America's biggest ranch, larger than New York City, goes on sale for $713 million in Texas

@MailOnline ^ | 19 May 2015 | By James Dunn

[dennisw]

America's biggest ranch, which is larger than New York City, goes on sale for $713million in Texas

The Waggoner Ranch is the largest contiguous ranch in the United States spanning six counties in Northern Texas Listing marks end of decades-long court battle among heirs of cattle baron W.T. Waggoner who founded it in 1923 The estate includes the 510,000-acre ranch with two main compounds, hundreds of homes and 20 cowboy camps Also included are hundreds of quarter-horses, thousands of cattle, 1,200 oil wells and 30,000 acres of cultivated land It reportedly falls within 'super asset class', akin to selling the 'Statue of Liberty' of cowboy culture, it has been said

The estate includes the 510,000-acre ranch spread over six North Texas counties, with two main compounds, hundreds of homes, about 20 cowboy camps, hundreds of quarter-horses, thousands of heads of cattle, 1,200 oil wells and 30,000 acres of cultivated land, according to Dallas-based broker Bernie Uechtritz, who is handling the sale along with broker Sam Middleton of Lubbock.

Uechtritz says the estate falls within a 'super asset class,' akin to selling the 'Statue of Liberty' of cowboy culture. The Waggoner Ranch is the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. W.T. Waggoner's father, Dan Waggoner, started ranching in 1849, and the Waggoner name was prominent in the development of Hereford cattle and pedigree American quarter horses.

'What really sets it apart is that all this land has been kept together under one fence by one family for nearly 100 years, and its history in the settling of the West,' said court-appointed receiver Mike Baskerville.

[keving]

Let China buy it

[showme_the_Glory]

Lubbock, it is some pretty dry desolate country

Not the end of the world. But, you can see it from there.......

[9YearLurker]

Ha—does Mark Cuban need a weekend place?

[smokingfrog]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[Capt. Tom]

Ted Turner owns Vermejo Park Ranch in northern New Mexico which has 584,000 acres of private land. -Tom

[ro_dreaming]

Says he started ranching in 1849, but founded THE ranch in 1923.

Figure he was working for someone else, or free-ranging it from 1849 and 1923.

[matt1234]

510,000 acres = 797 square miles

[Jim Shoe]

“free-ranging it from 1849 and 1923.”

I wonder if the BLM will be bidding?

[Sherman Logan]

There’s a station in Oz that’s 5,849,600 acres. That’s a big ranch.

[showme_the_Glory]

The Republic of Texas is a big country.

[slimjim12]

Wow! Immediately thought of the old U2 song In God's Country. When I retire I want a place in the high desert.




Desert sky
Dream beneath a desert sky
The rivers run but soon run dry
We need new dreams tonight
Desert rose
Dreamed I saw a desert rose
Dress torn in ribbons and in bows
Like a siren she calls to me
Sleep comes like a drug
In God's country
Sad eyes, crooked crosses
In God's country
Set me alight
We'll punch a hole right through the night
Everyday the dreamers die
See what's on the other side
She is liberty
And she comes to rescue me
Hope, faith, her vanity
The greatest gift is gold
Sleep comes like a drug
In God's country
Sad eyes, crooked crosses
In God's country

[GoldenPup]

Earlier in the article, it says his grandfather started ranching there in 1849.