An energetic Swede, Svante 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 arrived in…
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,…
Summer is heating up as investors seize the day at home and abroad. Read all about it our June Newsletter: The City of San Angelo pays $44 million for the surface rights of the historic Ford Ranch American Timberlands Company…
