In our inaugural Land Report 100 (right), Midland’s Scharbauers ranked No. 78 with 113,532 acres. It was the highest the family would ever rank on our list. The reason, of course, had nothing to do with the prominent West Texans.…
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Posted in Equestrian, Feature, Land Report 100, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Equestrian, Feature, Land Report 100, Southwest, Texas
The Land Report Spring 2018
The Magazine of the American Landowner announces the 2017 Deals of the Year: Deal of the Year: Jack and Laura Dangermond’s $165 Million Donation Preserves Santa Barbara’s Bixby Ranch as the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve Ranchland Deal of the Year: Colorado’s…
Tagged with: Aubrie Kobernus, Bill McDavid, Dave Palmerlee, Eric O’Keefe, Farmland Partners, Hall and Hall, Jack and Laura Dangermond, Jason Newsted, Jeff Hubbard, Mirr Ranch Group, Pat Lancaster, Paul Pittman, State of South Carolina, Ted Turner, The Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve
Posted in Agriculture, Back Issues, Developers, Farming, Federal Policy, Hunting, News Desk, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Southwest, West
Posted in Agriculture, Back Issues, Developers, Farming, Federal Policy, Hunting, News Desk, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Southwest, West
SOLD! New Mexico’s Imus Ranch Sells to RFD-TV Founder
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that Don Imus’s 3,400-acre cattle ranch in the Pecos River Valley east of Santa Fe has sold to RFD-TV founder Patrick Gottsch. The host of Imus in the Morning was employed by RFDTV from…
Tagged with: Don Imus, Imus Ranch, Patrick Gottsch, RFD-TV
Posted in Auctions, Cattle, Feature, New Mexico, News Desk, Southwest
Posted in Auctions, Cattle, Feature, New Mexico, News Desk, Southwest
D.R. Horton: 2017 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 23 D.R. Horton 503,000 acres Donald Horton founded and chairs the country’s largest new home builder, D.R. Horton, which is based in Fort Worth. In his spare time, Horton acquires ranches in the desert Southwest. Most recently, Horton added…
Tagged with: D.R. Horton, Donald Horton, Double V Ranch, Great Western Ranch, LandLeader, new home builder
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Equestrian, Feature, Land Report 100, New Mexico, Recreation, Residential Property, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Equestrian, Feature, Land Report 100, New Mexico, Recreation, Residential Property, Southwest, Texas
Land Report Library: Marfa
In her new book, Kathleen Shafer probes a Far West Texas phenomenon as improbable as the mysterious Marfa Lights. Text by Kelly McGee | Photography by Gustav Schmiege III Marfa is more than a trendy town. It has morphed from…
Tagged with: Far West Texas, Gustav Schmiege III, Kathleen Shafer, Kelly McGee, Marfa Lights
Posted in Feature, Gustav Schmiege, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Feature, Gustav Schmiege, Southwest, Texas
Holland Ware: 2017 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 21 Holland Ware 534,000 acres (BACK ON LIST) In 2010, the Georgia native confirmed to us that he owned more than 500,000 acres, “from Virginia to Texas.” Two years later, we were informed that Mr. Ware’s landholdings had decreased…
Tagged with: Holland Ware, LandLeader
Posted in Feature, Land Report 100, Northeast, Southwest, Texas, Virginia
Posted in Feature, Land Report 100, Northeast, Southwest, Texas, Virginia
O’Connor Heirs: 2017 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 17 O’Connor Heirs 587,000 acres (up 7,000 acres) Irish immigrant Thomas O’Connor, a.k.a. “The Texas Cattle King,” was awarded a 4,428-acre land grant in 1834 near present-day Victoria, and the family never looked back. The O’Connors still run cattle…
Tagged with: LandLeader, O'Connor, Texas Cattle King, Thomas O’Connor
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Land Report 100, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Land Report 100, Southwest, Texas
Lykes Heirs: 2017 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 15 Lykes Heirs 615,000 acres In the decade following the Civil War, Dr. Howell Lykes shuttered his medical practice to oversee the family farm in Florida’s Hernando County. In 1900, Lykes and his seven sons incorporated Lykes Bros. Inc.…
Tagged with: Howell Lykes, Lykes, Lykes Bros. Inc., Lykes Ranch
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Florida, Land Report 100, South, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Florida, Land Report 100, South, Southwest, Texas
Briscoe Family: 2017 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 14 Briscoe Family 640,000 acres (up 30,000 acres) Three generations of the Briscoe family have stewarded the 100,000-acre Catarina Ranch in South Texas, the epicenter of the family’s thriving cow-calf operation and the linchpin of Briscoe Ranch Company. Click…
Tagged with: Briscoe, Briscoe Family, Briscoe Ranch Company, Catarina Ranch, LandLeader
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Land Report 100, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Land Report 100, Southwest, Texas
Wilks Brothers: 2017 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 13 Wilks Brothers 702,000 acres (up 30,000 acres) In 2011, Farris and Dan Wilks sold their 70 percent stake in Frac Tech Holdings for $3.5 billion to a group that included South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund. In addition to…
Tagged with: Dan Wilks, Farris Wilks, Frac Tech Holdings, LandLeader, N Bar Ranch
Posted in Feature, Hunting, Land Report 100, Montana, Recreation, Southwest, Texas, West
Posted in Feature, Hunting, Land Report 100, Montana, Recreation, Southwest, Texas, West
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