No. 12 Briscoe Family 640,000 acres (up 80,000 acres) One family member, Andrew Briscoe, was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Another member — the venerable Dolph Briscoe Jr. — served two terms as the Lone Star State’s…
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2016 Land Report 100: Briscoe Family
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Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Land Report 100, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Land Report 100, Southwest, Texas
The 13-Million-Acre Man
Go behind the scenes with Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush in our Texas issue. The Magazine of the Texas Landowner brings you an exclusive interview with George Prescott Bush, the 28th Commissioner of Texas’s General Land Office. The Commissioner…
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Posted in Conservation, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Interviews, Minerals, Public Land, Southwest, Texas, Water
Posted in Conservation, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Interviews, Minerals, Public Land, Southwest, Texas, Water
2016 Land Report 100: Wilks Brothers
No. 11 Wilks Brothers 672,000 acres (up 172,000 acres) Brothers Farris and Dan began their careers as bricklayers; they made their fortune in fracking. In 2011, the two sold their 70 percent stake in Frac Tech Holdings for $3.5 billion…
Tagged with: Dan Wilks, Farris Wilks, Frac Tech Holdings, fracking, LandLeader, N Bar Ranch, Wilks Brothers
Posted in Cattle, Feature, Hunting, Idaho, Land Report 100, Montana, Recreation, Southwest, Texas, Timber, West
Posted in Cattle, Feature, Hunting, Idaho, Land Report 100, Montana, Recreation, Southwest, Texas, Timber, West
2016 Land Report 100: Pingree Heirs
No. 10 Pingree Heirs 830,000 acres) Salem shipping merchant David Pingree purchased his first tract of Maine timberland in 1841. The savvy Bay Stater sensed that the golden age of the clipper ship was coming to an end. Furthermore, the…
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Posted in Conservation, Feature, Great Lakes, Kentucky, Land Report 100, Maine, Midwest, New Hampshire, Northeast, Ohio, Southwest, Texas, Timber, Wisconsin
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Great Lakes, Kentucky, Land Report 100, Maine, Midwest, New Hampshire, Northeast, Ohio, Southwest, Texas, Timber, Wisconsin
FOR SALE: 2,500-Acre East Texas Resort
Barefoot Ranch on market for $59.5 million Owned by hedge fund manager Kyle Bass, the 2,500-acre estate features a 35,000-square-foot timber-beamed lodge, multiple cabins, an equestrian center, tennis courts, a golf course, and more. Located just over an hour east…
Tagged with: Athens, Barefoot Ranch, Dallas Cowboys, Kyle Bass, Murchison family, Texas
Posted in Equestrian, Feature, Golf, Hunting, Recreation, Residential Property, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Equestrian, Feature, Golf, Hunting, Recreation, Residential Property, Southwest, Texas
2016 Land Report 100: King Ranch Heirs
No. 9 King Ranch Heirs 911,215 acres In 2015, King Ranch announced the purchase of The Boon from Alice Walton and her Rocking W Ranch. The Boon is a seventh-generation descendant of Old Sorrel, King Ranch’s foundation stallion and the…
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Posted in Agriculture, Equestrian, Feature, Land Report 100, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Agriculture, Equestrian, Feature, Land Report 100, Southwest, Texas
2016 Land Report 100: Brad Kelley
No. 8 Brad Kelley 1,000,000 acres (down 500,000 acres) The publicity-shy Kentucky native ranks as this year’s biggest loser, thanks in large measure to a rare interview with The Wall Street Journal in which he confirmed that his landholdings totaled…
Red River Gradient Boundary Survey Act Clears House
Legislation requiring a 116-mile survey at the Texas– Oklahoma border cleared the House by a 250-171 vote. The goal of the survey is to resolve a dispute between the Bureau of Land Management and a group of Texas landowners concerning…
1031 Exchanges Endangered
Congress considers eliminating key landowner tax tool. Grover Norquist is bullish on the prospects for passage of tax reform legislation this year. However, the founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform is sounding an alarm on the potential repeal…
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