the Air Material Command BANSHEE, the SM-62 Snark, the SM-64 Navaho, and the MGM-1 Matador.

The Town of Matador is served by the Motley County Independent School District and home to the Motley County High School Matadors.

In 2010, the " classic lineup " of Guided by Voices reunited to perform at Matador Records 21st anniversary party, and subsequently undertook a national tour.

After departing from TVT in 2002, Guided by Voices returned to Matador and released Universal Truths and Cycles, a departure from the previous two radio-aspiring albums, and a return to the band's mid-90's, mid-fi aesthetic.

* Guided by Voices at Matador Records

Examples include contemporary versions of the AMC Hornet, AMC Javelin and AMC Matador assembled in Australia by Australian Motor Industries ( AMI ) from complete knock down ( CKD ) kits which continued to be badged as Ramblers until 1978.

During early and mid-May, the U. S. also launched Operation Matador, an assault by around 1, 000 Marines in the ungoverned region of western Iraq.

A new album, ONoffON, was produced in 2004 by Bob Weston in conjunction with Rick Harte and the band, and released on Matador Records on May 4.

Rechristened The Obliterati, the new album was released on Matador on May 23, 2006 and was named as the 33rd best record of 2006 by Pitchfork Media and placed 50th in the Pazz & Jop poll.

The codename " Operation Matador " was used no less than six times by various armies and intelligence agencies.

Matador was started by Chris Lombardi in 1989 in his New York City apartment.

A special position is occupied by Bent Fabricius-Bjerre ( b. 1924 ), who has written music for Danish films and television series such as Matador in his highly individual style.

When Matador was contacted by Phair in 1992, they signed her.

Gerard Cosloy, co-president of Matador, stated that " We usually don't sign people we haven't met, or heard other records by, or seen as performers.

The band made a music video for the song " Rachel " directed by Jim Spring and Jens Jurgensen which was later issued by Matador Records on the 1997 Live Promo Video.