Henry B. Sanborn

Henry B. Sanborn (September 10, 1845 – May 19, 1912) was an American businessman, rancher, hotelier, horse breeder and philanthropist. He was known as the "Father of Amarillo, Texas."

Early life Henry Bradley Sanborn was born on September 10, 1845, in St. Lawrence County, New York. His father was Edmund Sanborn and his mother, Harriet White. By 1872, he began purchasing horses on the East Coast to sell them in Denver, Colorado, with his colleague, Judson P. Warner. They established their headquarters in Houston, Sanborn established the Frying Pan Ranch near Bushland, Texas, spanning acres of land in Potter County and Randall County. which lay on his Frying Pan Ranch. Three years later, he acquired the Hutchins House and redeveloped it into a hotel in 1892. Six years later, the Sanborn Elementary School, also in Amarillo, was named in his honor.