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Hey Red Oak this place is for sale
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 9:58 am
by Sangersteve
One of the largest ranches in the U.S. and an icon for Texas horse and cattlemen has been listed for $725 million, marking the end of a decades-long courtroom battle among the heirs of cattle baron W.T. Waggoner, who established the estate in 1923.
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.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z3ab3MJiK4
Re: Hey Red Oak this place is for sale
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 10:04 am
by GFB
I think I'd rather have the money.
Re: Hey Red Oak this place is for sale
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 10:41 am
by Red Oak
It is a little bit out of my reach
- but parts of it are not far from the Owlhoot.
It is a very sad day to see this family owned Ranch for sale.
Re: Hey Red Oak this place is for sale
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 11:03 am
by GFB
Red Oak wrote:It is a little bit out of my reach
- but parts of it are not far from the Owlhoot.
It is a very sad day to see this family owned Ranch for sale.
Sounds like the heirs would rather have the money, too.
Re: Hey Red Oak this place is for sale
Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 3:03 pm
by millergrovesue
Didn't read the article but saw it's the Waggoner ranch. Oh my goodness, they raised some great Quarter Horses. Waggoner Quarter Horses are known even to a reformed Quarter Horse fan like me. Kinda sad to see the ranch go. It's major Texas history.