The TOP TEN listings in the Lone Star State boast an average price north of $100 million. -The Editors 1. Mesa Vista Ranch | $250 Million Boone Pickens’ 100-square-mile ranch has been deemed “arguably the finest quail hunting spot in…
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Land Report Texas $1 Billion Club
Tagged with: Champion Ranch, KB Carter Ranch, La Bandera Ranch, Mesa Vista Ranch, Montgomery County Timber, Northrup Pipe Creek Ranch, Rancho Agua Grande, Rio Texico Ranch, Sandow Lakes Ranch, Veale Ranch
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Developers, Feature, Hunting, Minerals, Recreation, Residential Property, Southwest, Texas, Timber, Water
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Developers, Feature, Hunting, Minerals, Recreation, Residential Property, Southwest, Texas, Timber, Water
D.R. Horton: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 23 D.R. Horton 503,000 acres The chairman of the country’s leading home builder, Don Horton has snapped up several marquee ranching operations, including New Mexico’s 292,779-acre GREAT WESTERN RANCH. Each summer, he hosts hundreds of his employees’ children, grandchildren,…
Tagged with: Camp Horton, D.R. Horton, Don Horton, Great Western Ranch, LandLeader, New Mexico, Texas
Posted in Feature, Land Report 100, New Mexico, Recreation, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Feature, Land Report 100, New Mexico, Recreation, Southwest, Texas
Private Paradise
Established by ranch owners for ranch owners, EXPLORE RANCHES offers exclusive access to private landholdings across Texas and beyond. – Lisa Martin Guests had come to ogle steep bluffs and sheer canyon walls. The pitch-black West Texas skies stole their…
Tagged with: Allison Ryan, Davis Mountains Ranch, Explore Ranches, Jay Kleberg, Jesse Womack
Posted in California, Colorado, Feature, Pacific, Recreation, Southwest, Texas, West
Posted in California, Colorado, Feature, Pacific, Recreation, Southwest, Texas, West
The SMS Brand
An energetic Swede, SVANTE MAGNUS SWENSON established a 680,000-acre ranching empire north of Abilene. Texas history brims with rags to riches stories, but few can vie with the life and times of Svante “Sven” Swenson (1816–1896). A Swedish immigrant who…
Tagged with: Abilene, Chas. S. Middleton, Flat Top Division, immigrant, Sam Middleton, SMS Brand, Svante “Sven” Swenson, Svante Magnus Swenson, Swedish, Swenson
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Hunting, Recreation, Residential Property, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Hunting, Recreation, Residential Property, Southwest, Texas
Land Report July 2019 Newsletter
Congratulations are in order to our 2018 Deals of the Year honorees. These standout sales are the focus of our July newsletter. They include: 2018 Deal of the Year: Wasatch Peaks Ranch 2018 Conservation Deal of the Year: Cabin Bluff…
Tagged with: Cabin Bluff, Carl Icahn, Dick Bass, El Maximo Ranch, Latimer “Latt” Maxcy, Robert Earl Holding, Tim Weidert, Triple T Timberlands, Wasatch Peaks Ranch, Weidert Farm
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Federal Policy, Newsletter, Pacific, South, Southwest, Texas, Timber, Utah, Washington, West
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Federal Policy, Newsletter, Pacific, South, Southwest, Texas, Timber, Utah, Washington, West
O’Connor Heirs: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 16 O’Connor Heirs 587,800 acres By the time of his death in 1887, Irish immigrant Thomas O’Connor (1817–1887) owned half a million acres in Southeast Texas and close to 100,000 head of cattle. His philosophy? “Buy land and never…
Tagged with: D.M. O’Connor, LandLeader, O'Connor, O’Connor Ranch, Thomas O’Connor
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Land Report 100, Minerals, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Land Report 100, Minerals, Southwest, Texas
Lykes Heirs: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 14 Lykes Heirs 615,000 acres With more than half of the family acreage nestled in Glades and Highland counties in Florida, heirs of Dr. Howell Tyson Lykes (1846–1906) maintain a thriving a cow-calf operation centered on the Brangus breed.…
Tagged with: 02 Ranch, Brangus, LandLeader, Lykes, Tyson Lykes
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Florida, Hunting, Land Report 100, Recreation, South, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Florida, Hunting, Land Report 100, Recreation, South, Southwest, Texas
Land Report June 2019 Newsletter
Our 2019 Texas issue takes center stage in the June newsletter. Feature stories include a photo essay by Rahm Carrington featuring the Return to the Remuda sale, an overview of Texas land markets, and a cover story by Henry Chappell…
Posted in California, Colorado, Great Plains, Montana, New York, News Desk, Newsletter, Pacific, Southwest, Texas, West
Briscoe Heirs: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 13 Briscoe Heirs 640,000 acres Former Texas governor Dolph Briscoe Jr. (1923–2010) ranked as the single largest landowner in Texas. Three generations of the Briscoe family have stewarded their 100,000-acre CATARINA RANCH in South Texas, the epicenter of the…
Tagged with: Briscoe, Briscoe Ranch Company, Caterine Ranch, Dolph Briscoe, LandLeader
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Equestrian, Feature, Land Report 100, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Equestrian, Feature, Land Report 100, Southwest, Texas
Wilks Brothers: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 12 Wilks Brothers 702,367 acres FRAC TECH founders Farris and Dan Wilks own ranches in Oregon, Tennessee, and Texas, and they rank as the state’s leading landowners in Montana and Idaho. At least they did at press time. Wilks…
Tagged with: America’s Largest Landowners, Dan Wilks, Farris Wilks, LandLeader, Wilks, Wilks Brothers, Wilks Ranch Brokers
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Idaho, Land Report 100, Minerals, Montana, Oregon, Pacific, Southwest, Tennessee, Texas, West
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Idaho, Land Report 100, Minerals, Montana, Oregon, Pacific, Southwest, Tennessee, Texas, West
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