By Corinne Gaffner Garcia “Fate pulls you in different directions,” Clint Eastwood once said, referring to the unexpected twists and turns that have shaped his life. Most of us have experienced that “pull,” an out-of-the-blue moment when something steers you in a…
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Garst Farms: A Legacy of Innovation
By Bill Briggs It’s an idyllic swath of Western Iowa, a patchwork of lush farmland, hillside terraces, grassed waterways, and trees favored by Monarch butterflies. Here, a maverick seed salesman once fed the roots of modern American farming, then fed…
Tagged with: Corn Belt, Iowa National Heritage Foundation, Liz Garst, Nikita Khrushchev, Peoples Company, Roswell Garst, Steve Bruere, Whiterock Conservancy
Posted in Farmland, Landmarks, Landowners
Posted in Farmland, Landmarks, Landowners
Hallowed Ground
BY CARY ESTES We are trailing Bear through a thick hardwood forest in Central Alabama. No, not Ursus americanus, the four-legged beast. Instead, we are following the same wooded trails once traveled by Paul “Bear” Bryant, the legendary University of…
Tagged with: Alabama, Alabama Black Belt, Bear Bryant, bird-dog, Chilatchee Creek, Curt Gowdy, deer, duck hunting, hunting, Jimmy Hinton, National Field Trials, National Land Realty, Plantations, quail hunting, Sedgefield Plantation, The American Sportsman, turkey hunting, Whitetail Properties
Posted in Landmarks, Landowners, Sporting Properties
Posted in Landmarks, Landowners, Sporting Properties
Ted Turner Launches the Turner Institute of Ecoagriculture
By TODD WILKINSON During his storied career, Ted Turner has demonstrated an ability to look around corners and identify opportunities long before they become apparent to others. His prowess has been demonstrated with pioneering media platforms, professional sports teams, global philanthropy,…
Tagged with: agriculture, bison, Carter Kruse, Center for Excellence for Bison Studies, Conservation, McGinley Ranch, Mike Phillips, National Bison Association, National Buffalo Foundation, Nebraska, Sandhills, South Dakota State University, Standing Butte Ranch, Ted Turner, Turner Endangered Species Fund, Turner Enterprise, Turner Institute, Turner Ranches, West River Research and Extension facility
Posted in Landmarks, Landowners, Ranchland, Resources
Posted in Landmarks, Landowners, Ranchland, Resources
2020 Deal of the Year: Bluffs of Saint Teresa
Text by Cary Estes | Photography courtesy of Saunders Real Estate The Land Report’s 2020 Deal of the Year actually took five years to orchestrate. The result was well worth it, as the State of Florida took title to a 17,000-acre tract known…
2020 Farmland Deal of the Year
By Christina Holbrook | Photography courtesy of Ferrari-Carano Here’s to the 2020 acquisition of Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery by Bill Foley. The estimated $250 million purchase doubled Foley Family Wines’ holdings in Sonoma County to nearly 2,400 acres and upped production…
Salute to the Sixes
By Henry Chappell Photography by Wyman Meinzer Nothing reflects the culture of a ranch like its cattle roundups. The individual skill of each cowboy tells us only so much. Over-reliance on flashy horsemanship, however thrilling, suggests lack of teamwork or…
Tagged with: Anne Marion, Anne Windfohr Marion, Boots O’Neal, Burk Burnett, Burnett Ranches, Dan Waggoner, Dixon Creek, Doc Blodgett, Dr. Glenn Blodgett, Four Sixes, Four Sixes Ranch, Great Plains, Gulf Oil Number 1, Joe Leathers, Quanah Parker, Return to the Remuda Sale, Samuel Burk Burnett, Thomas Loyd Burnett, Tom Burnett, Triangle Ranch
Posted in Landmarks, Landowners, Ranchland
Posted in Landmarks, Landowners, Ranchland
SOLD! Cherokee Nation to Buy Will Roger’s Ranch
In November, the Cherokee Nation purchased Roger’s birthplace from the Oklahoma Historical Society. The 162-acre property situated in Oologah (35 miles north of Tulsa) includes a ranch-style home converted into a museum that depicts life on a 19th-century ranch in…
Tagged with: Cherokee Nation, Chief Chuck Hoskin, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oologah, Will Rogers
Posted in Landmarks, Landowners, Ranchland
Posted in Landmarks, Landowners, Ranchland
Sweetest of Deals
SOLD! A broad coalition rallies to preserve a beloved COLORADO landmark. By Cary Estes | Photography by Todd Winslow Pierce The path to commercial development of Colorado’s Sweetwater Lake took a detour down Memory Lane as a nostalgia-fueled community fundraising…
Luck of the Devil
By Bill Briggs Bob and Suzanne Fanch have crafted a love letter to the American West at Devil’s Thumb Ranch. THE FIREPLACES ARE FASHIONED from landslide rocks. The floors are bathed in heat from the Earth’s core. And a restaurant…
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