Posted on 05/19/2015 10:22:22 AM PDT by 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.
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Let China buy it
Not the end of the world. But, you can see it from there.......
Ha—does Mark Cuban need a weekend place?
nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Ted Turner owns Vermejo Park Ranch in northern New Mexico which has 584,000 acres of private land. -Tom
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.
510,000 acres = 797 square miles
“free-ranging it from 1849 and 1923.”
I wonder if the BLM will be bidding?
There’s a station in Oz that’s 5,849,600 acres. That’s a big ranch.
The Republic of Texas is a big country.
Earlier in the article, it says his grandfather started ranching there in 1849.
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