Interviews

For Sale: Little Woody Creek Ranch

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Land Report Editors

John and Aimee Oates bid a fond farewell to their Aspen getaway. Text by Eddie Lee Rider Jr. | Photography by Aubree Dallas How John Oates came to own Little Woody Creek Ranch is indeed unique. “I had put a…

Crafting an Enduring Legacy

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Eric OKeefe

As an up-and-coming actor, Harrison Ford made ends meet as a self-taught carpenter, hustling to auditions and making a name for himself while completing projects for a slew of Hollywood heavy hitters, including Academy Award winner Francis Ford Coppola. (See…

Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Interviews, Residential Property, West, Wyoming

It’s Time to Sell My Ranch

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Land Report Editors

by T. Boone Pickens Growing up in Holdenville, Oklahoma, I once walked five miles from town down to the banks of the Canadian River — and back — to earn a Boy Scout merit badge. Today, some 80 years later,…

Piecing A Classic Back Together

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Eric OKeefe

When five-time Academy Award winner Francis Ford Coppola first saw the Inglenook Estate in the Napa Valley, he immediately put in a bid to buy it. But he came up short. A year later, he tried a second time. And…

Land Report 2017 Legacy Landowner: Ted Turner

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Eric OKeefe

Like the North Star above his beloved Flying D Ranch, our 2017 Legacy Landowner has been a constant beacon, ceaseless in his support of all God’s creatures and His lands. By Eric O’Keefe When was the first time you became…

How ‘Bout Some Elbow Room?

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Eric OKeefe

“When you own a stock or a bond, is it something you can actually touch or feel? Is it something you can share? That’s why owning land is such a different experience.” — Clint Eastwood, The Land Report, November 2017…

Tagged with: Clint Eastwood, Monterey Peninsula
Posted in California, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Interviews, Pacific

Buying a Piece of Ground

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Eric OKeefe

Tom and Meredith Brokaw had no idea about the adventure they were about to undertake when they decided to buy a ranch in Montana in the late 1980s. “It was kind of a romantic idea that I had of buying…

Tagged with: Tom Brokaw
Posted in Conservation, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Interviews, Midwest, Montana, Recreation

Pitching the Perfect Investment Plan

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Eric OKeefe

Major League Baseball’s all-time strikeout king began to buy ranchland in Gonzales County when he was making but $7,000 a year. For comparison’s sake, keep in mind that at the height of Roger Clemens’s career, the Rocket earned an estimated…

Tagged with: Investing, Major League Baseball, Mets, Nolan Ryan
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Interviews, Southwest, Texas

The Commish Takes Our Questions

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Eric OKeefe

Interview by Eric O’Keefe Original Photography by Gustav Schmiege III MUCH LIKE HIS NATIVE STATE, the 28th Commissioner of the General Land Office is an intriguing blend of tradition and innovation. He wears cowboy boots – and an iWatch. His…

The 13-Million-Acre Man

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Land Report Editors

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…